Audio Book Description:
On a freezing December night,with a full moon hovering in the black sky overNew York City, two people are brutally murdered- the death scenes marked byeerie, matching calling cards: moon- faced clocks investigators fear ticked away the victims` last moments on earth.Renowned criminologist Lincoln Rhymeimmediately identifies the clock distributor and has thechilling realization that the killer- who has dubbed himself the Watchmaker- has moremurders planned in the hours tocome. Rhyme, a quadriplegiclong confined tohis wheelchair,immediately taps his trustedpartner and longtime love,Amelia Sachs, to walk the grid and be his eyes and ears on the street. But Sachs has othercommitments now- namely,her first assignment as lead detectiveon a homicide of her own. As she struggles to balance her pursuit of the infuriatingly elusive Watchmaker with her owncase, Sachs unearths shockingrevelations about the police force that threaten to undermine her career, her sense of self and her relationship with Rhyme. As the Rhyme-Sachs team showsevidence of fissures, the Watchmaker is methodically stalking his victims and planning a diabolical criminal masterwork...Indeed, the Watchmaker maybe the most cunning and mesmerizing villain Rhyme and Sachshave ever encountered.
