Jeffery Deaver is a New York Times best-selling author renowned for his ingenious plot twists. Booklist calls this series "among the cleverest of contemporary detective fiction," and Publishers Weekly hails Deaver's latest as "a robust thriller that demonstrates [his] unflagging ability to entertain." A black student is attacked in a Manhattan library while researching her mysterious ancestor. Rhyme and Amelia get involved-and then things take an unexpected turn.