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!!Andrew Sterling
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!!Andrew Sterling
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A New York lawyer who becomes high-profile while prosecuting a man associated with Jeddy Barnes's [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic militia group]]. It soon becomes apparent that Barnes has sent no less than three killers to assassinate him and cause a mistrial: a blackmailed priest, Hobbs Wentworth, and finally [[spoiler: the Conjurer himself, who organized the plan and the approaches of the latter two.]]
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* ButtMonkey: Over the course of the novel, [[spoiler: he is almost shot in his car, almost sniped by Hobbs Wentworth, receives numerous death threats that almost destroy his life, has his apartment breached by the Conjurer with his family nearby, and is led to believe that his young daughter ate poisoned chocolate that was meant to kill him.]] All for trying to do his job.
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The leader of a racist, nationalist [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic right-wing milita]] in ''The Vanished Man''.
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The leader of a racist, nationalist [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic right-wing milita]] in ''The Vanished Man''. He is plotting to kill Charles Grady in order to cause a mistrial that lets an associate of his militia go free. To this end, [[spoiler: he hired the Conjurer, who made a complex assassination plan with him involving two other decoy killers and multiple fake-outs.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: He receives no clear punishment for sending the Conjurer and Hobbs Wentworth to kill Charles Grady.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: He receives no clear punishment for sending masterminding the Conjurer and Hobbs Wentworth plot to kill Charles Grady.]]
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite never appearing in person, he is the one [[spoiler: masterminding the various plots to kill Charles Grady.]]
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite never appearing in person, he is the one [[spoiler: masterminding the various plots to kill Charles Grady.Grady [[spoiler: and the Conjurer's pivotal FallGuy.]]
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Vernon Griffith's girlfriend, a damaged and formerly abused woman who bends to his every whim.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: The traumatized woman is really a domineering manipulator willing to callously end multiple innocent lives to get her revenge, and after getting what she wants, she has already prepared to kill the vulnerable, damaged man she was exploiting to commit the murders. All of the affection she showed him and the interest she had in his hobby are fake.]]
* DomesticAbuse: She is covered in scars and burns, and even had a bone in her arm twisted out, all thanks to her late husband. [[spoiler: In reality, most of these injures were due to the car accident, while her husband accidentally broke her arm trying to pull her from the wreckage.]]
* ExtremeDoormat: Her experience with abuse has left her so afraid to question or offend Vernon that she clams up even suggesting a meal. [[spoiler: She is indeed doing this to avoid putting Vernon off, but it's to maintain their deal, not because she is afraid of him. Vernon is actually putty in her hands.]]
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: A defect in her car led it to malfunction and becoming a flaming wreck, horribly injuring her and killing her husband, and she was not properly recompensed in court due to being forced to settle.]]
* HoneyTrap: [[spoiler: She took advantage of Vernon after learning that he was a suitable killer by making him murder her targets in exchange for sex and companionship.]]
* ManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: She is the real mastermind behind Vernon's anti-technology murders, though he was always a killer beforehand.]]
* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler: All of the people she has Vernon murder were in some way connected to the defect in her car, no matter how tangentially.]]
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* SacrificalLion: [[spoiler: His death at the Ghost's hands is what makes the hunt [[ItsPersonal personal]] for Rhyme.]]
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* SacrificalLion: SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: His death at the Ghost's hands is what makes the hunt [[ItsPersonal personal]] for Rhyme.]]
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* DecoyAntagonist: [[spoiler: He's presented as the BigBad for the first third of the book, but then the real threats start to emerge.]]
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* DecoyAntagonist: [[spoiler: He's presented as the BigBad for the first third of the book, but then Amelia finds this unlikely enough after his capture that she frees him and tries to help him hunt down the real threats start to emerge.]]threats.
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* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler: While he is guilty of kidnapping and several other petty crimes, he is not responsible for any of the murders being pinned on him by the corrupt police.]]
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* GoodAllAlong: Amelia believes this, which is why she frees him. [[spoiler: While he is guilty of kidnapping and several other petty crimes, he is not responsible for any of the murders being pinned on him by the corrupt police.]]
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* ShovelStrike: Just before kidnapping Mary Beth, he beat a fellow student to death with a shovel. [[spoiler: It was actually one of Jim Bell's cronies who did this.]]
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* ShovelStrike: Just before kidnapping Mary Beth, he supposedly beat a fellow student to death with a shovel. [[spoiler: It was actually one of Jim Bell's cronies who did this.]]
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* TeensAreMonsters: He's an angry, vicious bully-turned-kidnapper with multiple murders under his belt. [[spoiler: However, while he is still guilty of having a rage streak, the rest is a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]].]]
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* TeensAreMonsters: He's an angry, vicious bully-turned-kidnapper with supposedly responsible for multiple murders under his belt.gruesome murders. [[spoiler: However, while he is still guilty of having a rage streak, the rest is a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]].]]
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A policewoman on Jim Bell's force present in both manhunts. During the second, she develops a vendetta against Amelia for [[spoiler: [[AccidentalMurder accidentally shooting]] fellow cop Jesse Corn]] and develops the desire to kill her.
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* ACupAngst: She lost her breasts to cancer and experiences some angst over their current size.
* {{Revenge}}: She wants revenge against Amelia for freeing Garret and [[spoiler: killing Jesse Corn]].
* TokenGoodTeammate: [[spoiler: She is neither an AntiHero asshole like Mason nor a DirtyCop like the rest of her department, making her the only pure-hearted person under Jim Bell.]]
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A rough, rude cop on Jim Bell's force. During the manhunt for Garret, he is dead set on killing the kid for reasons unknown.
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* AntiHero: [[spoiler: He wants Garret dead because he genuinely believes that the boy is a remorseless murderer, not because he is involved in Bell's conspiracy.]]
* CowboyCop: He goes into both manhunts looking to shoot Garret dead.
* DirtyCop: Painted as one. [[spoiler: Isn't actually one.]]
* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler: Despite being set up as a DirtyCop, his vendetta against Garret is for completely unrelated reasons to the conspiracy, which he is instrumental in exposing to Rhyme and the FBI.]]
* RedHerring: [[spoiler: He has nothing to do with the pesticide conspiracy and the cover-up that resulted in Garret's family's deaths.]]
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* HardboiledDetective: To contrast Rhyme's ByTheBookCop.
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* NiceGuy: His mannerisms can be abrasive and his methods are different to what Rhyme prefers, but he is such a warm, friendly person that he grows on the investigative team -- Rhyme in particular.
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* CombatPragmatist: He makes use of various objects and techniques in his bloody battle with [[spoiler: Sonny Li]].
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Roland Bell's cousin, the chief of police in the North Carolina town where Garret Hanlon lives. When Garret absconds with two local women just as Rhyme is arriving in the state for experimental surgery, Bell calls on Rhyme's help in consulting for the investigation.
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Roland Bell's cousin, the chief of police in the North Carolina town county sheriff where Garret Hanlon lives. When Garret absconds with two local women just as Rhyme is arriving in the state for experimental surgery, Bell calls on Rhyme's help in consulting for the investigation.
* BigBad: [[spoiler: The real main antagonist of ''The Empty Chair'', the mastermind behind the conspiracy and the murderer of Garret's family.]]
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* EvilAllAlong:EngineeredPublicConfession: [[spoiler: Lincoln set up the entire [[AloneWithThePsycho confrontation with Bell]] to record Bell's confident motive speech and have him arrested in the sting operation.]]
* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler: He's not the nice, friendly sheriff he pretends to be.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler: He maintains his charm and politeness even when he's pouring what he thinks is toxic pesticide on Lincoln's face.]]
* TheSheriff
* SouthernGentleman: Even more so than his cousin, due to continuously living in the DeepSouth rather than moving away.
* WalkingSpoiler
* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler: He's not the nice, friendly sheriff he pretends to be.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler: He maintains his charm and politeness even when he's pouring what he thinks is toxic pesticide on Lincoln's face.]]
* TheSheriff
* SouthernGentleman: Even more so than his cousin, due to continuously living in the DeepSouth rather than moving away.
* WalkingSpoiler
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* AsianSpeekeeEngrish: ''Dramatically'' downplayed, but he still has a very loose grasp on the English language that results in shades of the trope.
* CombatPragmatist: As seen in his back-alley duel with [[spoiler: the Ghost. Unfortunately, he finds himself outmatched.]]
* CowboyCop: He's willing to resort to threats and physical violence if it gets him closer to the Ghost.
* DueToTheDead: [[spoiler: After the Ghost murders him, Rhyme has a small shrine erected in his room in memoriam. It is still there a few books later and has been occasionally mentioned in passing.]]
* ItsPersonal: The Ghost murdered a colleague and friend of Li's, fueling his obsession with catching him. [[spoiler: His death in turn makes the hunt personal for Rhyme.]]
* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler: He succeeds in pointing Rhyme toward the Ghost's true identity and plan, resulting in the killer's capture, but only because he managed to get DNA evidence and soapstone fragments under his fingernails during his death.]]
* RedHerring: His first few chapters point to him being the Ghost's ''bangshou'', but he is then revealed to be a cop hunting the Ghost.
* SacrificalLion: [[spoiler: His death at the Ghost's hands is what makes the hunt [[ItsPersonal personal]] for Rhyme.]]
* CombatPragmatist: As seen in his back-alley duel with [[spoiler: the Ghost. Unfortunately, he finds himself outmatched.]]
* CowboyCop: He's willing to resort to threats and physical violence if it gets him closer to the Ghost.
* DueToTheDead: [[spoiler: After the Ghost murders him, Rhyme has a small shrine erected in his room in memoriam. It is still there a few books later and has been occasionally mentioned in passing.]]
* ItsPersonal: The Ghost murdered a colleague and friend of Li's, fueling his obsession with catching him. [[spoiler: His death in turn makes the hunt personal for Rhyme.]]
* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler: He succeeds in pointing Rhyme toward the Ghost's true identity and plan, resulting in the killer's capture, but only because he managed to get DNA evidence and soapstone fragments under his fingernails during his death.]]
* RedHerring: His first few chapters point to him being the Ghost's ''bangshou'', but he is then revealed to be a cop hunting the Ghost.
* SacrificalLion: [[spoiler: His death at the Ghost's hands is what makes the hunt [[ItsPersonal personal]] for Rhyme.]]
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** ''The Steel Kiss'': [[spoiler: Just as he figures out Alicia's involvement in the "People's Guardian" plot, she arrives in his apartment, appears to knock Juliette Archer unconscious, and tries to kill Rhyme with a knife. Unfortunately for her, Archer is both still conscious and not really quadriplegic.]]
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* EverythingIsOnline: The basis for his crimes, which he perpetrates by using remotes to hack specific cloud-connected products.
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* EverythingIsOnline: The basis for his crimes, which he perpetrates by using remotes a remote to hack specific cloud-connected products.
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* EvilLuddite: He wages war because of his hatred for modern conveniences and the people who use them, who he refers to as "Shoppers". [[spoiler: However, this is all a cover he came up with to poetically kill Alicia's targets, and "Shoppers" denotes the woodshop students who bullied him rather than purchasers of appliances.]]
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* EvilLuddite: He wages war because of his hatred for modern conveniences and the people who vainly buy and use them, who he refers to as "Shoppers". [[spoiler: However, this is all a cover he came up with to poetically kill Alicia's targets, and "Shoppers" denotes the woodshop students who bullied him rather than purchasers of appliances.]]
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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: He's had a hard life, between the vicious bullying and [[spoiler: his brother's [[DrivenToSuicide suicide]]]], and he chooses to lash out violently because of it.
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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: He's had a hard life, between the vicious bullying and [[spoiler: his brother's [[DrivenToSuicide suicide]]]], and he chooses to lash out violently because of it. [[spoiler: Even Rhyme openly feels sorry for him by the time he's hauled away.]]
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[[folder:Rich Culbeau]]
!!Rich Culbeau
A somewhat infamous man in Garret Hanlon's town. When Garret escapes custody with Amelia, Rich and his friends secretly dog behind the police, ready to shoot the boy dead on sight.
!!Rich Culbeau
A somewhat infamous man in Garret Hanlon's town. When Garret escapes custody with Amelia, Rich and his friends secretly dog behind the police, ready to shoot the boy dead on sight.
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!!Rich Culbeau
A somewhat infamous man
!!Jim Bell
Roland Bell's cousin, the chief of police in the North Carolina town where Garret
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: After interfering with the investigation and shooting Thom, he deserves what happens to him.]]
* BeeAfraid: [[spoiler: Garret shoves him into the cabin's basement, tosses in a beehive, and locks the door.]]
* ClimaxBoss: [[spoiler: The primary threat and FinalBoss of the manhunt for Garret. However, Jim Bell and his ring of [[DirtyCop corrupt cops]] are the ultimate threat of the situation.]]
* FatBastard: Repeatedly described as obese and undeniably a bastard.
* HeroKiller: Not quite, but [[spoiler: he shoots and nearly kills Thom.]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Immediately after starting a devastating firefight outside Garret's cabin, he is shoved into its basement with a hive of angry bees and stung to death.]]
* RedHerring: [[spoiler: He has nothing to do with Garret's enemies -- he's just trying to claim the bounty on Garret and keep the manhunt from moving far enough that the police discover his moonshine distillery.]]
* VigilanteMan: He and his gang become vigilantes on the hunt for Garret.
* BeeAfraid: [[spoiler: Garret shoves him into the cabin's basement, tosses in a beehive, and locks the door.]]
* ClimaxBoss: [[spoiler: The primary threat and FinalBoss of the manhunt for Garret. However, Jim Bell and his ring of [[DirtyCop corrupt cops]] are the ultimate threat of the situation.]]
* FatBastard: Repeatedly described as obese and undeniably a bastard.
* HeroKiller: Not quite, but [[spoiler: he shoots and nearly kills Thom.]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Immediately after starting a devastating firefight outside Garret's cabin, he is shoved into its basement with a hive of angry bees and stung to death.]]
* RedHerring: [[spoiler: He has nothing to do with Garret's enemies -- he's just trying to claim the bounty on Garret and keep the manhunt from moving far enough that the police discover his moonshine distillery.]]
* VigilanteMan: He and his gang become vigilantes on the hunt for Garret.
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* AssholeVictim: BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: After interfering with Friendly SouthernGentleman and veteran policeman on the investigation outside, [[DirtyCop corrupt crook]] and shooting Thom, he deserves what happens to him.remorseless murderer on the inside.]]
*BeeAfraid: DirtyCop: [[spoiler: Garret shoves him into The leader of a department full of them, and he was the cabin's basement, tosses in a beehive, and locks one who initially took the door.deal with the pesticide company.]]
*ClimaxBoss: [[spoiler: The primary threat and FinalBoss of the manhunt for Garret. However, Jim Bell and his ring of [[DirtyCop corrupt cops]] are the ultimate threat of the situation.]]
* FatBastard: Repeatedly described as obese and undeniably a bastard.
* HeroKiller: Not quite, but [[spoiler: he shoots and nearly kills Thom.]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Immediately after starting a devastating firefight outside Garret's cabin, he is shoved into its basement with a hive of angry bees and stung to death.]]
* RedHerring: [[spoiler: He has nothing to do with Garret's enemies -- he's just trying to claim the bounty on Garret and keep the manhunt from moving far enough that the police discover his moonshine distillery.]]
* VigilanteMan: He and his gang become vigilantes on the hunt for Garret.EvilAllAlong:
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* FatBastard: Repeatedly described as obese and undeniably a bastard.
* HeroKiller: Not quite, but [[spoiler: he shoots and nearly kills Thom.]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Immediately after starting a devastating firefight outside Garret's cabin, he is shoved into its basement with a hive of angry bees and stung to death.]]
* RedHerring: [[spoiler: He has nothing to do with Garret's enemies -- he's just trying to claim the bounty on Garret and keep the manhunt from moving far enough that the police discover his moonshine distillery.]]
* VigilanteMan: He and his gang become vigilantes on the hunt for Garret.
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[[folder:Jeddy Barnes]]
!!Jeddy Barnes
The leader of a racist, nationalist [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic right-wing milita]] in ''The Vanished Man''.
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: He receives no clear punishment for sending the Conjurer and Hobbs Wentworth to kill Charles Grady.]]
* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: Appears to be this for the Conjurer, but even he is being deceived.]]
* RightWingMilitiaFanatic: The leader of a large group in New York state.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite never appearing in person, he is the one [[spoiler: masterminding the various plots to kill Charles Grady.]]
!!Jeddy Barnes
The leader of a racist, nationalist [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic right-wing milita]] in ''The Vanished Man''.
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: He receives no clear punishment for sending the Conjurer and Hobbs Wentworth to kill Charles Grady.]]
* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: Appears to be this for the Conjurer, but even he is being deceived.]]
* RightWingMilitiaFanatic: The leader of a large group in New York state.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite never appearing in person, he is the one [[spoiler: masterminding the various plots to kill Charles Grady.]]
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!!Jeddy Barnes
The leader of a racist, nationalist [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic right-wing milita]] in ''The Vanished Man''.
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: He receives no clear punishment for sending the Conjurer and Hobbs Wentworth to kill Charles Grady.]]
* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: Appears to be this for the Conjurer, but even he is being deceived.]]
* RightWingMilitiaFanatic: The leader of a large group in New York state.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite never appearing in person, he is the one [[spoiler: masterminding the various plots to kill Charles Grady.]]
!!Lucy Kerr
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[[folder:Hobbs Wentworth]]
!!Hobbs Wentworth
Jeddy Barnes's dedicated enforcer, responsible for a number of slayings over the years. In ''The Vanished Man'', he is assigned to [[spoiler: take out Charles Grady if the Conjurer fails to]].
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* BeardOfEvil: Has a thick beard and is part of a racist, murderous [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic milita]].
* TheDragon: To Jeddy Barnes.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: The instant he tries to shoot Charles Grady, his own bullets ricochet and kill him.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: He may look and act like a DeepSouth meathead, but he has an extensive knowledge of weaponry and has gotten away with multiple murders.
* SelfDisposingVillain: [[spoiler: His burst fire ricochets off the reinforced glass window, tearing him apart.]]
!!Hobbs Wentworth
Jeddy Barnes's dedicated enforcer, responsible for a number of slayings over the years. In ''The Vanished Man'', he is assigned to [[spoiler: take out Charles Grady if the Conjurer fails to]].
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* BeardOfEvil: Has a thick beard and is part of a racist, murderous [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic milita]].
* TheDragon: To Jeddy Barnes.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: The instant he tries to shoot Charles Grady, his own bullets ricochet and kill him.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: He may look and act like a DeepSouth meathead, but he has an extensive knowledge of weaponry and has gotten away with multiple murders.
* SelfDisposingVillain: [[spoiler: His burst fire ricochets off the reinforced glass window, tearing him apart.]]
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!!Hobbs Wentworth
Jeddy Barnes's dedicated enforcer, responsible for a number of slayings over the years. In ''The Vanished Man'', he is assigned to [[spoiler: take out Charles Grady if the Conjurer fails to]].
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* BeardOfEvil: Has a thick beard and is part of a racist, murderous [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic milita]].
* TheDragon: To Jeddy Barnes.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: The instant he tries to shoot Charles Grady, his own bullets ricochet and kill him.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: He may look and act like a DeepSouth meathead, but he has an extensive knowledge of weaponry and has gotten away with multiple murders.
* SelfDisposingVillain: [[spoiler: His burst fire ricochets off the reinforced glass window, tearing him apart.]]
!!Mason Germain
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!!Vincent Reynolds
An obese serial rapist whom the Watchmaker contacts and uses as his helper during ''The Cold Moon''.
!!Vincent Reynolds
An obese serial rapist whom the Watchmaker contacts and uses as his helper during ''The Cold Moon''.
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!!Vincent Reynolds
An obese serial rapist whom
!!Rich Culbeau
A local GunNut in Garret Hanlon's town. When Garret escapes custody with Amelia, Rich and his friends secretly dog behind the
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* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler: As a teenager, he tied up and brutally raped his sister Sally-Anne over the course of several days. She has barely recovered in adulthood, and he still obsessively fixates on her as his one true love.]]
* FatBastard: An obese, delusional serial rapist.
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: He is tricked into trying to assault Kathryn Dance and arrested.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Despite his childlike characteristics, he has managed to remain out of the view of police for years.
* PsychopathicManchild: One of the clearest examples in the series. Despite being involved in monstrous crimes, his inner narration and worldview resembles that of an actual child.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: In a book that features a ring of murderous [[DirtyCop Dirty Cops]] and introduces the remorseless ProfessionalKiller who becomes Rhyme's ArchEnemy, Vincent is still the most despicable character around.
* SweetTooth: Vincent frequently chows down on chocolate and other candies to stave off [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil his real hunger]].
* FatBastard: An obese, delusional serial rapist.
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: He is tricked into trying to assault Kathryn Dance and arrested.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Despite his childlike characteristics, he has managed to remain out of the view of police for years.
* PsychopathicManchild: One of the clearest examples in the series. Despite being involved in monstrous crimes, his inner narration and worldview resembles that of an actual child.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: In a book that features a ring of murderous [[DirtyCop Dirty Cops]] and introduces the remorseless ProfessionalKiller who becomes Rhyme's ArchEnemy, Vincent is still the most despicable character around.
* SweetTooth: Vincent frequently chows down on chocolate and other candies to stave off [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil his real hunger]].
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* BrotherSisterIncest: AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: As a teenager, he tied up After interfering with the investigation and brutally raped his sister Sally-Anne over the course of several days. She has barely recovered in adulthood, and shooting Thom, he still obsessively fixates on her as his one true love.deserves what happens to him.]]
*FatBastard: An obese, delusional serial rapist.
* LaserGuidedKarma:BeeAfraid: [[spoiler: He is tricked Garret shoves him into trying to assault Kathryn Dance the cabin's basement, tosses in a beehive, and arrested.locks the door.]]
*ObfuscatingStupidity: Despite his childlike characteristics, he has managed to remain out ClimaxBoss: [[spoiler: The primary threat and FinalBoss of the view of police manhunt for years.
* PsychopathicManchild: One of the clearest examples in the series. Despite being involved in monstrous crimes,Garret. However, Jim Bell and his inner narration and worldview resembles that of an actual child.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: In a book that features aring of murderous [[DirtyCop Dirty Cops]] corrupt cops]] are the ultimate threat of the situation.]]
* FatBastard: Repeatedly described as obese andintroduces undeniably a bastard.
* HeroKiller: Not quite, but [[spoiler: he shoots and nearly kills Thom.]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Immediately after starting a devastating firefight outside Garret's cabin, he is shoved into its basement with a hive of angry bees and stung to death.]]
* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: Both Garret and theremorseless ProfessionalKiller who becomes Rhyme's ArchEnemy, Vincent is still police have their own hidden agendas with each other, but Rich's efforts to claim the most despicable character around.
* SweetTooth: Vincent frequently chows down on chocolatebounty and other candies to stave off [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil deter the manhunt from unearthing his real hunger]].moonshine distillery result in a massive shootout as soon as Garret's cabin is discovered.]]
* VigilanteMan: He and his gang become vigilantes on the hunt for Garret.
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* LaserGuidedKarma:
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* PsychopathicManchild: One of the clearest examples in the series. Despite being involved in monstrous crimes,
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: In a book that features a
* FatBastard: Repeatedly described as obese and
* HeroKiller: Not quite, but [[spoiler: he shoots and nearly kills Thom.]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Immediately after starting a devastating firefight outside Garret's cabin, he is shoved into its basement with a hive of angry bees and stung to death.]]
* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: Both Garret and the
* SweetTooth: Vincent frequently chows down on chocolate
* VigilanteMan: He and his gang become vigilantes on the hunt for Garret.
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!!Jim Bell
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[[folder:Jim Bell]]
!!Jim Bell
!!Sonny Li
A Chinese police detective who stowed away aboard the Ghost's ship in the guise of a passenger in order to capture him. After the boat's destruction, he ends up joining Rhyme's investigative team, though he has wildly different methods to Rhyme.
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!!Lucy Kerr
!!Lucy Kerr
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!!Lucy Kerr
!!Charles Grady
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!!Mason Germain
!!Mason Germain
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!!Mason Germain
!!Jeddy Barnes
The leader of a racist, nationalist [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic right-wing milita]] in ''The Vanished Man''.
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: He receives no clear punishment for sending the Conjurer and Hobbs Wentworth to kill Charles Grady.]]
* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: Appears to be this for the Conjurer, but even he is being deceived.]]
* RightWingMilitiaFanatic: The leader of a large group in New York state.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite never appearing in person, he is the one [[spoiler: masterminding the various plots to kill Charles Grady.]]
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Jeddy Barnes's dedicated enforcer, responsible for a number of slayings over the years. In ''The Vanished Man'', he is assigned to [[spoiler: take out Charles Grady if the Conjurer fails to]].
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* BeardOfEvil: Has a thick beard and is part of a racist, murderous [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic milita]].
* TheDragon: To Jeddy Barnes.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: The instant he tries to shoot Charles Grady, his own bullets ricochet and kill him.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: He may look and act like a DeepSouth meathead, but he has an extensive knowledge of weaponry and has gotten away with multiple murders.
* SelfDisposingVillain: [[spoiler: His burst fire ricochets off the reinforced glass window, tearing him apart.]]
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!!Vincent Reynolds
An obese serial rapist whom the Watchmaker contacts and uses as his helper during ''The Cold Moon''.
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* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler: As a teenager, he tied up and brutally raped his sister Sally-Anne over the course of several days. She has barely recovered in adulthood, and he still obsessively fixates on her as his one true love.]]
* FatBastard: An obese, delusional serial rapist.
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: He is tricked into trying to assault Kathryn Dance and arrested.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Despite his childlike characteristics, he has managed to remain out of the view of police for years.
* PsychopathicManchild: One of the clearest examples in the series. Despite being involved in monstrous crimes, his inner narration and worldview resembles that of an actual child.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: In a book that features a ring of murderous [[DirtyCop Dirty Cops]] and introduces the remorseless ProfessionalKiller who becomes Rhyme's ArchEnemy, Vincent is still the most despicable character around.
* SweetTooth: Vincent frequently chows down on chocolate and other candies to stave off [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil his real hunger]].
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!!Vincent Reynolds
An obese serial rapist whom the Watchmaker contacts and uses as his helper during ''The Cold Moon''.
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* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler: As a teenager, he tied up and brutally raped his sister Sally-Anne over the course of several days. She has barely recovered in adulthood, and he still obsessively fixates on her as his one true love.]]
