SOON TO BE A MAJOR TELEVISION EVENT FROM NBC, STARRING RUSSELL
HORNSBY, ARIELLE KEBBEL, AND MICHAEL IMPERIOLI.
From New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver--Lincoln Rhyme
is back, and on the trail of a killer whose weapon of choice cripples
New York City with fear.
The weapon is invisible and omnipresent. Without it, modern society
grinds to a halt. It is electricity. The killer harnesses and steers
huge arc flashes with voltage so high and heat so searing that steel
melts and his victims are set afire.
When the first explosion occurs in broad daylight, reducing a city bus
to a pile of molten metal, officials fear terrorism. Rhyme, a
world-class forensic criminologist known for his successful apprehension
of the most devious criminals, is immediately tapped for the
investigation. Long a quadriplegic, he assembles NYPD detective Amelia
Sachs and officer Ron Pulaski as his eyes, ears and legs on crime sites,
and FBI agent Fred Dellray as his undercover man on the street. As the
attacks continue across the city at a sickening pace, and terrifying
demand letters begin appearing, the team works desperately against time
and with maddeningly little forensic evidence to try to find the killer.
Or is it killers...?
Meanwhile, Rhyme is consulting on another high-profile investigation in
Mexico with a most coveted quarry in his crosshairs: the hired killer
known as the Watchmaker, one of the few criminals to have eluded Rhyme's
net.
Juggling two massive investigations against a cruel ticking clock takes
a toll on Rhyme's health. Soon Rhyme is fighting on yet another
front--and his determination to work despite his physical limitations
threatens to drive away his closest allies when he needs them most...
