A review by omnibozo22
The Stone Monkey by Jeffery Deaver

3.0

The Lincoln Rhyme series continues with this unlikely story, full of orientalism as the protagonist does his best updated Nero Wolfe schtick. Deaver waxes on in every opportunity to dance out in great detail how forensic science works. Though CSI and the Patricia Cornwell books have been around for quite a while now, I guess writers can only assume minimal forensic knowledge in their readers, so they don't scare them off with too many acronyms. At the same time, they risk boring readers who keep up those developments. Ah well, Deaver's books roll along quickly and stick to the edge of reality, though this one features driving over 70 miles an hour through Manhattan, regularly. Yep, ok, sure.