There were 13 short stories in total that were published in various magazines, anthologies or as novellas. I was very excited about Lincoln Rhyme's and Colter Shaw's stories and liked them best. Ercole Benelli from The Burial Hour makes an insignificant appearance. Not having a known protagonist and just being a crime thriller with new characters, made it difficult to be impressed with the characters or even see a character arc for that matter. Some stories were really good, some were pretty average so a 3.5/5 seems to be fitting.

Dead Ends is a collection of short stories cultivated by the master of the twist.
Tales from different parts of the world, and different parts of history.
Stories about Sherlock Holmes, Moriarty, Jack the Ripper and of course Lincoln Rhyme and Colter Shaw.
In amongst these short stories there are some sumptuous tales that will stump the reader until there climax, and some that will delight in their intricacies.
Jeffery Deaver is the best in the business with his ability to trick the reader into thinking one thing, and devilishly doing the opposite.
Whether it’s a novel or short stories, Jeffery Deaver is as good as it gets. Dead Ends shows what a truly remarkable writer he is. I personally think no one can write this kind of fiction better. Outstanding.

A good collection of short stories that are great if you’re short of time but still want to get through an entire story. I knocked a star off as I love getting into all the intricacies of a full length Deaver story.

Dead Ends is a collection of Thirteen short stories from Jeffery Deaver and,as you'd expect,there's not a dull one amongst them. Deaver exercises his imagination with a very diverse collection , from his take on Jack the Ripper to a lowly Intelligence Operative who finds himself an accidental hero ,an inquisitive Baysitter who finds herself in peril and many more,every one is a gem, As usual with Jeffery Deaver readers will be looking for the inevitable twist,and as always he completely wrong-foots those who are smugly thinking, " Ah,I've worked it out,obvious really".

This is a great collection, including appearances by Colter Shaw and an extremely cerebral piece of detection by Lincoln Rhyme ,many of which have been published before in various publications but as an avid Deaver reader all new to me. The stories are often funny,always original and very clever.

I read and loved The Bone Collector, I went on to read most of the Lincoln Rhyme series. I tried other books by Jeffery Deaver but was still chasing that Bone Collector buzz.

Thirteen short stories, 400 pages, two are brand new and the others have been previously published in a variety of anthologies and publications. This collection came at exactly the right time to reconnect with Jeffery Denver’s writing.

There’s a huge variety of themes, hitmen, bodyguards, serial kill*rs, stalkers and much much more, so many original plot ideas that I’ve never read before. The writing is precise and sharp, set the scene, build the characters, start the rollercoaster, watch out for those twists! There’s rarely a dull moment.

I won’t pick favourites, too many to mention, and only two didn’t quite hit for me.

Probably the best single author short thriller anthology I’ve ever read. Very highly recommended and an absolute must for fans of Jeffery Deaver.

Thanks to Netgalley and HarperCollins UK, Harper Fiction

Dead Ends by Jeffery Deaver is a collection of short stories by the master of storytelling. All of the stories are excellent and some are very clever and devious.
Even as a short story all of the collection are of a very high calibre and are stories which are all completely different.
I have enjoyed reading this collection of stories from the master storyteller that is Jeffery Deaver.
Highly recommended