A handicapped ex-forensic investigator solves a mystery.

"New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver returns with his next blockbuster thriller featuring forensic detective Lincoln Rhyme. Amelia Sachs is hot on the trail of a killer. She's chasing him through a department store in Brooklyn when an escalator malfunctions. The stairs give way, with one man horribly mangled by the gears. Sachs is forced to let her quarry escape as she jumps in to try to help save the victim. She and famed forensic...

Renowned investigator and forensics expert, Lincoln Rhyme, is drafted to investigate the sniper-killing of a U.S. citizen in the Bahamas. While his partner, Amelia Sachs, traces the victim's steps in Manhattan, Rhyme leaves the city to pursue the sniper himself.

After a devastating explosion destroys a city bus, quadriplegic forensic criminologist Lincoln Rhyme is called to investigate. As the attacks continue, Rhyme and his team race to find whoever is responsible for the carnage. Meanwhile, Rhyme is also consulting on a case in Mexico, where a long-time nemesis, the Watchmaker, continues to elude authorities. With his health failing him, Rhyme must crack both cases before the body count rises.

Once the nation's foremost criminologist and the ex-head of NYPD forensics, quadriplegic Lincoln Rhyme abandons his forced retirement and joins forces with rookie cop Amelia Sachs to track down a vicious serial killer.