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Saturday, 13 April 2024

A city in turmoil. A deadly conspiracy. A race against time.

 


The Watchmaker’s Hand
By Jeffery Deaver


Publication Date: 23rd November 2023
Publisher: HarperCollins
Page Length: 418 Pages
Genre: Thriller

A CITY IN TURMOIL

Looming over the Manhattan skyline, a lone crane comes crashing down into the city, sending panic radiating across New York City.

A DEADLY CONSPIRACY

The NYPD believes a political group is behind the sabotage and turns to Lincoln Rhyme for help. He knows this is just the beginning.

A RACE AGAINST TIME

Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs must race to stop further attacks before more chaos is unleashed upon the city. Watching Rhyme from the shadows is the elusive assassin The Watchmaker, and he’s preparing to strike…

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Jeffery Deaver


Jeffery Deaver is an international number-one bestselling author. His novels have appeared on bestseller lists around the world. His books are sold in 150 countries and translated into over twenty-five languages. He has served two terms as president of Mystery Writers of America, and was recently named a Grand Master of MWA, whose ranks include Agatha Christie, Ellery Queen, Mary Higgins Clark and Walter Mosely. 

The author of over forty novels, three collections of short stories and a nonfiction law book, and a lyricist of a country-western album, he’s received or been shortlisted for dozens of awards. His "The Bodies Left Behind" was named Novel of the Year by the International Thriller Writers association, and his Lincoln Rhyme thriller "The Broken Window" and a stand-alone, "Edge," were also nominated for that prize. "The Garden of Beasts" won the Steel Dagger from the Crime Writers Association in England. He’s also been nominated for eight Edgar Awards by the MWA. 

Deaver has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention, the Strand Magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Award and the Raymond Chandler Lifetime Achievement Award in Italy.

His book "A Maiden’s Grave" was made into an HBO movie starring James Garner and Marlee Matlin, and his novel "The Bone Collector" was a feature release from Universal Pictures, starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. Lifetime aired an adaptation of his "The Devil’s Teardrop." NBC television recently aired the nine-episode prime-time series, "Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector."

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6 comments:

  1. I have heard so many good things about The Watchmaker’s Hand. I am glad to see that it is on audio.

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  2. A very lovely cover. I have never read any books by Jeffery Deaver, that is something that I will have to rectify.

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    1. He is a great writer. I think you will enjoy The Watchmaker’s Hand.

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  3. Another book to add on my to-read list.

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