THE TWELFTH CARD

THE BONE COLLECTOR

After a devastating accident, forensic criminalist Lincoln Rhymes is left as a quadraplegic. But the NYPD still turn to him to help them solve a series of gruesome murders. New York City has been thrown into chaos by the assaults of the Bone Collector, a serial kidnapper and killer who gives the police a chance to save his victims from death by leaving obscure clues. Rhyme has to dig deep into the only world he has left - his astonishing mind - to have any hope of solving the case. Contains some graphic violence.

CARTE BLANCHE: A JAMES BOND NOVEL

The face of war is changing. The other side doesn't play by the rules much anymore. There's thinking, in some circles, that we need to play by a different set of rules too. Fresh from Afghanistan, James Bond has been recruited to a new agency. Conceived in the post-9/11 world, it operates independent of Five, Six and the MoD, with its very existence deniable. Its aim: to protect the Realm, by any means necessary. The Night Action alert calls Bond from dinner with a beautiful woman. GCHQ has decrypted an electronic whisper about an attack scheduled for later in the week: casualties estimated in the thousands, British interests adversely affected. And 007 has been given carte blanche to do whatever it takes to fulfil his mission.

THE COFFIN DANCER

Lincoln Rhymes and Amelia Sachs are on the trail of an ingenious killer and they know they only have forty-eight hours before the Coffin Dancer strikes again. Contains some offensive language and graphic violence.

THE DEVIL'S TEARDROP

It’s New Year’s Eve and The Digger, a crazed gunman with serious brain damage, has promised to shoot into crowds in Washington DC every four hours until he’s paid 20 million dollars.

THE EMPTY CHAIR

Criminalist Lincoln Rhyme is in North Carolina preparing to have experimental spinal surgery that could give him back a little movement. Before the operation takes place he and Amelia Sachs are asked to use their skills to trace two women who have been kidnapped by a psychotic young man known as the Insect Boy.

THE GOODBYE MAN

In pursuit of two young men accused of terrible hate crimes, Colter Shaw stumbles upon a clue to another mystery. He travels to Washington State to investigate a mysterious organization. As he peels back the layers of truth, Shaw finds that some people will stop at nothing to keep their secrets hidden. All the while, Shaw must unravel an equally deadly enigma: locating and deciphering a message hidden by his father years ago, just before his death, a message that will have life and death consequences.

THE NEVER GAME

You wake up all alone, in the middle of a forest, miles from anywhere. You’ve been taken by the Whispering Man and there is no escape. He makes the rules and nobody ever gets out alive. Enigmatic investigator Colter Shaw is fighting to stop the murders. But another victim has been snatched from her family and he’s running out of time. In the darkest corner of Silicon Valley, a new breed of killer is emerging: someone with a deadly obsession, whose twisted game is spiralling out of control.

THE STONE MONKEY

Investigators Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are recruited to track down a cargo ship carrying illegal Chinese immigrants, as well as the notorious human smuggler and killer known as the Ghost. But when the capture goes disastrously wrong, Lincoln and Amelia find themselves in a race to stop the Ghost before he can track down and murder the two surviving families who have vanished deep into the world of New York's Chinese community. Over the next forty-eight hours the Ghost ruthlessly hunts for the families while Rhyme struggles desperately to find them first. Meanwhile, Sachs pursues a very different kind of policework - forming a connection with one of the immigrants that may have far reaching consequences for her relationship with her partner and lover, Lincoln Rhyme.