The Stone Monkey: Lincoln Rhyme Book 4 - Tapa dura

'A splendidly fast-moving tale' - PUBLISHING NEWS -- Publishing News 'Teeth chattering suspense' - DAILY MAIL -- Daily Mail 'With THE STONE MONKEY, New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver revives his most beloved characters, Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs, and takes them to another level. The book abounds with Deaver's famous trademarks: deadlines every few hours, wholly unexpected plot twists, his breakneck pacing; and characters who are heartbreakingly real.' -- Deadly Pleasures 20020801 'Deaver is a master of the ticking bomb suspense' -- People magazine 'A must for any crime fan' -- ICE, London 'Plenty of action' -- Choice, London 'The best psychological thriller writer around' -- The Times 'This is a gripping read' -- Woman's Way, Dublin 'As always, Deaver builds believable characters - personal issues merge effortlessly with the main plot, and hopes and fears are real.' -- THE GOOD BOOK GUIDE 20020601

Lincoln and Amelia are recruited to track down a cargo ship carrying two dozen illegal Chinese immigrants, as well as the notorious human smuggler and killer known as the Ghost. But when the capture goes disastrously wrong, Lincoln and Amelia find themselves in a race to stop the Ghost before he can track down and murder the two surviving families who have vanished deep into the labyrinthine world of New York City's Chinese community. Over the next forty-eight hours the Ghost ruthlessly hunts for the families while Rhyme, aided by a policeman from mainland China, struggles to find them before they die and Sachs pursues a very different kind of policework - forming a connection with one of the immigrants that may have consequences going to the core of her relationship with her partner and lover, Lincoln Rhyme.