The Skin Collector

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Call Number: Adult Book / Fiction / Thriller / General / Deaver, Jeffery
On Shelf At: Pittsfield Branch, Westgate Branch

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Drafted in to investigate a series of killings by a butcher known as the Skin Collector, NYPD detective Lincoln Rhyme and his associate Amelia Sachs have little to go on but a series of cryptic messages left etched into the skin of the deceased.

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The same as the last six times Deaver wrote it. submitted by eknapp on September 23, 2014, 3:30pm It's not that The Skin Collector is bad. It's just that Jeffrey Deaver has written the exact same book for the 7th time. Since I've read the previous six, I solved the primary mystery approximately on page 110, the secondary mystery on page 4, and the supplemental Aha-you-didn't-even-know-there-was-a-TERTIARY-mystery on page 100 or thereabouts. I knew.

Figuring it out so early isn't as satisfying as one might think, it's like seeing The Sixth Sense for the 4th time.

Minor spoilers ahead...

*Unnecessarily gruesome murders--check.
*Killer has a hobby that informs his crimes so that Deaver can show off his research prowess: stage magic/cooking/watchmaking/soldiering/oh how about tattooing!--check.
*Crime scenes almost-but-not-quite devoid of critical trace evidence--check.
*Absurdly, the serial killer targets the crime scene consultants personally--check.
*Brilliant deductions that are explained Scooby-Doo style after the heroes unexpectedly save the day--check.
*Holy shit the bad guy was someone we knew all along--yawn. I mean, check.

125 pages in but my library copy is due and un-renewable. I'm not going to bother finishing it later. Reading it six times is enough.