The Empty Chair

    Published:   2000, Simon & Schuster

    Formats:     Hardback, Paperback, Audio CD,
                      Kindle

    Hardback:    ISBD-13: 978-0684855639
                      Pages: 416

    Paperback:   ISBD-13: 978-0671026011
                      Pages: 512


                           

Plot:

Renowned criminalist Lincoln Rhyme faces his ultimate opponent: a kidnapper and murder dubbed the Insect Boy. But Rhyme is in for a surprise when he learns that catching a criminal is one thing... and keeping him is another.

Now Rhyme, in North Carolina to undergo risky spinal cord surgery, finds himself hunting a ruthless killer in the heart of a southern swampland-and going head-to-head with his protégé, Amelia Sachs, in a rivalry that tests the limits of both their expertise and their love.