* FatBastard: An obese, delusional serial rapist.
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: He is tricked into trying to assault Kathryn Dance and arrested.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Despite his childlike characteristics, he has managed to remain out of the view of police for years.
* PsychopathicManchild: One of the clearest examples in the series. Despite being involved in monstrous crimes, his inner narration and worldview resembles that of an actual child.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: In a book that features a ring of murderous [[DirtyCop Dirty Cops]] and introduces the remorseless ProfessionalKiller who becomes Rhyme's ArchEnemy, Vincent is still the most despicable character around.
* SweetTooth: Vincent frequently chows down on chocolate and other candies to stave off [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil his real hunger]].
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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: He's had a hard life, between the vicious bullying and [[spoiler: his brother's [[DrivenToSuicide suicide]], and he chooses to lash out violently because of it.
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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: He's had a hard life, between the vicious bullying and [[spoiler: his brother's [[DrivenToSuicide suicide]], suicide]]]], and he chooses to lash out violently because of it.
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* BigBad: Of ''The Steel Kiss''. [[spoiler: At least insofar as he is the main killer, but he isn't the mastermind behind the spree and is actually one of the most sympathetic characters in the story.]]
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His brother Peter is the most important person in his life, and one of the few people who can calm him with just a thought. [[spoiler: It turns out that Peter actually [[DeadAllAlong died in high school]], and Vernon has been continuously listening to voice mails and visiting his grave for years.]]
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* HiddenDepths: He is a skilled and passionate wood carver capable of making detailed miniatures that are worth a lot of money on the market.
* HoneyTrap: [[spoiler: Alicia seduced him into working as an assassin for her in exchange for functioning as his girlfriend.]]
* HoneyTrap: [[spoiler: Alicia seduced him into working as an assassin for her in exchange for functioning as his girlfriend.]]
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* NicknamingTheEnemy: He refers to the people he kills disgustedly as "Shoppers". [[spoiler: This is actually his term for woodshop students, not actual shoppers.]]
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* OfficialCouple: With Amelia Sachs.
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* OfficialCouple: With Amelia Sachs. And as of ''The Steel Kiss'', [[spoiler: they're engaged.]]
* SympathyForTheDevil: Rhyme always tries to remain detached from a killer's tragic motives, but he finally expresses sympathy for [[spoiler: Vernon Griffith after his surrender and confession]] in ''The Steel Kiss''.
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* NearDeathExperience: In ''The Skin Collector'', [[spoiler: he drinks coffee that was poisoned by the Watchmaker and spends the remainder of the book passing in and out of critical condition at the hospital. He barely recovers by the end.]]
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* NearDeathExperience: In ''The Skin Collector'', [[spoiler: he drinks coffee that was poisoned by the Watchmaker and spends the remainder of the book passing in and out of critical condition at the hospital. He barely recovers by the end.]]]] The aftermath continues to affect him well into the next book.
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* KidsAreCruel: He was mercilessly bullied in his youth for his unusual physique.
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* EvilLuddite: He wages war because of his hatred for modern conveniences and the people who use them, who he refers to as "Shoppers". [[spoiler: However, this is all a cover he came up with to poetically kill Alicia's targets, and "Shoppers" denotes the woodshop students who bullied him rather than purchasers of appliances.]]
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: He and his brother Peter were regularly bullied throughout their youth for their Marfan syndrome-affected physiques. At one point, two such bullies pretended to befriend Peter, only to set him up to [[RapeByProxy unwittingly have sex with a drugged girl as revenge for her not sleeping with them]], which he was filmed doing. [[DrivenToSuicide He eventually killed himself because of this,]] scarring Vernon forever.]]
* HairTriggerTemper: He is prone to lashing out at the slightest irritation, usually resulting in the death of whoever earned his ire. This implicitly spawned from his youth, when he would [[spoiler: fantasize about hurting and killing everyone who messed with him and his brother]].
* KidsAreCruel: He was mercilessly bullied in his youth for his unusual physique. [[spoiler: As was his brother, who was ultimately DrivenToSuicide because of it.]]
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: He and his brother Peter were regularly bullied throughout their youth for their Marfan syndrome-affected physiques. At one point, two such bullies pretended to befriend Peter, only to set him up to [[RapeByProxy unwittingly have sex with a drugged girl as revenge for her not sleeping with them]], which he was filmed doing. [[DrivenToSuicide He eventually killed himself because of this,]] scarring Vernon forever.]]
* HairTriggerTemper: He is prone to lashing out at the slightest irritation, usually resulting in the death of whoever earned his ire. This implicitly spawned from his youth, when he would [[spoiler: fantasize about hurting and killing everyone who messed with him and his brother]].
* KidsAreCruel: He was mercilessly bullied in his youth for his unusual physique. [[spoiler: As was his brother, who was ultimately DrivenToSuicide because of it.]]
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* KnightTemplar: His identity as the "People's Guardian" is meant to make people fear using technology and abandon it. [[spoiler: He actually has nothing against technology and frequently makes use of it himself, but Alicia wants to project this image.]]
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: [[spoiler: Amelia and the police surprise him when he visits his brother's grave. He starts to get off his bench to run, then sits back down, puts his hands up, politely tells them everything they want to know, and goes to prison without a fuss.]]
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: [[spoiler: Amelia and the police surprise him when he visits his brother's grave. He starts to get off his bench to run, then sits back down, puts his hands up, politely tells them everything they want to know, and goes to prison without a fuss.]]
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An insect-obsessed teenager and the town pariah where he lives. After several suspicious deaths he was implicated in, he suddenly kidnaps two women -- his crush and a local nurse -- and spirits them away into the forest. Rhyme and the state police track him down fairly quickly, but Amelia starts doubting his guilt and is eventually driven to free him from prison.
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An insect-obsessed teenager and the town pariah where he lives. After several suspicious deaths he was implicated in, he suddenly kidnaps two women -- his crush and a local nurse -- and spirits them away into the forest. Rhyme and the state police track him down fairly quickly, but as he insists the murders were committed by "the man in tan overalls", Amelia starts doubting his guilt and is eventually driven to free him from prison.
* AccidentallyAccurate: [[spoiler: His whole story about "the man in tan overalls" is fiction, made up so he would have an excuse to get Mary-Beth. However, there really is a secretive and murderous danger in the town -- [[DirtyCop the police department]].]]
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* ClearMyName: The quest he embarks on once Amelia breaks him out of prison. [[spoiler: He actually didn't care and was tricking Amelia, but Rhyme figures out that he was innocent anyway.]]
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* ClearMyName: The quest he embarks on once Amelia breaks him out of prison. [[spoiler: He actually didn't care and was tricking Amelia, Amelia with his story, but Rhyme figures out that he was innocent anyway.]]
