Nocturne
A second new anthology of unabridged short fiction from the best-selling author of The Bone Collector includes "All the World's a Stage," "Nocturne, "The Blank Child," "Lesser-Included Offenses," "Together," "The Widow of Pinecreek," "Gone Fishing," and "The Kneeling Soldier." Book available.
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Jeffery Deaver
Long before The Bone Collector introduced the calculating brilliance of Lincoln Rhyme to readers around the world, Jeffery Deaver was already quietly assembling the tools of his trade: a fascination with psychology, a sharp legal mind, and a love of music that taught him how to pace a story like a song, with rising tension, sudden drops, and crescendos that leave you breathless.
Born outside Chicago in 1950, Deaver’s path to becoming one of the most inventive voices in modern crime fiction wasn’t linear. He studied journalism, practiced law, and even considered a career in folk music before finding his stride in fiction. That varied background seeps into his novels, where legal nuance, technical precision, and psychological complexity collide in plots that are always one twist ahead of the reader.

