The Stone Monkey

A heart-pounding case from one of crime fiction's most acclaimed series proves once again "there is no thriller writer today like Jeffery Deaver" (San Jose Mercury News).

Forensics expert Lincoln Rhyme and his protégée Amelia Sachs have been recruited by the FBI to capture "the Ghost," a homicidal immigrant smuggler. But when they corner him aboard a cargo ship, the bust goes disastrously wrong and the Ghost escapes. Now, the killer must eliminate the only witnesses-two families who jumped ship and vanished into New York City's Chinatown. Against a ruthless adversary, Rhyme and Sachs race to find the families before the Ghost can silence them. . . .

Jeffery Deaver is the author of twenty suspense novels, including the New York Times bestsellers The Blue Nowhere, The Empty Chair, The Devil''s Teardrop,and The Coffin Dancer,as well as The Bone Collectorand Speaking in Tongues.His latest novel, The Vanished Man,is coming soon in hardcover from Simon & Schuster. As William Jefferies, he is the author of Shallow Graves, Bloody River Blues,and Hell''s Kitchen.He is a four-time Edgar Award nominee, and his books have been translated into twenty-five languages. Deaver was born in Chicago, attended the University of Missouri, and received a law degree from Fordham University in New York. He has residences in California and Virginia. Readers can visit his Web site at www.jefferydeaver.com.