Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs return from their honeymoon in Italy to discover a killer is terrorizing New York City in Deaver\'s latest installment of his #1 New York Times-bestselling series.
Then disaster strikes, threatening to tear apart the very fabric of the city--and providing the perfect cover for the killer to slip through the cracks..
They must track down Vimal before the killer can correct his fatal error.
Soon the Promiser makes a dangerous mistake: leaving behind an innocent witness, Vimal Lahori, a talented young diamond cutter, who can help Rhyme and Sachs blow the lid off the case.
The Promisor arrives silently, armed with knife or gun, and a time of bliss is transformed, in an instant, to one of horror.
The Promisor vows to take the lives of men and women during their most precious moments--midway through the purchase of an engagement ring, after a meeting with a wedding planner, trying on the perfect gown for a day that will never come.
As more crimes follow, it becomes clear that the killer\'s target is not gems, but engaged couples themselves.
Curiously, the killer has left behind a half-million dollars\' worth of gems at the murder scene, a jewelry store on 47th street.
Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs quickly take the case.
In the early hours of a quiet, weekend morning in Manhattan\'s Diamond District, a brutal triple murder shocks the city.
Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs return to New York City to investigate a triple murder and confront a killer terrorizing couples at their happiest--and most vulnerable in this explosive New York Times bestseller.
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Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs return from their honeymoon in Italy to discover a killer is terrorizing New York City in Deaver\'s latest installment of his #1 New York Times-bestselling series
