Admittedly, it took me some time to get used to his narrative voice, but this was no problem in the end. This narrator did a great job all said and done because I loved the story!Ĭonnor O’Brien is a skilled narrator who knows how to bring a story to life. I believe each narrator is a medium through which we see the story come alive–or not. Each character was made more realistic by skilled emphasis. It took me some time to get used to the narrator’s pace, but it was no problem after that.īrilliant here. A serial killer is on the loose in New York. She was simple, innocent, yet firm and compassionate. The Bone Collector A fast-paced, gritty crime thriller. Emelia Sachs was also beautifully portrayed, especially for a male narrator. Somewhat stoical, nerdy, with a nose for facts. The Voice of Lincoln Rhyme I thought was perfect. It resembled some of the goons that the bad guys have at times. For instance some of the law enforcement officials sound like they’re “dumb” when they shouldn’t. The only thing I’d say here is some of the characters sound less intelligent. The voice creation, narrator voice and switching back and forth was stunning, professional and creative. It makes it that much easier to enter into the story as a listener. I could tell narrator Connor O’Brien was fully enveloped in the story throughout this book. Now, Lincoln is frozen in place permanently. Now, with the help of a beautiful young cop, this diabolical killer must be stopped before he can kill again! The Bone Collector (1997) Lincoln Rhyme, ex-head of NYPD forensics, was the nation’s foremost criminalist, the man who could work a crime scene and come away with a perfect profile of the killer, frozen in time. The Bone Collector Jeffery Deaver 4.

The killer is a man whose obsession with old New York helps him choose his next victim. The detective was the former head of forensics at the NYPD, but is now a quadriplegic who can only exercise his mind. In his most gripping thriller yet, Jeffery Deaver takes readers on a terrifying ride into two ingenious minds…that of a physically challenged detective and the scheming killer he must stop.

The bone collector by jeffery deaver