The Kill Room

A Lincoln Rhyme Novel

De: Jeffery Deaver

Narrado por: Jay Snyder, January LaVoy, Edoardo Ballerini

It was a "million-dollar bullet," a sniper shot delivered from over a mile away. Its victim was no ordinary mark: he was a United States citizen, targeted by the United States government, and assassinated in the Bahamas.

The nation's most renowned investigator and forensics expert, Lincoln Rhyme, is drafted to investigate. While his partner, Amelia Sachs, traces the victim's steps in Manhattan, Rhyme leaves the city to pursue the sniper himself. As details of the case start to emerge, the pair discovers that not all is what it seems.

When a deadly, knife-wielding assassin begins systematically eliminating all evidence-including the witnesses-Lincoln's investigation turns into a chilling battle of wits against a cold-blooded killer.

©2013 Jeffery Deaver (P)2013 Hachette Audio

twists and turns

different from others. lots of change ups. Lincoln actually seemed more human. fun read. was a long book tho

A very different approach

enjoyed the story involving the Caribbean and military influence. Nice to have a female voice for female characters.

Woman narrator emphasizes how little Amelia counts

What didn’t you like about the narrators’s performance?

One good narrator can make you believe you are listening to a vast cast of characters with subtle nuances of tone and voice. Listening to the female narrator jump in occasionally with Amelia's lines makes you realize Amelia's window dressing for the story. "Send?" "Now?" "What do you mean by that?" ARGH!

Deaver is too good a writer for this crappy recording.

It was fine but

lacking by comparison to many other Deaver books, or even other Lincoln Rhyme books. The bad guys were not all that interesting and Lincoln and Amelia were not particularly interesting either in this one. But still a solid read compared to many other current authors' works.

A disappointment

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

This book seems to have been forced into print. Not the usual Deaver style and attention to detail.

Would you ever listen to anything by Jeffery Deaver again?

I have read/listened to all of the Rhyme books and other Deaver books as well and have enjoyed all of them. This was an aberration. If he publishes again, I'll read it, I'm sure.

Could you see The Kill Room being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

No. Too boring.

Few first comments

What did you like best about The Kill Room? What did you like least?

The book was only released a few hours ago and I am only one chapter four, so I can not comment on the story, only my first impressions of the narration.
This is the first of the Rhyme books that has used multiple narrators and, so far, I am not impressed. The voice chosen for Rhyme makes him sound weak and not at all in control. The female used for Amanda makes her sound like some valley girl not the in-control cop she is. Hopefully that will change as the book goes on. It almost sounds as if each of the narrators read their parts independently of each other and the parts were edited together. If anyone who makes these decisions reads these reviews, please stick with a single GOOD narrator. Deaver weaves a good story and the wrong narrator can destroy that.

Lousy narration, but a good story

Both Jay Snyder and Edoardo Ballerini are superb narrators who can differentiate characters in the books they read. They don't need other voices to make a book great; combining soloists actually detracts from the quality of them all. January LaVoy didn't do a very good job, and she didn't have much to work with.

But Lincoln does get out and about, and there is a great cop in the Bahamas, and some real excitement! The bad guy is a real sick-o, so we are happy when Rhyme wins the day.

The book is from 2013, so maybe that's why the recording was so bad.

My first Lincoln Rhyme book

I bought an audiobook version for my drive from Atlanta to Orlando, but I was only able to listen to about one third of it during my drive. However, over the past several days in my hotel I have been listening off-and-on, until I finaly finished it just a short time ago. I found the story and the characters very intriguing, although I admit that it took me a few chapters to get into the story. But once I did I was hooked.

The narration was quite well done, and it enhanced the enjoyment of the novel.

One narrator, please!!!

I absolutely hate multiple narrators...it is always jarring and irritating...not at all more "realistic". In fact, sometimes I thought the voice of Sachs was Siri talking to me. Other than that, the story was pretty good.

another great listen

loved this book Jeffrey Deaver never fails to deliver. Onto the next book, then the next and so on.