* DoubleSubversion: [[spoiler: After his destination is reached, he reveals that everything he told Amelia and the police was a lie and that he did it all to get to Mary-Beth. However, Rhyme puts together that he is still innocent of the murders and ultimately the victim of the situation.]]
* FrameUp: He claims to have been framed for the violence in his town. [[spoiler: He's right -- the [[DirtyCop cops]] have been using him as a scapegoat for years]].
* FrameUp: He claims to have been framed for the violence in his town. [[spoiler: He's right -- the [[DirtyCop cops]] have been using him as a scapegoat for years]].
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* RedHerring: [[spoiler: He has nothing to do with Garret's enemies -- he's just trying to keep the manhunt from moving far enough that the police discover his moonshine distillery.]]
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* RedHerring: [[spoiler: He has nothing to do with Garret's enemies -- he's just trying to claim the bounty on Garret and keep the manhunt from moving far enough that the police discover his moonshine distillery.]]
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!!Andrew Sterling
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!!Lucy Kerr
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!!Andrew Sterling
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!!Harriet Stanton
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* KidsAreCruel: He was mercilessly bullied in his youth for his unusual physique.
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* NoodlePeople: His most distinguishing trait is his exceptional height, thinness, and long arms. Late in the book, he reveals that [[spoiler: he has [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marfan_syndrome Marfan syndrome]].]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He really, really, ''really'' loves his White Castle sliders, and various witnesses report him gulping down dozens of themdespite down. The first thing Rhyme and Amelia do that genuinely provokes his skinny frame.wrath is getting his description posted in the local White Castle.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He really, really, ''really'' loves his White Castle sliders, and various witnesses report him gulping down dozens of them
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* ImpossiblyTackyClothes: Whenever he's introduced, he's usually wearing the worst combination of colors and styles imaginable, which is always pointed out.
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* INeedYouStronger: [[spoiler: This is Stanton's reason for not killing Rhyme immediately -- he needs to make Rhyme care enough about living by providing him with a challenge that he will no longer want his life to end, thus making his death true revenge.]]
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: Shortly after his last perspective chapter, Jodie [[KilledOffscreen murders and dismembers him]], leaving him positioned as just another Dancer victim. His corpse is identified with little fanfare mid-chapter just before Jodie reveals himself.]]
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* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: Tricks a homeless man into wearing his outfit and drilling into the targeted water system, which is still operating at full pressure to stop the poisoning plot. The hobo is torn apart by the pressure, while Billy makes it back to Pam's house.]]
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The main antagonist of ''The Steel Kiss''.
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The main antagonist of ''The Steel Kiss''. An anti-technology killer, he uses a smart remote to hack into household and industrial appliances with cloud connectivity and exploits them to cause brutal murders.
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* KillItWithFire: One of his victims has their oven hacked to cause a gas explosion, burning them to death.
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* PlayfulHacker: To contrast with other, less friendly hackers like 522 and the Peoples' Guardian.
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* PlayfulHacker: To contrast with other, less friendly hackers like 522 and the Peoples' People's Guardian.
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* DropTheHammer: Uses a ball-peen hammer for personal murders.
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!!The Coffin Dancer, aka Stephen Kall
* MasterOfDisguise: He is able to effectively change his outfit and some aspects of his appearance to infiltrate a location, but not to as great a level as Rhyme believes, resulting in several near-misses. [[spoiler: This is a big hint that he isn't really the Coffin Dancer.]]
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* PsychForHire: He may be quite competent, but he has vivid delusions about worms in his skin and pale faces watching him from the shadows.
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* PsychForHire: PsychoForHire: He may be quite competent, but he has vivid delusions about worms in his skin and pale faces watching him from the shadows.
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An insect-obsessed teenager and the town pariah where he lives. After several suspicious deaths he was implicated in, he suddenly kidnaps two women -- his crush and a local nurse -- and spirits them away into the forest. Rhyme and the state police track him down fairly quickly, but Amelia starts doubting his guilt and is eventually driven to free him from prison.
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* CloudCuckoolander: He's definitely not all there.
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* ClearMyName: The quest he embarks on once Amelia breaks him out of prison. [[spoiler: He actually didn't care and was tricking Amelia, but Rhyme figures out that he was innocent anyway.]]
* CloudCuckoolander: He's definitely not all there. [[spoiler: A whiff of illegal pesticide while watching your family die in agony will do that to you.]]
* CloudCuckoolander: He's definitely not all there. [[spoiler: A whiff of illegal pesticide while watching your family die in agony will do that to you.]]
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* TeensAreMonsters: He's an angry, vicious bully-turned-kidnapper with multiple murders under his belt. [[spoiler: However, while he is still guilty of having a rage streak, the rest is a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]].]]
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* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: He faked killing himself in a mental hospital so Rhyme would have no reason to suspect him.]]
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* {{Foil}}: While Rhyme is dour and technologically blind, Rodney is laid back and up-to-date.
* PlayfulHacker: To contrast with other, less friendly hackers like 522 and Vernon Griffith.
* RunningGag: Every time Rhyme calls him, without fail, hard rock music is blaring to the point where he has to speak up.
* PlayfulHacker: To contrast with other, less friendly hackers like 522 and Vernon Griffith.
* RunningGag: Every time Rhyme calls him, without fail, hard rock music is blaring to the point where he has to speak up.
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* EverythingIsOnline: The basis for his crimes.
crimes, which he perpetrates by using remotes to hack specific cloud-connected products.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He really, really, ''really'' loves his WhiteCastle.Castle sliders, and various witnesses report him gulping down dozens of them despite his skinny frame.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He really, really, ''really'' loves his White
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!!Rodney Szarnek
A computer crimes expert initially contacted to help in the pursuit of 522. While Rhyme is initially unimpressed with him, he goes on to become the first name Rhyme brings up when a crime involves technology.
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* DuelingHackers: With 522 in ''The Broken Window''.
!!Rodney Szarnek
A computer crimes expert initially contacted to help in the pursuit of 522. While Rhyme is initially unimpressed with him, he goes on to become the first name Rhyme brings up when a crime involves technology.
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* DuelingHackers: With 522 in ''The Broken Window''.
* EverythingIsOnline: The basis for his crimes.
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!!Vernon Griffith
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The main antagonist of ''The Steel Kiss''.
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* EverythingIsOnline: The basis for his crimes.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He really, really, ''really'' loves his White Castle.
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* ProfessionalKiller: Although contrary to what is initially believed, [[spoiler: he is neither a government asset nor an independent contractor.]]
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* ProfessionalKiller: Although contrary to what is initially believed, [[spoiler: he is neither a government asset nor an independent contractor. He is actually the security chief of the company that makes the drone's payloads.]]
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* DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler: He murdered John Rollins and stole his identity so he would be allowed to work with Andrew Sterling.]]
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: He destroyed his life as tech genius Peter Gordon and took on John Rollins's identity to work with Andrew Sterling.]]
