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  • The Steel Kiss

  • Lincoln Rhyme, Book 12
  • By: Jeffery Deaver
  • Narrated by: Jeff Harding
  • Length: 15 hrs and 43 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (434 ratings)
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The Steel Kiss

By: Jeffery Deaver
Narrated by: Jeff Harding
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Summary

Master of suspense Jeffery Deaver returns with the latest gripping thriller featuring paraplegic forensic detective Lincoln Rhyme.

Amelia Sachs is hot on the trail of a killer. She's chasing him through a department store in Brooklyn when suddenly the escalator malfunctions. The stairs give way, and several people are trapped, with one man horribly mangled by the gears. Sachs is forced to let her quarry escape as she jumps in to try to help save the victims.

But was this a random freak accident? Is the killer's presence in the store just before the disaster a simple coincidence, or is there a deeper connection? And how will they catch the killer - now that Lincoln Rhyme has retired?

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Another great story

Always love these stories. And this was no exception.

Twists and turns to the end.

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Twists and Turns

Four exciting investigations in one, told with authentic, varied narration. A great read!

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Brilliant!

As usual Jeffery Deaver tells a fine tale! This is a brilliant reading of it which had me gripped from the start.

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Enjoyed but almost gave up

Good story, great characters but the guy narrating the book... I almost gave up after the first 2 or 3 hours. I'll be avoiding him in the future.
Over all another great Deaver!

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I THINK This is an Audiobook.....

I love the Lincoln Rhyme novels, and this one is no exception! The twists along the way are great.

What annoys me is that I purchased an audiobook, not a dramatisation. A few novels back, the production team decided to add a sound effect for dialogue over a phone. This was bearable because it was the same narrator. This time, though, they've added another narrator for the case summaries. If it's sold as an unabridged audiobook, surely it should be just that?

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definitely worth a listen

Well narrated audio of a great Deaver book! I definitely recommend it to crime fans

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Time for Rhyme to retire?

Enjoyable thriller & good to have some of the old regulars back, albeit only at the end. Starting to become a little formulaic. Deaver is a good writer, & I enjoyed the Kathryn Dance series & his stand alone novels but am starting to wonder if he has taken this series as far as it can go?

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Great

My 1st Audible book,and really enjoyed,Narration spot on,and Deaver back to his best,highly recomnended book

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Good, not great....and the narrator is argh!!

A good book, not as tightly woven plot wise as some of Deaver's other Lincoln Rhyme books but never the less raises some interesting plot lines and questions about the future relationship between man and technology. The narrator however I found very annoying particularly for the first 6 chapters where he relentlessly employs a raised inflection at the end of each sentence. It was so annoying I almost gave up but he got better as the book progressed, especially when there was more dialogue.

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not Jeffrey deavers finest work, it's OK. ..no more, no less.
I missed the the nail-biting

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