Forensics expert Lincoln Rhyme, along with his protégée,
Amelia Sachs, has been recruited by the FBI to capture "the Ghost"
-- a homicidal immigrant smuggler. But when they corner him aboard
a cargo ship headed for New York, the bust goes disastrously wrong
and the Ghost escapes. Now, he must eliminate the only witnesses to
his crimes -- two families who jumped ship and vanished in the
Chinatown underground. Against a brilliant and ruthless adversary,
Lincoln and Amelia race to find the families before the Ghost can
silence them forever....

Packed with shocking plot twists, breakneck pacing, and
heartbreakingly real characters, The Stone Monkey reminds us once
again why People hailed Jeffery Deaver as "the master of
ticking-bomb suspense."

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