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: He destroyed his life as tech genius Peter Gordon and took on John Rollins's identity to work with Andrew Sterling.]]
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* DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler: He murdered John Rollins and stole his identity so he would be allowed to work with Andrew Sterling.]]
*DeadPersonImpersonation / FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: He destroyed his life as tech genius Peter Gordon and took on faked his own death, then murdered John Rollins's identity to work Rollins and stole his identity, all for the sake of working with Andrew Sterling.]]
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* ColdBloodedTorture: He never kills his victims with straight stabbing, instead subduing them with blows to the throat before [[FlayingAlive flaying layer after layer of their skin away.
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* ColdBloodedTorture: He never kills his victims with straight stabbing, instead subduing them with blows to the throat before [[FlayingAlive flaying layer after layer of their skin away.]]
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!!Shreve Metzger
An obese serial rapist whom the Watchmaker contacts and uses as his helper during ''The Cold Moon''.
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* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler: As a teenager, he tied up and brutally raped his sister Sally-Anne over the course of several days. She has barely recovered in adulthood, and he still obsessively fixates on her as his one true love.]]
* FatBastard: An obese, delusional serial rapist.
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: He is tricked into trying to assault Kathryn Dance and arrested.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Despite his childlike characteristics, he has managed to remain out of the view of police for years.
* PsychopathicManchild: One of the clearest examples in the series. Despite being involved in monstrous crimes, his inner narration and worldview resembles that of an actual child.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: In a book that features a ring of murderous [[DirtyCop Dirty Cops]] and introduces the remorseless ProfessionalKiller who becomes Rhyme's ArchEnemy, Vincent is still the most despicable character around.
* SweetTooth: Vincent frequently chows down on chocolate and other candies to stave off [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil his real hunger]].
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* BookSafe: Jodie's Bible, which contains [[spoiler: a large knife.]]
* FireForgedFriends: With Stephen Kall. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for Stephen, this is an act.]]
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The leader of a racist, nationalist [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic right-wing milita]].
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!!Jeddy Barnes
The leader of a racist, nationalist [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic right-wing milita]].
A somewhat infamous man in Garret Hanlon's town. When Garret escapes custody with Amelia, Rich and his friends secretly dog behind the police, ready to shoot the boy dead on sight.
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* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: Appears to be this for the Conjurer.]]
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: He receives no punishment for his crimes.]]
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* TheManBehindTheMan: AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Appears to be this for After interfering with the Conjurer.investigation and shooting Thom, he deserves what happens to him.]]
*KarmaHoudini: BeeAfraid: [[spoiler: Garret shoves him into the cabin's basement, tosses in a beehive, and locks the door.]]
* ClimaxBoss: [[spoiler: The primary threat and FinalBoss of the manhunt for Garret. However, Jim Bell and his ring of [[DirtyCop corrupt cops]] are the ultimate threat of the situation.]]
* FatBastard: Repeatedly described as obese and undeniably a bastard.
* HeroKiller: Not quite, but [[spoiler: he shoots and nearly kills Thom.]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Immediately after starting a devastating firefight outside Garret's cabin, he is shoved into its basement with a hive of angry bees and stung to death.]]
* RedHerring: [[spoiler: Hereceives no punishment has nothing to do with Garret's enemies -- he's just trying to keep the manhunt from moving far enough that the police discover his moonshine distillery.]]
* VigilanteMan: He and his gang become vigilantes on the hunt forhis crimes.]]Garret.
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* ClimaxBoss: [[spoiler: The primary threat and FinalBoss of the manhunt for Garret. However, Jim Bell and his ring of [[DirtyCop corrupt cops]] are the ultimate threat of the situation.]]
* FatBastard: Repeatedly described as obese and undeniably a bastard.
* HeroKiller: Not quite, but [[spoiler: he shoots and nearly kills Thom.]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Immediately after starting a devastating firefight outside Garret's cabin, he is shoved into its basement with a hive of angry bees and stung to death.]]
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Jeddy Barnes's dedicated enforcer, responsible for a number of slayings over the years. In ''The Vanished Man'', he is assigned to [[spoiler: take out Charles Grady if the Conjurer fails to]].
!!Hobbs Wentworth
Jeddy Barnes's dedicated enforcer, responsible for a number of slayings over the years. In ''The Vanished Man'', he is assigned to [[spoiler: take out Charles Grady if the Conjurer fails to]].
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!!Jeddy Barnes
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* BeardOfEvil: Has a thick beard and is part of a racist, murderous [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic milita]].
* TheDragon: To Jeddy Barnes.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: The instant he tries to shoot Charles Grady, his own bullets ricochet and kill him.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: He may look and act like a DeepSouth meathead, but he has an extensive knowledge of weaponry and has gotten away with multiple murders.
* SelfDisposingVillain: [[spoiler: His burst fire ricochets off the reinforced glass window, tearing him apart.]]
* TheDragon: To Jeddy Barnes.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: The instant he tries to shoot Charles Grady, his own bullets ricochet and kill him.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: He may look and act like a DeepSouth meathead, but he has an extensive knowledge of weaponry and has gotten away with multiple murders.
* SelfDisposingVillain: [[spoiler: His burst fire ricochets off the reinforced glass window, tearing him apart.]]
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* BeardOfEvil: Has a thick beard and is part of a racist, murderous [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic milita]].
* TheDragon: To Jeddy Barnes.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard:KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: The instant he tries He receives no clear punishment for sending the Conjurer and Hobbs Wentworth to shoot kill Charles Grady, his own bullets ricochet and kill him.Grady.]]
*ObfuscatingStupidity: He may look and act like a DeepSouth meathead, but he has an extensive knowledge of weaponry and has gotten away with multiple murders.
* SelfDisposingVillain:TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: His burst fire ricochets off Appears to be this for the reinforced glass window, tearing him apart.Conjurer, but even he is being deceived.]]
* RightWingMilitiaFanatic: The leader of a large group in New York state.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite never appearing in person, he is the one [[spoiler: masterminding the various plots to kill Charles Grady.]]
* TheDragon: To Jeddy Barnes.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard:
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* SelfDisposingVillain:
* RightWingMilitiaFanatic: The leader of a large group in New York state.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite never appearing in person, he is the one [[spoiler: masterminding the various plots to kill Charles Grady.]]
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!!Hobbs Wentworth
Jeddy Barnes's dedicated enforcer, responsible for a number of slayings over the years. In ''The Vanished Man'', he is assigned to [[spoiler: take out Charles Grady if the Conjurer fails to]].
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* BeardOfEvil: Has a thick beard and is part of a racist, murderous [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic milita]].
* TheDragon: To Jeddy Barnes.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: The instant he tries to shoot Charles Grady, his own bullets ricochet and kill him.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: He may look and act like a DeepSouth meathead, but he has an extensive knowledge of weaponry and has gotten away with multiple murders.
