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** [[spoiler: Also present in ''The Cold Moon'']]
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* XanatosSpeedChess: [[spoiler: ''The Coffin Dancer'' and ''The Conjurer'']]
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* XanatosSpeedChess: [[spoiler: ''The Coffin Dancer'' and ''The Conjurer'']]Conjurer'']]
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Sometimes, the cases seem to have been solved with about a hundred pages left in the book, this can't be, right?
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Sometimes, the cases seem to have been solved with about a hundred pages left in the book, this can't be, right?
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* HardboiledDetective: Sonny Li in ''The Stone Monkey''. FBI Agent Dellray as well.
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* HardboiledDetective: Sonny Li in ''The Stone Monkey''. Detective Lon Sellito and FBI Agent Dellray as well.
* MasterOfDisguise: Several of the Unsubs, like [[spoiler:The 'Coffin Dancer' and The 'Conjurer']]. Dellray is a heroic example.
* NaiveNewcomer: Pulaski, from the 6th book forward. He's eager to learn and always looks up to Rhyme, Sachs and Sellito.
* NaiveNewcomer: Pulaski, from the 6th book forward. He's eager to learn and always looks up to Rhyme, Sachs and Sellito.
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* NewYorkSubway
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* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:Detective Banks after losing an arm in a shootout.]]
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* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:Detective Banks after losing an arm in a shootout.]] The Hardy Twins from the 6th book forward]].
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** This is actually explained that the more unique evidence is, the easier it is figure out where it's from.
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** [[DeconstructedTrope This is actually explained that the more unique evidence is, the easier it is figure out where it's from.from]].
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* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: The ''Coffin Dancer'' and The ''Conjurer'' in their respective books.]]
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* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: The ''Coffin Dancer'' 'Coffin Dancer' and The ''Conjurer'' 'Conjurer' in their respective books.]]
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* CrazyPrepared: Just about every Unsub in their respective books.
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** [[spoiler: The real 'The Coffin Dancer' was impersonating a hobo.]]
** [[spoiler: In the ''Stone Monkey'', 'The Ghost' was pretending to be a chinese illegal immigrant.]]
** [[spoiler: In the ''Stone Monkey'', 'The Ghost' was pretending to be a chinese illegal immigrant.]]
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** [[spoiler: The real 'The Coffin Dancer' first appearance was impersonating that of a hobo.hobo, and stayed in that character for the majority of the book.]]
** [[spoiler: In the ''Stone Monkey'', 'The Ghost' was pretending to bea an injured chinese illegal immigrant.]]
** [[spoiler: In the ''Stone Monkey'', 'The Ghost' was pretending to be
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** The murder victims of ''The Watchmaker''
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** The murder victims of ''The Watchmaker'''The Watchmaker'
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* ArchEnemy: The ''Coffin Dancer'' is implied to have been this to Lincoln Rhyme in the past.
** The ''Clock Maker''.
** The ''Clock Maker''.
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* ArchEnemy: The ''Coffin Dancer'' 'Coffin Dancer' is implied to have been this to Lincoln Rhyme in the past.
** The''Clock Maker''.'Watchmaker'.
** The
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** [[spoiler: And again in ''The Vanished Man'', where ''The Conjurer'' sneaks into Lincoln Rhyme's apartment and almost kills him in a fire]].
** [[spoiler: Once more in ''The Burning Wire'', this time with ''The Clock Maker''.]]
** [[spoiler: Once more in ''The Burning Wire'', this time with ''The Clock Maker''.]]
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** [[spoiler: And again in ''The Vanished Man'', where ''The Conjurer'' 'The Conjurer' sneaks into Lincoln Rhyme's apartment and almost kills him in a fire]].
** [[spoiler: Once more in ''The Burning Wire'', this time with''The Clock Maker''.'The Watchmaker'.]]
** [[spoiler: Once more in ''The Burning Wire'', this time with
** The murder victims of ''The Watchmaker''
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** [[spoiler: ''The Clock Maker'' does this twice, using a clock motif in ''The Cold Moon'' and electricity in ''The Burning Wire'']]
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** [[spoiler: ''The Clock Maker'' Watchmaker'' does this twice, using a clock motif in ''The Cold Moon'' and electricity in ''The Burning Wire'']]
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: One of the first victims in ''The Bone Collector'' is basically steamed to death. Other victims would have met similarly cruel fates had they not been rescued, including being eaten by a swarm of rats.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: One of the first victims in ''The Bone Collector'' is basically [[BodyHorror steamed to death.death]]. Other victims would have met similarly cruel fates had they not been rescued, including being eaten by a swarm of rats.
