The Twelfth Card: Lincoln Rhyme Book 6 - Hardcover

'There's no question, though, about Deaver's unexcelled ability to pull the wool over your eyes. When he describes a colorless, odorless glass of liquid as water, don't assume it is until somebody drinks it down - or maybe till an hour later.' -- Kirkus Reviews 20050401 'Enough twists and turns to keep you hooked all day' -- Sheila O'Flanagan 20050401 'Tightly plotted, with neat prose, this new thriller keeps the reader guessing' -- Glasgow Evening News 20050401 'Deaver's investigators are two of crime fiction's most enduring characters, and once again he spins a fascinating and intriguing story. A certain hit.' -- Independent on Sunday 20050401 'Deaver is the master puzzler ...polished, clever entertainment.' -- Sunday Telegraph 20050401 'Tightly plotted, this thriller keeps the reader guessing up to its gripping finale.' -- Cambridge Evening News 20050401 'Tightly plotted, with neat prose, and the usual twists, this new thriller once again keeps the reader guessing with every new discovery.' -- Aberdeen Evening Express 20050401 'A gripping finale that will surprise and delight in equal measure.' -- Portsmouth News 20050401 'Deaver's investigators are two of crime fiction's most enduring characters, and once again he spins a fascinating and intriguing story. A certain hit.' -- Independent on Sunday 'Deaver is the master puzzler' -- Sunday Telegraph 'Enough twists and turns to keep you hooked all day' -- Sheila O'Flanagan 'Tightly plotted, with neat prose, this new thriller keeps the reader guessing' -- Glasgow Evening News 'There's no question, though, about Deaver's unexcelled ability to pull the wool over your eyes. When he describes a colorless, odorless glass of liquid as water, don't assume it is until somebody drinks it down - or maybe till an hour later.' -- Kirkus Reviews Praise for Jeffery Deaver: 'The best psychological thriller writer around' -- The Times 'The most creative, skilled and intriguing thriller writer in the world ... [Deaver] has produced a stunning series of bestsellers.' -- Daily Telegraph 'Teeth-chattering suspense' -- Daily Mail 'Compulsive reading' -- Guardian 'Brilliant plotting' -- Sunday Times 'Full on action for Deaver devotees and gripping stuff' -- Daily Mirror 'Infernally ingenious ... almost unbearable limits of suspense' -- New York Times

Geneva Settle is a bright young high school student from Harlem writing a paper about one of her ancestors, a former slave called Charles Singleton. Geneva is also the target of a ruthless professional killer. Criminalist Lincoln Rhyme and his policewoman partner Amelia Sachs are called into the case, working frantically to anticipate where the hired gun will strike next and how to stop him, all the while trying to get to the truth of Charles Singleton, and the reason that Geneva has been targeted. For Charles Singleton had a secret - a secret that may strike at the very heart of the United States constitution, and have disastrous consequences for human rights today. And Sachs is going to have to search a crime scene that's 140 years old before she can stop the killer.