This movie was adapted from the Jeffery Deaver novel The Bone Collector and did very well in theatres as well. A second book named A Maiden’s Grave was made into an HBO film renamed to Dead Silence, with James Garner and Marlee Matlin in the leading roles. Definitely recommend the book. It was a great mystery/thriller that kept me guessing until the end. Loved the characters, story and writing style. Look forward to reading more books by the author.

That's the start of an exciting and engrossing story as hunted and hunters play cat and mouse with lives at stake. Deaver keeps the thrills coming ,and throws some of his trademark curveballs to keep the reader on their toes. and Red Herrings will never become an endangered species as long as he keeps writing. Officer Rhyme’s works to locate the identity of the serial killer, so that the case can go to trial and end in a conviction. Jeffery Deaver is a world renowned author and contributor to the literary world. His chilling and thrilling writing speaks for itself. The quality and clarity of his presentations are paramount and as some have been adapted to a cinematic experience. The only aspect that I found questionable the dangers of the safety of the small modular reactor. I will chalk this up to some stretching of the facts required to make the story flow and not a fatal flaw. Otherwise, I enjoyed how Shaw always prepared no matter what happens. Yes, I know that the author wrote it that way, but I still enjoyed Shaw’s ingenuity. I enjoyed how the author kept the tension and suspense at an ever-increasing level. At the end, the author revealed a possible clue to a future novel in an off-hand remark. Slight of hand and allowing us to assume where the story is going, means the author always stays one step ahead of his readers. The question, ratcheted up through increasing tension - can Shaw preserve life and outthink an enemy who outgun and outnumber him. It’s when the milieu moves from the urban to the wilderness that Shaw’s survival skills, learnt from his father Ashton, come to the fore. Plus, of course, no Deaver novel would be complete without its totally out of the blue plot twist, and the one delivered about three quarters the way through this novel is one of the best. It totally blows all one’s earlier preconceptions out of the water.Some have reviewed it and thought it was too technical, as if the science could mask and bog down the action and thrilling adventure. Not a bit of it; engineering is the peg that holds up the story only in so much as it underpins the thinking of Alison Parker’s approach to every aspect of life. Lightning-fast and loaded with twists, The Never Game is a thrill a minute from one of the best. Don`t miss it` Harlan Coben As Shaw ventures further into the wilderness, the truth becomes as hard to decipher as the forest’s unmarked trails...and peril awaits at every turn. Deaver balances suspense and plausibility perfectly...This is a perfect jumping-on point for readers new to one of today`s top contemporary thrillers writers. Publishers Weekly Gripping and ingenious tale of greed and deception in the American wilderness The Times Thriller of the Month

The novel starts with Colter Shaw disrupting an insider industrial espionage attempt by using an intricate scheme to switch a sensitive and unique electronic device with a fake. While returning to the CEO’s office, Shaw is approached by person with a Russian-like accent who gives his name as Abe Lincoln. Shaw had just spoiled his effort to obtain that electronic device. Lincoln offers a good price and keeps upping it for the device, but Shaw refuses. The second thread starts in the second chapter that portrays the very early release of Jon Merritt from the local county detention center. He is the husband to the woman, Allison Parker, who designed the electronic device. He was incarcerated for the attempted of his wife. No sooner has Shaw sorted that problem out, Harmon asks him to locate another employee who has gone missing. Allison Parker and her daughter Hannah are on the run following the release from prison of her violent husband Jon Merritt, who has vowed to kill them both. Allison is a brilliant engineer who uses all her skills to evade detection. But can Shaw find her before Merritt or the two thugs he’s hired? Harry Bosch and the Lincoln Lawyer team up to exonerate a woman who’s already served five years for killing her ex-husband. Hunting Time is clearly the best Colter Shaw novel yet, and is highly recommended to thriller aficionados who want good writing, constant building suspense, and spine-chilling story-line with a unanticipated dénouement. Deaver is a master and if it were possible, this novel deserves more than 5 stars.The October list is a story that is told in reverse. In the beginning a young mother’s child is abducted. When the mother learns of it, she is terrified. A stranger comes to the front door of her home unexpectedly. It turns out that the man is the kidnapper with a gun. Briefly, Shaw, who describes himself as a Reward Seeker and Hired to Find investigator, is hired by a corporate CEO to recover a stolen revolutionary industrial component. Having discovered the thief he is then hired by the same person to locate Allison Parker, his Engineer and her daughter Hannah who have gone missing following the release from prison of her violent ex husband Jon. Despite his skills Shaw is led a merry dance by Allison. The Skin Collector is a story about an accomplished tattoo artist with a dirty little secret. He has a hidden spot far underground that he takes his victims to and administers a lethal dose of poison. The poison kills the victim before they have a chance to get away. He continues his artwork on the corpse as he slices cryptic meanings directly into the flesh. Rhyme begins to investigate by attempting to find the suspect before he kills others or himself. Movie Five: The Coffin Dancer

This is a tense and exciting addition to Jeffery Deaver's crime thriller series featuring the reward hunter, Colt Shaw, raised by his late survivalist professor father, Ashton, with his family, mother, Mary Dove, sister Dorian and brother Russell. He travels the country in his Winnebago home, with his unique specialist skills and approach, which includes assigning probabilities to any possibilities which serves him well. Here, he finds himself in the midwest at a once prosperous industrial town, Ferrington, with its toxic river, hired by Marty Harmon, CEO of Welbourne and Sons to retrieve stolen valuable miniature portable nuclear technology. When the irreplaceable senior nuclear engineer, 42 year Allison Parker, goes on the run from her abusive husband, a decorated former FPD detective, Jon Merritt, released early from prison after being convicted of assault and battery with a deadly weapon, Harmon asks Shaw to find and protect her. The B-storyline was portrayed basically through Shaw’s thoughts and his interactions with the other characters. His principal that he uses to guide his life are shown through his actions and how he portrayed in how he treated others and tried to help them grow. This novel’s aspect increased my enjoyment in reading this novel. There was one aspect that made me think that I had missed something from the previous novel that I have not yet read. Something was different in Shaw in this novel, as his business model and infrastructure was revealed much more extensively and was different than what I remember in the first two novels. I read the second novel in this series more than two years ago, so my detailed memory of Shaw is not that solid. I only noticed this only because I had read the first two novels and didn’t read the third. If you are thinking of reading this novel first, I do not believe that you would recognize this. Feel free to read this one novel first.

Movie Five: The Coffin Dancer

I have read the first two novels and the last Lincoln Rhyme novel. I personally like this series over the Lincoln Rhyme novel. This author has earned my Must-Read rating for this series. I recommend reading this novel, and I am looking forward to reading further books in this series and will carefully consider other novels by this author. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this novel and rate it with five stars. This is a wonderfully clever novel based around the survivalist skills of Colter Shaw. Shaw tries to find Parker, who has gone on the run with her daughter, before Merritt can exact his revenge. Deaver`s reputation as a master of the corkscrewing plot is well earned... Colter Shaw seems certain to become an enduring series lead. Booklist Deaver's writing is gripping and fast-paced, with "Hunting Time" delivering plenty of "oh no!" surprises and adrenaline-fueled escapes. The author's ability to pull the rug out from under readers' feet multiple times throughout the story is commendable, keeping them guessing and engrossed until the very end.

These just happened to be non-fiction novels. He enjoyed it so much and it was going so well that he later quit his job to do it all the time. Over the years his portfolio became expansive and includes poetry, musical lyrics, short stories, and twenty two novels. He has received international awards and recognition for his work and is a highly celebrated author. Novel AdaptationThe Bone Collector is a chilling story of a police officer, Lincoln Rhyme, working with a female officer to find a killer before he kills again. Rhyme is a quadriplegic working with intelligence and experience as he cannot physically review the crime scenes. Jeffery Deaver was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1950. He was born from a mother who was a homemaker, and a father that worked as an advertising copywriter, which seems a bit of foreshadowing. He has one younger sister named Julie Deaver. A very interesting fact is that he actually completed his first (two chapter) book when he was as young as eleven years old.