They also figure out that the killer is a magician and hire another magician to help them solve the case. Quickly, RhymeĪscertains, ''He's an organized offender. A gunshot is heard in the room.īut when they enter the room, no one is there.Īmelia Sachs, Lincoln Rhyme and the rest of their crew have the challenge of figuring out what kind of curious individual they are chasing this time. He distracts the officers with a blinding flash and when their vision returns, they see him running into a recital hall.Īn elderly janitor in back hasn't seen anybody come out, so they have the man trapped. ''The Lazy Hangman.'' She was handcuffed, on her belly with her ankles tied, a rope going from her ankles to around her throat.īending over her is a brown-haired, bearded man. The speaker is a character in ''The Vanished Man,'' which starts when two New York police officers investigate the murder of a woman killed by what magicians call That could be a description of Deaver's best mysteries, because intelligent readers may try to figure out what's happening, but they are almost always surprised

Suspicions and intelligence for his tricks to work.''

He'll use your suspicions - and your intelligence - against you. ''You'll think you've figured out what he's up to but that's part of his plan. If ''The Tempest'' was Shakespeare's homage to the magic of his own writing and stagecraft, then ''The Vanished Man'' is Jefferyĭeaver's homage to the magic and thrills of his own novels.

The vanished man