by Jeffery Deaver
Book 5 in the Lincoln Rhyme series
published 2003
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The Vanished Man is book Five of the Lincoln Rhyme series by Jeffery Deaver. Lincoln Rhyme’s team became part of the murder investigation into the death of three young people under strange circumstances.
It begins at a prestigious music school in New York City. A killer flees the scene of a homicide and locks himself in a classroom. Within minutes, the police have him surrounded. When a scream rings out, followed by a gunshot, they break down the door. The room is empty. Criminalist Lincoln Rhyme and his partner Amelia Sachs are called in to investigate.
Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are brought in to help with the high-profile investigation. For the ambitious Sachs, solving the case could earn her a promotion. For the quadriplegic Rhyme, it means relying on his protégée to ferret out a master illusionist they’ve dubbed “the conjurer,” who baits them with gruesome murders that become more diabolical with each fresh crime. As the fatalities rise and the minutes tick down, Rhyme and Sachs must move beyond the smoke and mirrors to prevent a terrifying act of vengeance that could become the greatest vanishing act of all.
The art of forensics as described by Deaver leaves one little doubt as to trace evidence left behind at a crime scene.
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