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Garret Haldon in ''The Empty Chair''.
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* HardboiledDetective: Sonny Li in ''The Stone Monkey''
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* HardboiledDetective: Sonny Li in ''The Stone Monkey''Monkey''. FBI Agent Dellray as well.
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* StreetSmart: FBI Agent Dellray.
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* INeedYouStronger: [[spoiler: ''The Bone Collector'' behind his killing/kidnapping spree -- He needed Rhyme to have the will to live before killing. Before that case, Rhyme was actively looking forward to get euthanized and thus, killing him then woulda been unsatisfying]].
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* INeedYouStronger: [[spoiler: ''The Bone Collector'' behind his killing/kidnapping spree -- He needed Rhyme to have the will to live before killing. Before that case, Rhyme was actively looking forward to get euthanized and thus, killing him then woulda been unsatisfying]].
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* INeedYouStronger: [[spoiler: ''The Bone Collector'' behind his killing/kidnapping spree -- He needed Rhyme to have InterserviceRivalry: NYPD and the will to live FBI in the first book, specially after Dellray takes over the case. Things got smoothed out before killing. Before that case, Rhyme was actively looking forward to get euthanized the end and thus, killing now Dellray is one of Rhyme's staunchest supporters and hooks him then woulda been unsatisfying]].up with connections within the FBI whenever he needs it.
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* TheDogWasTheMastermind: [[spoiler:''The Bone Collector'' was Lincoln's Doctor. The real ''The Coffin Dancer'' was a hobo, ''The Ghost'' was pretending to be a chinese illegal immigrant. ''The Conjurer'' was not the magician, but his assistant.]]
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* TheDogWasTheMastermind: [[spoiler:''The Several books end like this.
** [[spoiler: 'The BoneCollector'' Collector' was Lincoln's Doctor. Doctor.]]
** [[spoiler: The real''The 'The Coffin Dancer'' Dancer' was impersonating a hobo, ''The Ghost'' hobo.]]
** [[spoiler: In the ''Stone Monkey'', 'The Ghost' was pretending to be a chinese illegalimmigrant. ''The Conjurer'' immigrant.]]
** [[spoiler: In the ''Vanished Man'', 'The Conjurer' was not the magician, but his assistant.]]
** [[spoiler: In the ''Twelfth Card'', the mastermind was the director of a historical archive.]]
** [[spoiler: 'The Bone
** [[spoiler: The real
** [[spoiler: In the ''Stone Monkey'', 'The Ghost' was pretending to be a chinese illegal
** [[spoiler: In the ''Vanished Man'', 'The Conjurer' was not the magician, but his assistant.]]
** [[spoiler: In the ''Twelfth Card'', the mastermind was the director of a historical archive.]]
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** [[spoiler: ''The Clock Maker'' does this twice, using a clock motif in ''The Cold Moon'' and electricity in ''The Burning Wire'']]
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** [[spoiler: Once more in ''The Burning Wire'', this time with ''The Clock Maker''.]]
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* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: The ''Coffin Dancer'' and The ''Conjurer'' in their respective books.]]
** [[spoiler: Lincoln Rhyme himself in ''The Empty Chair'' book]].
** [[spoiler: Lincoln Rhyme himself in ''The Empty Chair'' book]].
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* XanatosSpeedChess: [[spoiler: ''The Coffin Dancer'' and ''The Conjurer''Conjurer'']]
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* ArchEnemy: The coffin dancer is implied to have been this to Lincoln Rhyme in the past.
** The Clock Maker.
** The Clock Maker.
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* ArchEnemy: The coffin dancer ''Coffin Dancer'' is implied to have been this to Lincoln Rhyme in the past.
