Brilliant criminalist and quadriplegic Lincoln Rhyme returns in his tenth adventure, Number One bestselling author Jeffery Deaver's electrifying new thriller The tenth novel in the critically acclaimed Lincoln Rhyme series, from Number One bestselling author Jeffery Deaver Robert Velasquez, an American citizen living in South America, is shot in the Bahamas by a sniper The killing was commissioned by the US government, who received a tip-off that Velasquez was planning a terrorist attack on a US oil company headquarters But this intelligence was fatally incorrect: anti-American Velasquez ordered a protest at the oil company, not an attack Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are drafted in to investigate While Sachs traces Velasquez's steps in New York, Rhyme travels to the scene of the crime in Nassau, where he finds himself on a dangerous path trailed by the sniper himself As details of the case start to emerge, the pair discover that not all is what it seemed Can they achieve justice and escape with their lives intact?