About the title
Lincoln Rhyme is a renowned forensic criminologist and author of numerous books, forever confined to his hospital bed. Amelia Donaghy is a rookie police officer taking her first uncertain steps on the city's bloody pavements. When a terrifying maniac appears in the city, she becomes Rhyme's eyes and ears on the streets gripped by terror. With her help, the forensic genius tries to decipher the secret code hidden within the unpredictable murders. But Lincoln does not suspect that in the diabolical book the maniac is writing in the blood of his victims, the role of the main character has been reserved for him, and this novel of death is already approaching its terrible epilogue...