Rookie cop, Amanda Sachs has never worked a crime scene before. She is responding to a call, when she discovers a hand sticking up in the middle of the railroad tracks. She takes extreme measures to secure the crime scene making her boss angry but attracting the attentions of Lincoln Rhyme.
Lincoln was head of the NYPD forensics and the nation's best criminologist until he became a quadriplegic while working a scene. He joins forces with Sachs and she reluctantly becomes his arms and legs. Together they walk to grid of the Railroad track where she discovered the hand. While they try to make heads or tails of the collected evidence, another grusome yet related scene is discovered. The killer is purposely leading them somewhere by leaving clues as to his next crime scene yet to be discovered, but they seem to stay just minutes behind the killer. Amanda Sach's life becomes endangered during the investigation and Lincoln himself becomes the final target. | ||
Plot & Themes Tone of story - scarey (primal ax-wielding fear) How difficult to spot villain? - Difficult, but some clues given Time/era of story: What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 40% Misc. Murder Plotlets - killer purposefully leaves puzzle clues - Big focus on forensic evidence Kind of investigator Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book The crook is.... - stalking/killing innocents Any non-mystery subplot? descript. of violence and chases - 40 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10 % Crime Thriller Yes Is MAIN CHARACTER an EVIL criminal? Yes Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Ethnicity/Race Unusual characteristics: Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 20's-30's Eccentric: Yes Motive of antagonist - revenge How sensitive is this character? Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Setting United States Yes The US: - Northeast Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey references to deaths/dead bodies and torture A lot of techno jargon? Yes Kind of jargon? - biology/medical Unusual forms of death - drowned Unusual form of death? Yes Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |