When a killer flees the scene of a homicide at a prestigious Manhattan music school and locks himself in a classroom, the police have him surrounded within minutes A scream rings out, followed by a gunshot The police break down the door The room is empty The ambitious Sachs, and the quadriplegic Rhyme, must work together to ferret out a master illusionist they've dubbed 'the conjurer' and prevent a terrifying act of vengeance that could become the greatest vanishing act of all