In broad daylight, a businessman was kidnapped on the streets of New York's Upper East Side, and a miniature noose used for hanging was left at the scene. A nine-year-old girl was the only witness to the crime. This case is full of doubts and requires the intervention of the highest level criminal investigation experts. Criminal investigation experts Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs were ordered to investigate. Soon, the case took an even stranger turn: a video surfaced of the victim being slowly choked.
The struggling gasps became the background sound of a strange music. The author of this video calls himself a composer...
Despite the police's best efforts to solve the case, the suspect fled. So when a similar kidnapping occurs on a dusty road outside Naples, Italy, Rhyme and Sachs don't hesitate to join the hunt.
But this new kidnapping is now an international investigation, and some of those involved have hidden identities. Sachs and Rhyme realize that they are participating in a dangerous game, across the ocean, and unknown lives are at stake...
