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The Empty Chair

Jeffery Deaver
Chapters (56)
  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. INorth of the Paquo
  6. … chapter one
  7. … chapter two
  8. … chapter three
  9. … chapter four
  10. … chapter five
  11. … chapter six
  12. … chapter seven
  13. … chapter eight
  14. … chapter nine
  15. … chapter ten
  16. … chapter eleven
  17. … chapter twelve
  18. IIThe White Doc
  19. … chapter thirteen
  20. … chapter fourteen
  21. … chapter fifteen
  22. … chapter sixteen
  23. … chapter seventeen
  24. … chapter eighteen
  25. … chapter nineteen
  26. … chapter twenty
  27. … chapter twenty-one
  28. … chapter twenty-two
  29. IIIKnuckle Time
  30. … chapter twenty-three
  31. … chapter twenty-four
  32. … chapter twenty-five
  33. … chapter twenty-six
  34. … chapter twenty-seven
  35. … chapter twenty-eight
  36. … chapter twenty-nine
  37. … chapter thirty
  38. … chapter thirty-one
  39. … chapter thirty-two
  40. … chapter thirty-three
  41. IVHornets’ Nest
  42. … chapter thirty-four
  43. … chapter thirty-five
  44. … chapter thirty-six
  45. … chapter thirty-seven
  46. … chapter thirty-eight
  47. … chapter thirty-nine
  48. … chapter forty
  49. … chapter forty-one
  50. VThe Town Without Children
  51. … chapter forty-two
  52. … chapter forty-three
  53. … chapter forty-four
  54. … chapter forty-five
  55. … chapter forty-six
  56. AUTHOR’S NOTE

Cover

Enter the world of

Jeffery Deaver

… and meet the unforgettable crime-solvers of his
acclaimed New York Times bestselling novels!

California Bureau of Investigation agent Kathryn
Dance, who first appeared in The Cold Moon, locks
into a “dazzling mental contest”* with a killer in
THE SLEEPING DOLL

“[An] intricately plotted thriller…. Master manipulator that he is, Deaver shows us exactly how it’s done—and makes us admire his own literary artistry.”

—Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times*

“The chase is on, and so are the surprises.”

—Sacramento Bee

“[A] pulse-pounder…. [The] procedural scenes … are fascinating…. Deaver digs into his bottomless bag of unexpected twists and turns, keeping readers wide-eyed with surprise, and leaving them looking forward to more of the perspicacious Kathryn Dance.” —Publishers Weekly

“A fascinating novel, full of surprises…. Rewarding reading.”

—Crimespree Magazine

Jeffery Deaver’s beloved detective Lincoln Rhyme shines in these bestselling “masterpieces of modern criminology” (Philadelphia Daily News)

THE COLD MOON

“Dazzling…. Deaver argues that stopping time in its tracks is a madman’s ruse for stopping life itself.”

—The New York Times

“Ingenious…. Deaver is a mastermind of manipulation…. Readers will be shocked and amazed at the end result.”

—Library Journal

“Spending time with the likeably crusty Rhyme is always a delight.… Devilishly intricate. … [A] thriller laced with wit and sharp characterizations.”

—Booklist

THE TWELFTH CARD

“Absorbing…. Like the CBS hit CSI, Deaver’s Lincoln Rhyme books have nearly fetishized crime-scene procedures and technology.”

—Entertainment Weekly

“Deaver has no trouble getting inside the tormented mind of a killer.”

—The New York Times

THE VANISHED MAN

“A crackling thriller.”

—Chicago Sun-Times

THE STONE MONKEY

“Devious and heart-stopping.”

—The Ottawa Citizen

THE EMPTY CHAIR

“[A] pulse-racing chase…. Scientific smarts and psychological cunning.”

—The New York Times Book Review

THE COFFIN DANCER

“This is as good as it gets…. The Lincoln Rhyme series is simply outstanding.”

—San Jose Mercury News

And read Jeffery Deaver’s explosive stand-alone bestsellers

GARDEN OF BEASTS
SPEAKING IN TONGUES
THE DEVIL’S TEARDROP
THE BLUE NOWHERE

“A thrill ride between covers.”

—Los Angeles Times

“This is prime Deaver, which means prime entertainment.”

—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Deaver must have been born with a special plot-twist gene.”

—Booklist

“Keeps the pulse racing while challenging the emotions…. A masterful job of conveying incipient evil.”

—The Orlando Sentinel (FL)

“Deaver pulls out all the stops in building up the suspense. … [A] page-turner.”

—The Denver Post

“A fiendish suspense thriller…. Leaves us weak.”

—The New York Times Book Review

“High-tension wired…. Deaver … fills every keystroke with suspense.”

—People

BY JEFFERY DEAVER

The Sleeping Doll
The Cold Moon*
The Twelfth Card*
Garden of Beasts
More Twisted: Collected Stories, Vol. II
The Vanished Man*
The Stone Monkey*
The Blue Nowhere
The Empty Chair*
Speaking in Tongues
The Devils Teardrop
The Coffin Dancer*
The Bone Collector*
A Maidens Grave
Praying for Sleep
The Lesson of Her Death
Mistress of Justice
Hard News
Death of a Blue Movie Star
Manhattan Is My Beat
Hells Kitchen
Bloody River Blues
Shallow Graves
Twisted: The Collected Stories of Jeffery Deaver
A Century of Great Suspense Stories
(Editor)

*Novels featuring Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs