The Twelfth Card: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel (Lincoln Rhyme Novels)
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (642 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0743544315 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 579 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. Geneva Settle, who's 16 and black, is attacked in a Manhattan library while researching an ancestor, a former slave who harbored a serious secret (not revealed until book's end). But even great entertainers have high and lows, and this novel, while steadily absorbing, doesn't match the author's best. All rights reserved. Geneva, a wonderful character, adds feeling to the story, and there are minor personal crises faced by other characters, but as the novel's focus veers from police procedure to odd byways of American history, execution techniques and one more plot twist, the narrative loses grace and form. Even so, this is one of the more lively thrille
Criminalist Lincoln Rhyme and his policewoman partner Amelia Sachs are called into the case, working frantically to anticipate where the hired gun will strike next and how to stop him, all the while trying to get to the truth of Charles Singleton, and the reason that Geneva has been targeted. And Sachs is going to have to search a crime scene that's 140 years old before she can stop the killer.. Geneva is also the target of a ruthless professional killer. Geneva Settle is a bright young high school student from Harlem writing a paper about one of her ancestors, a former slave called Charles Singleton. For Charles Singleton had a secret - a secret that may strike at the very heart of the United States constitution, and have disastrous consequences for huma
"but hunted by 2 professional killers who were offered a quarter million to do so was pretty weak and a little unbelievable" according to Gregcoach. I can't write a review without pointing out that the premise of why Geneva Suttle needed to not only be killed, but hunted by 2 professional killers who were offered a quarter million to do so was pretty weak and a little unbelievable. I would think that throwing away the article probably wou. "Disappointing" according to progDisappointing prog4ever Somebody is trying to kill Geneva, a black schoolgirl. Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are trying to protect her and find out why she is in danger.As usual in these stories, nothing is what it seems and it's only in the last pages that the truth is discovered. Geneva researches, with the help . ever. Somebody is trying to kill Geneva, a black schoolgirl. Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are trying to protect her and find out why she is in danger.As usual in these stories, nothing is what it seems and it's only in the last pages that the truth is discovered. Geneva researches, with the help . Barbara R. Farber said The best Lincoln Rhyme novel I have ever read. I am a great fan of Jeffery Deaver's Lincoln Rhyme novels, this is the best I have ever read.A Harlem high schooler, Geneva Settle is searching for anything she can find out about an ancestor, Charles Singleton who fought in the civil war. All she has are letters he wrote to his wife that an