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Simon & Schuster, March 2002, 25.00, 482 pp.
ISBN 0743221900
Quadriplegic criminologist Lincoln Rhyme has learned over time that he can still fight crime using his best weapon of all, his brilliant mind. His able assistant, NYPD officer Amelia Sachs is more than his helper, she's also his lover and wants to have a child with him one day.
Their latest case involves a man who smuggles desperate people out of China for an outrageous fee. This time something goes wrong with the assignment and the smuggler known as the Ghost intends to kill the men, women and children who can identify him. Neither Rhyme nor Sachs intend to let him get away with that but the Ghost seems to disappear every time they get close to him.
Once again, Jeffrey Deaver brings back two of his best-drawn creations in THE STONE MONKEY. Amelia Sachs and Lincoln Rhyme exemplify dedication, courage and love as they work together to take down one of their most slippery opponents. Although the action never stops in this exhilarating thriller, the author enables the audience to see the psyches of the characters so that their motivations are understandable and logical. This all adds up to a strong reading happening for series fans.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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"A famed criminologist, paralyzed from the neck down, Rhyme ccompensates for his disability with his brains-and the arms and legs of his beautiful protegee, Amelia Sachs. It is Amelia who 'walks the grid' for Rhyme, acting as eyes and ears for the famously difficult cases Rhyme comes by.
Now the awe-inspiring duo returns in the Stone Monkey. Recruited to help the FBI and the Immigration and Naturalization Service perform the nearly impossible, Lincoln and Amelia manage to track down a cargo ship headed for New York City and carrying two dozen illegal Chinese immigrants, as well as the notorious human smuggler and killer known as "the Ghost." But when the ghost's capture goes disastrously wrong, Lincoln and Amelia find themselves in a race against time. They have to stop this "ghost" before he can track down and murder two surviving families who have escaped from the ship and vanished deep into the world of New York City's Chinatown.
Over the next forty-eight hours, the Ghost brilliantly and ruthlessly hunts for the families, while Rhyme aided by a quirky policeman from mainland China, struggles to find them before they die, and Amelia Sachs pursues a very different kind of police work-forming a connection with the immigrants that may have consequences going to the core of her relationship with her partner and lover, Lincoln Rhyme."
Boppy, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%
Tone of story
- suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
How difficult to spot villain?
- Very difficult--no foreshadowing/clues
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 60%
Kind of investigator
- police procedural, American
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot?
- feelings towards lover
Crime Thriller
Yes
Crime plotlets:
- escape/rescue from kidnappers
Murder Mystery (killer unknown)
Yes
General Crime (including known murderer)
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 20's-30's
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How much violence does he/she use?
- none
Ethnicity/Race
- White/American
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- missing body parts/abilities
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- killer
- mastermind
Eccentric:
Yes
- mentally ill
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
- an average amount
Motive of antagonist
- money/treasure
- power
The antagonists are:
- communists
- evil doctors
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Genius
Physique
- very athletic
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
- Dirty, dangerous (like New York)
Style
Part of a series?
Yes
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
- moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths?
- 5-7
Sex
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- touching of anatomy
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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