The Skin Collector (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781455582174)

In his classic thriller The Bone Collector, Jeffery Deaver introduced readers to Lincoln Rhyme-the nation's most renowned investigator and forensic detective.

Now, a new killer is on the loose: a criminal inspired by the Bone Collector. And Rhyme must untangle the twisted web of clues before the killer targets more victims-or Rhyme himself.

The killer's methods are terrifying. He stalks the basements and underground passageways of New York City. He tattoos his victims' flesh with cryptic messages, using a tattoo gun loaded with poison, resulting in an agonizing, painful death.

When a connection is made to the Bone Collector-the serial killer who terrorized New York more than a decade ago-Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are immediately drawn into the case.

Rhyme, Sachs, and the NYPD must race against time to answer the many questions the investigation uncovers: Whom will the killer attack next? What is the message behind the victims' tattoos? Does the killer's own inking--a fanged centipede sporting a woman's face--hold any significance? And what is his ultimate mission?

As time runs out, Rhyme discovers that the past has returned to haunt him in the most troubling way imaginable...

Author: Jeffery Deaver
ISBN-10: 1455582174
ISBN-13: 9781455582174
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Language: English
Published: 05/27/2014
Pages: 688
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.50lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.40w x 2.10d
Large Print

Review Citation(s):
Entertainment Weekly 06/13/2014 pg. 18