The Broken Window Explained

The Broken Window
Author:	Jeffery Deaver
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Series:	Lincoln Rhyme series
Genre:	Crime, thriller
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster
Pub Date:	June 2008
Media Type:	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages:	432
Isbn:	978-1-4165-4997-0
Dewey:	813/.54 22
Congress:	PS3554.E1755 B76 2008
Oclc:	182662727
Preceded By:	The Cold Moon
Followed By:	The Burning Wire

The Broken Window is a crime thriller novel by American writer Jeffery Deaver, published in 2008. It is the eighth book in the Lincoln Rhyme series.

Plot

In the book, a killer has access to the world's greatest data miner called Strategic Systems Datacorp. He is using detailed information to commit crimes and blame them on innocents. Lincoln Rhyme, Amelia Sachs, and characters from the previous books, team up to stop the criminal.

Reception

• Publishers Weekly reviewed the book saying "The topical subject matter makes the story line particularly compelling, while longtime fans will relish Deaver's intimate exploration of a tragedy from Rhyme's adolescence."
• Entertainment Weekly reviewed the book saying "Quadriplegic forensics whiz Lincoln Rhyme and his Glock-toting girlfriend, Amelia Sachs, track a serial killer who uses an all-knowing computer database to frame fall guys. Movie Pitch: Ironside meets CSI and Enemy of the State. Bottom Line: Rhyme still intrigues in his eighth outing, while Deaver's scarily believable depiction of identity theft in a total-surveillance society stokes our paranoia. A -."
• On July 6, 2008 The Broken Window was on The New York Times hardcover fiction best seller list.

External links

• New York Times Hardcover Fiction Best Seller List For July 6, 2008