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* DropTheHammer: The People's Guardian / Vernon Griffith bludgeons people to death with a ball-peen hammer in ''The Steel Kiss''.
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* HeroesWantRedHeads: Lincoln eventually ends up with Amelia, and in ''The Broken Window'' recounts with some embarrassment that his first love was also a redhead. Amelia seems more amused than anything.
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** Yannis Gregorios [[spoiler:was a PeepingTom from a young age and as punishment was locked away in various rooms for years. This gave him an obsession with picking locks that led to him adopting the identity of "the Locksmith"]].
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** Yannis Gregorios [[spoiler:was a PeepingTom ThePeepingTom from a young age and as punishment was locked away in various rooms for years. This gave him an obsession with picking locks that led to him adopting the identity of "the Locksmith"]].
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Garret Haldon in ''The Empty Chair'' -- but then again, he's a 16 year old kid.
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* SuperOCD: The Watchmaker.
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A DetectiveDrama series written by lawyer-turned-novelist Jeffery Deaver, currently at twelve books and counting.
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A DetectiveDrama series written by lawyer-turned-novelist Jeffery Deaver, currently at twelve fifteen books and counting.
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* ConspiracyTheorist: In ''The Midnight Lock'', the team have to deal with complications caused by ''Verum'', who is publishing all kinds of alleged conspiracies suggesting that "the Hidden" are manipulating events to keep those they favour in power. [[spoiler:In reality, "Verum" is Joanna Whittaker, heir to a major media empire, who realises her blogs just to attract attention and in reality doesn't believe in anything she posts so long as it gets hits]].
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* ConspiracyTheorist: In ''The Midnight Lock'', the team have to deal with complications caused by ''Verum'', who is publishing all kinds of alleged conspiracies suggesting that "the Hidden" are manipulating events to keep those they favour in power. [[spoiler:In reality, "Verum" is Joanna Whittaker, heir to a major media empire, who realises writers her blogs just to attract attention and in reality doesn't believe in anything she posts so long as it gets hits]].
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** ''The Burial Hour'' (2017)
** ''The Cutting Edge'' (2018)
** ''The Midnight Lock'' (2021)
** ''The Cutting Edge'' (2018)
** ''The Midnight Lock'' (2021)
* ConspiracyTheorist: In ''The Midnight Lock'', the team have to deal with complications caused by ''Verum'', who is publishing all kinds of alleged conspiracies suggesting that "the Hidden" are manipulating events to keep those they favour in power. [[spoiler:In reality, "Verum" is Joanna Whittaker, heir to a major media empire, who realises her blogs just to attract attention and in reality doesn't believe in anything she posts so long as it gets hits]].
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** [[spoiler: The Watchmaker]] in ''The Skin Collector'' has been faking from the start. [[spoiler: Billy Haven also gets in on this at the climax, dressing a homeless man as him and setting him up to gruesomely die so the police don't anticipate his next move.]]
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** [[spoiler: The Watchmaker]] in ''The Skin Collector'' has been faking from the start. [[spoiler: Billy Haven also gets in on this at the climax, dressing a homeless man as him and setting him up to gruesomely die so the police don't anticipate his next move.]]move]].
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** The Conjurer [[spoiler: lost his teacher Erick Weir in the circus fire.]]
** The Watchmaker has a notably [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking low-key]] one for the ostensible series BigBad: [[spoiler: his parents neglected him, so he started organizing things to stave off boredom.]]
** 522 [[spoiler: was abused by his parents, who neglected to address his mental health issues, and bullied by the foster children they eventually took in.]]
** Raymond Galt [[spoiler: got cancer from the power lines where he worked.]] At least, [[spoiler: that's what the Watchmaker wants everyone to think.]]
** The Watchmaker has a notably [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking low-key]] one for the ostensible series BigBad: [[spoiler: his parents neglected him, so he started organizing things to stave off boredom.]]
** 522 [[spoiler: was abused by his parents, who neglected to address his mental health issues, and bullied by the foster children they eventually took in.]]
** Raymond Galt [[spoiler: got cancer from the power lines where he worked.]] At least, [[spoiler: that's what the Watchmaker wants everyone to think.]]
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** The Conjurer [[spoiler: lost his teacher Erick Weir in the circus fire.]]
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** The Watchmaker has a notably [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking low-key]] one for the ostensible series BigBad: [[spoiler: his parents neglected him, so he started organizing things to stave offboredom.]]
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** 522 [[spoiler: was abused by his parents, who neglected to address his mental health issues, and bullied by the foster children they eventually tookin.]]
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** Raymond Galt [[spoiler: got cancer from the power lines where he worked.]] At least, [[spoiler: that's what the Watchmaker wants everyone tothink.]]think]].