** TheClock Maker.''Clock Maker''.
** The
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** To a lesser degree, [[spoiler: Garret Haldon in ''The Empty Chair'']]
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** To a lesser degree, [[spoiler: Garret Haldon in ''The Empty Chair'']]Chair'']]
* XanatosSpeedChess: ''The Coffin Dancer'' and ''The Conjurer''
* XanatosSpeedChess: ''The Coffin Dancer'' and ''The Conjurer''
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* ArchEnemy: The coffin dancer is implied to have been this to Lincoln Rhyme in the past.
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** The Clock Maker.
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*TheChessMaster: Lincoln Rhyme goes into shades of this while trying to catch a perpetrator. He is also shown to be proficient at chess, beating the computer at one point.
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* GeekPhysiques: Cooper, who is Rhyme's main forensic lab guy, is often described as this, both when it comes to his actual body build and the way he dresses, but has a hot blond girlfriend and is a champion at tango competitions.
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* TheDogWasTheMastermind: [[spoiler:''The Bone Collector'' was Lincoln's Doctor. The real ''The Coffin Dancer'' was a hobo, ''The Ghost'' was pretending to be a chinese illegal immigrant]]
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* TheDogWasTheMastermind: [[spoiler:''The Bone Collector'' was Lincoln's Doctor. The real ''The Coffin Dancer'' was a hobo, ''The Ghost'' was pretending to be a chinese illegal immigrant]]immigrant. ''The Conjurer'' was not the magician, but his assistant.]]
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* ArmorIsUseless: Averted. Several characters have been in shootouts and it's been noted that the reason they came out pretty much with minor injuries was thanks to their kevlar vests.
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* AscendedExtra: Detective Roland Bell, a homicide/witness protection detective, with a very memorable scene in ''The Coffin Dancer'' in which he goes toe to toe with the [[spoiler:Fake!]] CoffinDancer, while brandishing [[GunsAkimbo two guns]], in a [[GunKata close quarter gunfight]]. He ends up replacing [[spoiler: Banks after he's PutOnABus after losing an arm in a previous gunfight against the same perp]].
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* AscendedExtra: Detective Roland Bell, a homicide/witness protection detective, with a very memorable scene in ''The Coffin Dancer'' in which he goes toe to toe with the [[spoiler:Fake!]] CoffinDancer, Coffin Dancer, while brandishing [[GunsAkimbo two guns]], in a [[GunKata close quarter gunfight]]. He ends up replacing [[spoiler: Banks after he's PutOnABus after losing an arm in a previous gunfight against the same perp]].
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* AscendedExtra: Detective Roland Bell, a homicide/witness protection detective, with a very memorable scene in ''The Coffin Dancer'' in which he goes toe to toe with the [[spoiler:Fake!]] CoffinDancer, while brandishing [[GunsAkimbo two guns]], in a [[GunKata close quarter gunfight]]. He ends up replacing [[spoiler: Banks after he's PutOnABus after losing an arm in a previous gunfight against the same perp]].
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* StuffedIntoTheFridge: An ancillary victim in ''The Coffin Dancer''
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* StuffedIntoTheFridge: An ancillary victim in ''The Coffin Dancer''Dancer''. [[spoiler:The real John Sung in ''The Stone Monkey'']]. A poor cop in ''The Vanished Man''
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* AsYouKnow: Done in the books to give a quick intro to the characters and their nature if they picked up the series halfway through and did not read ''The Bone Collector''. Like a quick summation of Rhyme's accident that left him a quad.
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* AsYouKnow: Done in the books to give a quick intro to the characters and their nature if they picked up the series halfway through and did not read ''The Bone Collector''. Like a quick summation of Rhyme's accident that left him a quad. It gets more jarring as the series progresses though.
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* NobodyPoops: Sorta averted. They go into some detail on how Thom has to help Lincoln do his business because, well, he's a quad.
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* AndTheAdventureContinues: ''The Bone Collector'', ''The Vanished Man''.
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: A cop in ''The Vanished Man''
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* DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler:''The Conjurer'']].
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* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:''The Conjurer'' during his prison break]].
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** [[spoiler: And again in ''The Vanished Man'', where the conjurer sneaks into Lincoln Rhyme's apartment and almost kills him in a fire]].
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** [[spoiler: And again in ''The Vanished Man'', where the conjurer ''The Conjurer'' sneaks into Lincoln Rhyme's apartment and almost kills him in a fire]].
