The Broken Window

The Broken Window

First edition cover
Author	Jeffery Deaver
Language	English
Series	Lincoln Rhyme series
Genre	Crime, thriller
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Publication date	June 2008
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	432
ISBN	978-1-4165-4997-0
OCLC	182662727
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 22
LC Class	PS3554.E1755 B76 2008
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
• Official website