** The Watchmaker has a notably [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking low-key]] one for the ostensible series BigBad: [[spoiler: his parents neglected him, so he started organizing things to stave off
** 522 [[spoiler: was abused by his parents, who neglected to address his mental health issues, and bullied by the foster children they eventually took
** Raymond Galt [[spoiler: got cancer from the power lines where he worked.]] At least, [[spoiler: that's what the Watchmaker wants everyone to
** Yannis Gregorios [[spoiler:was a PeepingTom from a young age and as punishment was locked away in various rooms for years. This gave him an obsession with picking locks that led to him adopting the identity of "the Locksmith"]].
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* OrgyOfEvidence: In the short story "A Textbook Case", the killer left behind a near-mountain of contradictory evidence. Simply categorizing the various kinds of evidence, before any sort of analysis could occur, would give the killer plenty of time to cover their tracks.
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* OrgyOfEvidence: OrgyOfEvidence:
** In the short story "A Textbook Case", the killer left behind a near-mountain of contradictory evidence. Simply categorizing the various kinds of evidence, before any sort of analysis could occur, would give the killer plenty of time to cover their tracks.
** In ''The Midnight Lock'', the team discover a large quantity of evidence implicating [[spoiler:Kitt Whittaker]] as the Locksmith, which [[spoiler:leads them to spot the minute traces of evidence that ''don't'' fit Kitt and realise he's actually being framed by his cousin Joanna]].
** In the short story "A Textbook Case", the killer left behind a near-mountain of contradictory evidence. Simply categorizing the various kinds of evidence, before any sort of analysis could occur, would give the killer plenty of time to cover their tracks.
** In ''The Midnight Lock'', the team discover a large quantity of evidence implicating [[spoiler:Kitt Whittaker]] as the Locksmith, which [[spoiler:leads them to spot the minute traces of evidence that ''don't'' fit Kitt and realise he's actually being framed by his cousin Joanna]].
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* SmallNameBigEgo: Viktor Buryak is a dangerous criminal with a long history of running rings around law enforcement, but after his lawyer seemingly discredits Rhyme's testimony in a case, Buryak immediately starts to consider the possibilities of Rhyme coming after him to the extent that Rhyme might fake evidence to put him away. In reality, Rhyme wouldn't even think much about Buryak beyond that court case if other circumstances didn't make him more of a focus, as Buryak isn't the kind of dangerous Rhyme would normally worry about.
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* WoundedGazelleGambit: In ''The Midnight Lock'', [[spoiler:Averell Whittaker feigns injury to his shoulder to lure in his niece Joanna when she plans to kill Whittaker and his son Kitt, allowing him to hit her in the face with his cane and buy time for the police to rescue him]].
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** Jacob Swann grew fixated on cooking as a way of getting his neglectful, frequently absentee father to pay more attention to him -- which was an only momentarily successful endeavor. [[KnifeNut His acquired skills with knives, on the other hand, stuck with him for life.]]
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** Jacob Swann grew fixated on cooking as a way of getting his neglectful, frequently absentee father to pay more attention to him -- which was an only momentarily successful endeavor. [[KnifeNut His acquired skills with knives, on the other hand, stuck with him for life.]]
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* GovernmentConspiracy: The plot of ''The Kill Room'' revolves around the government assassination of an American citizen in the Bahamas and a subsequent coverup. [[spoiler: However, while they are responsible for the hit, the KnifeNut PsychoForHire cleaning up witnesses is completely unaffiliated.]]
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* GovernmentConspiracy: The plot of ''The Kill Room'' revolves around the government assassination of an American citizen in the Bahamas and a subsequent coverup. [[spoiler: However, while they are responsible for the hit, the KnifeNut the PsychoForHire cleaning up witnesses is completely unaffiliated.]]
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* KnifeNut: Jacob Swann in ''The Kill Room'' is obsessed with knives, preferring to dispatch people by flaying them slowly.
* PsychoKnifeNut: Jacob Swann in ''The Kill Room'' is obsessed with knives, preferring to dispatch people by flaying them slowly.
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** Jacob Swann in ''The Kill Room'' is an independent specialist hired to clean up and dispose of witnesses related to a military operation. That he has a perverse fixation on inflicting pointless ColdBloodedTorture on his victims by [[KnifeNut using various types of knives]] to shred flesh like he's cooking is of no concern to his employers.
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** Jacob Swann in ''The Kill Room'' is an independent specialist hired to clean up and dispose of witnesses related to a military operation. That he has a perverse fixation on inflicting pointless ColdBloodedTorture on his victims by [[KnifeNut using various types of knives]] knives to shred flesh like he's cooking is of no concern to his employers.
