When I finished “The Bone Collector,” I left the story open.

I spend about eight months outlining the story from start to finish before I write a single word of the prose, and I do the same thing for the arc of the entire series. I was called “manipulative” by a journalist some years ago, which I took as a compliment. What made you want to revisit that case and why was now the right time in the Lincoln Rhyme series to write a direct sequel to that book? It’s been 17 years since “The Bone Collector” was published. “The Bone Collector” was turned into a feature film in 1999 starring Denzel Washington as quadriplegic forensic detective Rhyme and an up-and-coming actress named Angelina Jolie as his partner-turned-lover Amelia Sachs.ĭeaver, who resides primarily in Chapel Hill, N.C., recently took a break from writing bestselling crime novels to pen the James Bond book “Carte Blanche.” The award-winner and former journalist spoke to TheWrap about the Lincoln Rhyme series, his writing process, the current state of journalism and who he’d like to see don Bond’s tuxedo.Īlso read: Jesse Eisenberg on Life as a Writer, Teaming With Kristen Stewart and Why ‘Social Network’ Fame Was ‘Disconcerting’ Seventeen years after Jeffery Deaver published “The Bone Collector,” the bestselling author has written a direct sequel titled “The Skin Collector.” It marks the 11th novel in the popular Lincoln Rhyme series - excluding a 2013 short story that was released as a Kindle Single.

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