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ForensicdetectiveLincolnRhymeisbackwithhismostharrowingcaseyetinthisnewestinstallmentofJeffreyDeaver'sNewYorkTimesbestsellingseries.
AbusinessmansnatchedfromanUpperEastSidestreetinbroaddaylight.Aminiaturehangman'snooseleftatthescene.Anine-year-oldgirl,theonlywitnesstothecrime.Withacrimescenethispuzzling,forensicexpertiseofthehighestorderisabsolutelyessential.LincolnRhymeandAmeliaSachsarecalledintoinvestigate.
Soonthecasetakesastrangerturn:arecordingsurfacesofthevictimbeingslowlyhanged,hisdesperategaspsthebackdroptoaneeriepieceofmusic.ThevideoismarkedastheworkofTheComposer...
Despitetheirbestefforts,thesuspectgetsaway.SowhenasimilarkidnappingoccursonadustyroadoutsideNaples,Italy,RhymeandSachsdon'thesitatetorejointhehunt.
Butthesearchisnowacomplexcaseofinternationalcooperation--andnotallthoseinvolvedmaybewhotheyseem.SachsandRhymefindthemselvesplayingadangerousgame,withlivesallacrosstheglobehanginginthebalance. |
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