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* AdultFear: Mary-Beth McConnells widowed mother has this pretty bad for most of the third book after her daughters abduction.
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* BadassGay: Thom shows himself to be capable of some pretty badass feats when the time calls for it, from [[spoiler: charging through a frenzied gunfight with Lincoln in tow and only passing out from his own gunshot wound when they're in cover]] in ''The Empty Chair'' to scaring an assisted suicide advocate away from Rhyme in an uncharacteristic BerserkerRage in ''The Burning Wire''.
** In ''The Coffin Dancer'', [[spoiler: Stephen Kall turns out to be an ArmoredClosetGay with an attraction to Jodie. He still ranks as one of the most competent and deadly villains in the series.]]
** In ''The Coffin Dancer'', [[spoiler: Stephen Kall turns out to be an ArmoredClosetGay with an attraction to Jodie. He still ranks as one of the most competent and deadly villains in the series.]]
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* GenreBlind: Given the ''very'' large number of times where an apparent serial killer or abductor turns out to really be a mercenary or hired assassin pursuing some other agenda (especially in instances where a lot of victims survive) it really is remarkable that Rhyme doesn't consider this as a possible reason behind his latest case for so long in a lot of stories.
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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: A variation of this in ''The Vanished Man''; [[spoiler:when Sachs arrests a man for trying to help a crashed car that is part of her current case, the man turns out to be a New York senator (it is suggested that he is applying for re-election and was trying to help the car to look good for his constituents), who uses his connections to try and dismiss the results of Sachs' recent detective exam]].
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* BullyingADragon: An accidental, non-physical example occurs in the fifth book when an obstructive bystander who Sachs has detained for contaminating a crime scene turns out to be a powerful local politician who had been attempting a publicity stunt and ended up humiliated as a result, causing him to [[spoiler: sabotage Sachs sergeants exam]]
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* SpoiledByTheFormat: On occasion. Most notably, in ''The Cold Moon'' it's established early on that The Watchmaker ordered ten clocks to put next to victims he was going to kill, but by the last fifty pages or so (out of a 406 page book) he's only used (or tried to use) half of those clocks. [[spoiler: Which serves as a foreshadowing that he isn't actually trying to kill ten people. Not in elaborate death traps, anyway]].
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''This page is about the Lincoln Rhyme series of novels. For the film based on the first book, check Film/TheBoneCollector''
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''This page is about the Lincoln Rhyme series of novels. For the film based on the first book, check Film/TheBoneCollector''
Film/TheBoneCollector''. For the 2020 series, check ''Series/LincolnRhymeHuntForTheBoneCollector''.
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* CluelessDeputy: Averted in ‘mThe Empry Chair’m with Deputy Nathan. He’s first mentioned when rhyme finds out he was smoking at the crime scene and mentally bites he should be fired for contaminating the evidence but when Nathan (the department sharpshooter) appears in person he’s very intelligent and moral in not taking a shot the senior deputy in the scene is pressuring him to, and later plays a role in [[spoiler: helping arrest Sherrie Bell after the climax reveals Bell is a DirtyCop while Nathan isn’t]].
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* CluelessDeputy: Averted in ‘mThe Empry Chair’m ‘’ The Empty Chair’’ with the minor character of Deputy Nathan. He’s first mentioned when rhyme Rhyme finds out he was smoking at the crime scene and mentally bites he should be fired for contaminating the evidence but when Nathan (the department sharpshooter) appears in person he’s very intelligent and moral in not taking a shot the senior deputy in the scene is pressuring him to, and later plays a role in [[spoiler: helping arrest Sherrie Bell after the climax reveals Bell is a DirtyCop while Nathan isn’t]].
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* AdultFear: Mary-Beth McConnells widowed mother has this pretty bad for most of the third book after her daughters abduction.
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* CluelessDeputy: Averted in ‘mThe Empry Chair’m with Deputy Nathan. He’s first mentioned when rhyme finds out he was smoking at the crime scene and mentally bites he should be fired for contaminating the evidence but when Nathan (the department sharpshooter) appears in person he’s very intelligent and moral in not taking a shot the senior deputy in the scene is pressuring him to, and later plays a role in [[spoiler: helping arrest Sherrie Bell after the climax reveals Bell is a DirtyCop while Nathan isn’t]].
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* SouthernFriedGenius: Tammie Jean colfax, one of the first victims of he first book, who has a successful finance career.
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* PhoneInDetective: Rhyme.
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* PhoneInDetective: Rhyme. A justified necessity because of his quadriplegia.
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* NewYorkCityCops