The Broken Window: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel

The Broken Window: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel

• Paperback
• Jeffery Deaver
• Lincoln Rhyme
• First Pocket Star Edition

<b><big><BR> Bestselling master of suspense Jeffery Deaver is back with a brand-new Lincoln Rhyme thriller. <BR> </big></b> <BR> Lincoln Rhyme and partner/paramour Amelia Sachs return to face a criminal whose ingenious staging of crimes is enabled by a terrifying access to information.... <BR> <BR> When Lincoln's estranged cousin Arthur Rhyme is arrested on murder charges, the case is perfect -- too perfect. Forensic evidence from Arthur's home is found all over the scene of the crime, and it looks like the fate of Lincoln's relative is sealed. <BR> <BR> At the behest of Arthur's wife, Judy, Lincoln grudgingly agrees to investigate the case. Soon Lincoln and Amelia uncover a string of similar murders and rapes with perpetrators claiming innocence and ignorance -- despite ironclad evidence at the scenes of the crime. Rhyme's team realizes this "perfect" evidence may actually be the result of masterful identity theft and manipulation. <BR> <BR> An information service company -- the huge data miner Strategic Systems Datacorp -- seems to have all the answers but is reluctant to help the police. Still, Rhyme and Sachs and their assembled team begin uncovering a chilling pattern of vicious crimes and coverups, and their investigation points to one master criminal, whom they dub "522." <BR> <BR> When "522" learns the identities of the crime-fighting team, the hunters become the hunted. Full of Deaver's trademark plot twists, <i>The Broken Window</i> will put the partnership of Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs to the ultimate test.