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Taut and nerve-jangling, Jeffery Deaver's "The Bone Collector" gives us a weirdo serial killer who stands out in a category of weirdos, a New York prowler who leaves arcane clues about the next murder at the scene of each crime. Baffled, the police turn to Lincoln Rhyme, the former head of NYPD Forensics, now a quadriplegic who can only move his head and one finger. Rhyme, fed up with his brutally limited life, isn't interested until something in the crime scene report catches his eye. Working closely with Amelia Sachs, a willowy, redheaded police woman who acts as his eyes and hands, and a high-tech forensic team, Rhyme begins to see a pattern in the clues and realizes that the killer is more interested in tantalizing the police with his clues than he is in doing away with his victims. David McCallum reads with icy cool expertise.
Another New York weirdo is front and center in Matthew Hall's "The Art of Breaking Glass," but this one is rather appealing even though he's a dedicated urban terrorist. The trouble with Bill is that he can't stand to see his city destroyed by the greed of big-time realtors who care nothing about the people they dispossess. Wanting not only to destroy the destroyers, but to encourage social justice, Bill proceeds with his own agenda: a little kidnapping, a lot of bombing, a few murders, and enough skin-of-the-teeth escapes and grueling chases to make a good flick. There's also a touch of romance and the chance that Bill will be back to terrorize for the good of the people again. Veteran actor Jerry Orbach narrates.
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