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The Bone Collector
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Harding
- Series: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel, Book 1
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery
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- Ann
- 12-12-15
Excellent performance
There are so many characters and the narrator had got a different voice or each and maintained them throughout. Did not particularly like his female voices but it did give them definition for their characters. Story was great.
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- Phil P
- 12-05-20
Please give us some language options
Within about 2 1/2 minutes I had to switch it off. I couldn't stand listening to his drooling Texan accent. it's a shame because my brother recommended this book and he said it was great but I just can't listen to it. does anyone know if it is possible to get a refund.
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- Sally
- 01-12-13
Cracking listen brilliantly read
This is the first Jefferey Deaver that I have either read or listened to, and it definitely won't be my last. If you like Greg Hurwitz and Michael Connelly, you'll love this. It is very fast paced and it ties all the ends up nicely. I do like the author to tell me the end and not leaving me guessing... after all it's the author's story and I am paying him, so I want a proper end.. even if I don't like it.
Jeff Harding narrates this brilliantly, (one of my favourite narrators and I often pick a story simply because he's the narrator.) I love all the voices, he does, especially the black policewoman who cracks me up... he's brilliant at getting the sassy edge.
This story really keeps you guessing ... and even when you think you know who did what and why.. there was a brilliant twist I didn't see.
I don't want to spoil the plot but I can honestly say it's one of the best listens for a while, it got me through a lot of teadious jobs...
Highly recommended, I didn't want it to finish...
6 people found this helpful
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- Lydia
- 13-07-20
Great story but irritating narration
I have always loved this book but the narrator made every character grating, loud and to my ears just irritating. Rhyme and Amelia were just passable, but the rest were so hard to take.
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- sayee
- 21-12-15
Great book & great narrator
Great book & great narrator . First time to hear this book and worth every penny five stars
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- Gavingks
- 21-11-13
Quadriplegic Ex-Cop in a fight. Fantastic
What a great book with a preposterous yet joyous storyline. This was my first encounter with Lincoln Rhyme and his cantankerous view on life.
I absolutely love this story and the characters were brilliant, Amelia was the perfect stooge to Lincoln and the supporting characters made for a high enjoyable yarn. It is a book where you just suspend any grip on reality you might have and just enjoy. Based on this book I will look forward to the rest of the series. Natation was perfect and built the characters extremely well
Very glad I read this as my first as it seems to set out its stall for future books
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- Francesca Downing
- 18-03-21
Narrator puts on awful voices!
I had to stop listening after 20 mins, the narrator puts on awful voices for each character! Very unnecessary
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- AudiobookDevotee
- 06-07-22
Good if a bit farfetched
This was a good book, classic thriller. Fast-paced and zany with good characters and good dialogue. It's a bit like Monk or Psych but preceded them by a few years, and the quirk of the genius detective is paralysis.
My only major problems were story wrenching levels of surrealism. Beat cop becomes CSI. Beat cop becomes SWAT. Electron microscope and a spectrometer get set up in some guy's bedroom for basically no reason. 5 minutes to high tide is appreciably different to high tide. Victim's left to suffer excruciating pain for fear of compromising crime scene. It goes on.
If you can get over the sheer ridiculousness of many aspects of the police work and the crazy intimacy achieved in a few days by some characters it's a decent story. I don't know if I'll bother with the sequel though. Maybe after a few palate cleansing stories.
The narration wasn't anything to write home about either. Most of the women were a bit breathy and the children were somewhere between caricature and cartoonish.
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- Anonymous User
- 26-03-22
Mesmerising
A chilling but exciting story that gripped and held you. Exceptional performance by the reader with each character clearly defined.
Audio books like this bring drama into your home and make it a theatre
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- IanSpurling
- 23-12-21
great gripping
a very gripping mystery. with a great twist , must read for crime fans
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- Brenda
- 05-12-20
Well I'll be damned!
It's been years since a crime story twist got me like this one. It's great when a book makes your jaw drop in surprise.
The narration of the character Delrey was terrible, but the rest were good.
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- Danni Higgins
- 04-09-18
Well Worth it.
I’ve always loved the movie and knew the book would be better but the performance of the narrator made it an incredible book.
Fantastic character distinction in his voice, I’ll listen to this again and again.
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- Anonymous User
- 14-09-17
great story great narration
I saw the movie a few years back but the book is soooo much better. don't go past this one.