The Coffin Dancer Reviews
“Fair warning to newcomers: Author Deaver is just as cunning and deceptive as his killer; don’t assume he’s run out of tricks until you’ve run out of pages.”
– Kirkus Reviews
“The pace, energized by Deaver’s precise attention, never flags; and if the romantic angle is a little obvious (Rhyme’s seeming concern for one of the Dancer’s female targets sparks Amelia’s jealousy), Deaver manages to renovate many of the hoariest conventions of the ticking-clock-serial-murder subgenre. Another original renovation is his Nero Wolfe-ish Rhyme—a detective who lives the life of the mind by necessity, not choice, and who thinks of everything but can’t even pick up a phone without help. Trust Deaver’s superb plotting and brisk, no-nonsense prose to spin fresh gold from tired straw.”
– Publishers Weekly
‘This is a novel that will chill your blood on the warmest day of any summer holiday. Keep looking over your shoulder . . .’
– Independent on Sunday