* SelfDisposingVillain: [[spoiler: His burst fire ricochets off the reinforced glass window, tearing him apart.]]
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!!Hobbs Wentworth
Jeddy Barnes's dedicated enforcer, responsible for a number of slayings over the years. In ''The Vanished Man'', he is assigned to [[spoiler: take out Charles Grady if the Conjurer fails to]].
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* BeardOfEvil: Has a thick beard and is part of a racist, murderous [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic milita]].
* TheDragon: To Jeddy Barnes.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: The instant he tries to shoot Charles Grady, his own bullets ricochet and kill him.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: He may look and act like a DeepSouth meathead, but he has an extensive knowledge of weaponry and has gotten away with multiple murders.
* SelfDisposingVillain: [[spoiler: His burst fire ricochets off the reinforced glass window, tearing him apart.]]
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* ArchEnemy: [[spoiler: He was Rhyme's in the past after one of his bombs killed someone Rhyme loved.]]
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* BatterUp: At one point, he tries to attack Amelia with a bat.
* BigBad: [[spoiler: The real antagonist of ''The Coffin Dancer''.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler: The real antagonist of ''The Coffin Dancer''.]]
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* MasterOfDisguise: [[spoiler: The Coffin Dancer is most notorious for being able to completely change his appearance and blend in anywhere.]]
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* TattooedCrook: Jodie is a drug peddler and he has a tattoo on his arm. [[spoiler: It's of TheGrimReaper dancing with a woman.]]
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* RightWingMilitiaFanatic
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* RightWingMilitiaFanaticRightWingMilitiaFanatic: The first depicted in the series and a representative of a particular militia branch that reappears several times.
* WalkingSpoiler: You're not even supposed to know this character exists, let alone who they are.
* WalkingSpoiler: You're not even supposed to know this character exists, let alone who they are.
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!!Joe D'Oforio, aka Jodie
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!!Joe D'Oforio, aka JodieJodie[[spoiler:, aka The Coffin Dancer]]
A homeless drug peddler who, by a strange twist of fate, holds Stephen Kall hostage at gunpoint just as the police are ready to track him down. After escaping together, Jodie ends up accompanying Stephen and assisting him in his ventures as the two rapidly develop a close bond. [[spoiler: In reality, "Jodie" is the Coffin Dancer, and he was the one who hired Stephen, purposefully meeting him as part of his plan.]]
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* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: His entire plot hinges around Rhyme and the police being so worried about Stephen Kall that they send him -- a supposedly coerced accomplice -- and his targets to a secure safehouse where he can pick them off at his leisure. It almost works, too.]]
* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler: How does he decide to eliminate his targets? He tracks down and anonymously hires another skilled ProfessionalKiller for the same job, goes into deep cover as a homeless drug dealer for several weeks, sets up a seemingly random meeting with the other killer, stays with him to monitor his progress, and waits for the idea of a safehouse to come up before covertly disposing of the other killer and heading off to finish his task in an environment with no danger of intervention.]]
* CrazyHomelessPeople: He initially comes off this way, holding Stephen at gunpoint and generally seeming twitchy, but he warms up and normalizes quickly. [[spoiler: Both of these attitudes are an act.]]
* EyeScream: [[spoiler: Amelia shoots him through the scope of his rifle, filling his eye with glass and bullet fragments.]]
* NoNameGiven: [[spoiler: He denies Rhyme's request for his real name.]]
* ProfessionalKiller: [[spoiler: He's the one Rhyme and Amelia have really been meaning to track, and the one the book is named for.]]
* TheSpook: [[spoiler: Nothing is ever revealed about his true identity or his past; he laughs in Rhyme's face when asked to reveal them.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: He's more than just a random homeless man, to say the least.
* WeaponOfChoice: While helping Stephen, he starts carrying a baseball bat. [[spoiler: When he reveals himself, he uses a knife and a hunting rifle.]]
A homeless drug peddler who, by a strange twist of fate, holds Stephen Kall hostage at gunpoint just as the police are ready to track him down. After escaping together, Jodie ends up accompanying Stephen and assisting him in his ventures as the two rapidly develop a close bond. [[spoiler: In reality, "Jodie" is the Coffin Dancer, and he was the one who hired Stephen, purposefully meeting him as part of his plan.]]
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* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: His entire plot hinges around Rhyme and the police being so worried about Stephen Kall that they send him -- a supposedly coerced accomplice -- and his targets to a secure safehouse where he can pick them off at his leisure. It almost works, too.]]
* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler: How does he decide to eliminate his targets? He tracks down and anonymously hires another skilled ProfessionalKiller for the same job, goes into deep cover as a homeless drug dealer for several weeks, sets up a seemingly random meeting with the other killer, stays with him to monitor his progress, and waits for the idea of a safehouse to come up before covertly disposing of the other killer and heading off to finish his task in an environment with no danger of intervention.]]
* CrazyHomelessPeople: He initially comes off this way, holding Stephen at gunpoint and generally seeming twitchy, but he warms up and normalizes quickly. [[spoiler: Both of these attitudes are an act.]]
* EyeScream: [[spoiler: Amelia shoots him through the scope of his rifle, filling his eye with glass and bullet fragments.]]
* NoNameGiven: [[spoiler: He denies Rhyme's request for his real name.]]
* ProfessionalKiller: [[spoiler: He's the one Rhyme and Amelia have really been meaning to track, and the one the book is named for.]]
* TheSpook: [[spoiler: Nothing is ever revealed about his true identity or his past; he laughs in Rhyme's face when asked to reveal them.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: He's more than just a random homeless man, to say the least.
* WeaponOfChoice: While helping Stephen, he starts carrying a baseball bat. [[spoiler: When he reveals himself, he uses a knife and a hunting rifle.]]
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* {{Troll}}: To Thom's horror, he sometimes fakes being severely mentally disabled to make new people uncomfortable enough to leave. Since his fame has increased, though, this has gotten less effective.
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A RightWingMilitiaFanatic MadBomber who detonates a bomb in an embassy at the end of ''The Bone Collector'', killing numerous attendees. [[spoiler: It's really Charlotte Willoughby, who was attacked and waylaid from her goal by the Bone Collector under the guise of Carol Ganz.]]
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* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler: She abuses and neglects Pam, and when told that she would have to give up her fanatical conspirators to ever see her daughter again, she unhesitatingly chose the latter.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: The sweet, innocent victim and loving mother is really an abusive, delusional crank.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: After evading capture in ''The Bone Collector'', they return a full nine years later for ''The Cold Moon''.
* MadBomber
* ManBehindTheMan: Returns in ''The Cold Moon'' as the Watchmaker's employer.
* RightWingMilitiaFanatic
