Library

Geneva, a high school girl, was reading a film of the Colored Weekly Illustrated in the 1860s in the library, which told the story of her ancestor, Charles Singleton. At this time, someone came over to attack her, and the crime left a tarot card at the scene. This is the twelfth card in the Tarot deck. The attacker was a hired killer, Thompson Boyd, whose employer wanted to kill her for unknown reasons. After the first attack in the library failed, Lincoln Rhyme analyzed the evidence left at the scene by the killer and concluded that he would strike again. The investigation into the case involves a death that occurred more than a hundred years ago: Genava's attack may have been related to what she was reading at the time. Charles Singleton was a former slave who participated in the civil rights movement of the 1860s after being freed, but was arrested and disgraced in connection with theft. But he insisted in court that he was innocent.

Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia are back! To solve a cold case with explosive implications for the future of civil rights, forensic experts Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sacks must defeat a dangerous killer. The killer attempts to assassinate a Harlem high school girl as she attempts to unearth the secrets of one of her ancestors, a former slave. What secret was buried one hundred and forty years ago that would lead to the brutal murder of an innocent life? What chilling information is hidden in the tarot cards left by the killer - the hanging man? Rhyme must decipher it all and foresee the next murder...

A police officer patrolling the street saw a suspicious figure holding what appeared to be a gun in his hand and was about to press the trigger. In this case, do the police have the right to shoot the suspect? What if the suspect is an activist promoting anti-American sentiment, and the police officer is a high-ranking official in a national intelligence agency? In this case, does the state have the right to shoot activists? Nancy Laurel thinks the answer is no, so she comes to armchair detective Lincoln Rhyme with a case. This time Rhyme and the NYPD's opponents aren't serial killers or terrorists. But the vast American body politic itself.

The story takes place in a famous music conservatory in New York. The killer fled the scene and locked himself in a classroom. Minutes later, police surrounded the classroom. There was a scream from inside and the police broke in. The room was empty. The magic master who comes and goes without a trace uses his superb magic skills to not only kill people invisible, but also to escape again and again under the eyes of the heavily guarded police. Lincoln must catch the magician before his next victim dies!

The terrifying serial killer "The Promise Man" has once again appeared in New York City, specializing in killing couples who are in love and about to enter the holy marriage hall. However, the reason why he did this is puzzling to people. At the same time, geothermal drilling has aroused the anger of environmentalists, and small earthquakes have occurred in New York City one after another, and all of this seems to be inextricably linked to the "Promise Man". Can the lovers and partners Rhyme and Sachs escape the clutches of the Promised One? How should they solve this complex case wrapped in layers of fog?

A collection of Jeffrey Deaver's detective novels (11 volumes in total), including: Burial Hour, Cold Moon, The Twelfth Card, Coffin Dancer, Empty Chair, Bone Puzzle, Stone Monkey, The Vanishing Man, Steel Kiss, Burning Cable, Broken Window. The official designated writer of the 007 series, chairman of the American Detective Writers Association, and the original novel of the NBC hit drama "Lincoln".

What is everywhere but invisible and murderous? Algonquin Power Company's substations in New York City failed one after another, and huge currents converged into the center of Manhattan's No. 10 Substation, triggering an unprecedented arc flash explosion. The victim died horribly, with countless metal balls melted by the current piercing his body, turning him into a "piercing man." Be careful, the murderer this time is an expert on electric current, and manipulating electric current is commonplace. Don't go near metal, don't go near water, don't take it lightly - otherwise, you will be next! Naturally, it was the easy-chair detective Lincoln Rhyme and his partner Amelia Sachs who took over this difficult case. As the detectives faced off against the electric devil, the murderer's astonishing identity gradually came to light...