Forensic detective Lincoln Rhyme, along with Amelia Sachs, is called in to investigate after a businessman is snatched from an Upper East Side street in broad daylight, a miniature hangman\'s noose is left at the scene, and a nine-year-old girl is the only witness to the crime.
Sachs and Rhyme find themselves playing a dangerous game, with lives all across the globe hanging in the balance..
But the search is now a complex case of international cooperation--and not all those involved may be who they seem.
So when a similar kidnapping occurs on a dusty road outside Naples, Italy, Rhyme and Sachs don\'t hesitate to rejoin the hunt.
Despite their best efforts, the suspect gets away.
The video is marked as the work of The Composer...
Soon the case takes a stranger turn: a recording surfaces of the victim being slowly hanged, his desperate gasps the backdrop to an eerie piece of music.
Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are called in to investigate.
With a crime scene this puzzling, forensic expertise of the highest order is absolutely essential.
A nine-year-old girl, the only witness to the crime.
A miniature hangman\'s noose left at the scene.
A businessman snatched from an Upper East Side street in broad daylight.
Forensic detective Lincoln Rhyme is back with his most harrowing case yet in this newest installment of Jeffrey Deaver\'s New York Times bestselling series.
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Forensic detective Lincoln Rhyme, along with Amelia Sachs, is called in to investigate after a businessman is snatched from an Upper East Side street in broad daylight, a miniature hangman\'s noose is left at the scene, and a nine-year-old girl is the only witness to the crime
