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Informationen zum Autor Jeffery Deaver is the #1 international bestselling author of more than forty novels, three collections of short stories, and a nonfiction law book. His books are sold in 150 countries and translated into 25 languages. His first novel featuring Lincoln Rhyme , The Bone Collector , was made into a major motion picture starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie, and a hit television series on NBC. He’s received or been shortlisted for a number of awards around the world, including Novel of the Year by the International Thriller Writers and the Steel Dagger from the Crime Writers' Association in the United Kingdom. In 2014, he was the recipient of three lifetime achievement awards. A former journalist, folksinger, and attorney, he was born outside of Chicago and has a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Missouri and a law degree from Fordham University. Dennis Boutsikaris won an OBIE Award for his performance in Sight Unseen and played Mozart in Amadeus on Broadway. Among his films are *batteries not included, The Dream Team , and Boys On the Side . His many television credits include And Then There Was One, Chasing the Dragon and 100 Center Street . Klappentext Bestselling master of suspense Jeffrey Deaver is back with a brand-new Lincoln Rhyme thriller. To save the life of a young girl who's being stalked by a ruthless hit man. Lincoln and his protege! Amelia Sachs! are called upon to do the impossible: solve a truly "cold case" -- one that's 140 years old. "The Twelfth Card" is a two-day cat-and-mouse chase through the streets of uptown Manhattan as quadriplegic detective Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs try to outguess Thompson Boyd a man whose past has turned him into a killing machine as unfeeling and cunning as a wolf. Boyd is after Geneva Settle! a high school girl from Harlem! and it's up to Lincoln and Amelia to figure out why. The motive may have to do with a term paper that Geneva is writing about her ancestor! Charles Singleton! a former slave. Charles was active in the early civil rights movement! but was arrested for theft and disgraced. Lincoln and Amelia work frantically to figure out what actually happened on that hot July night in 1868 when Charles was arrested. Deaver's inimitable plotting keeps this story racing at a lightening-fast clip. With breathtaking twists and multiple surprises! this is Deaver's most compelling Lincoln Rhyme audiobook to date. Zusammenfassung SOON TO BE A MAJOR TELEVISION EVENT FROM NBC! STARRING RUSSELL HORNSBY! ARIELLE KEBBEL! AND MICHAEL IMPERIOLI. “Deaver’s labyrinthine plots are astonishing”( The New York Times Book Review ) in this bestselling thriller featuring a hitman who is out to kill a young girl in Harlem and in order to save her! Lincoln Rhyme has to solve a cold case that’s over 150 years old. Unlocking a cold case with explosive implications for the future of civil rights! forensics expert Lincoln Rhyme and his protégé! Amelia Sachs! must outguess a killer who has targeted a high school girl from Harlem who is digging into the past of one of her ancestors! a former slave. What buried secrets from 140 years ago could have an assassin out for innocent blood? And what chilling message is hidden in his calling card! the hanged man of the tarot deck? Rhyme must anticipate the next strike or become history—in the New York Times bestseller that proves “there is no thriller writer today like Jeffery Deaver” ( San Jose Mercury News ). ...
