The Vanished Man

A killer flees the scene of a homicide at a Manhattan music school and locks himself in a classroom surrounded by police. A scream rings out, then a gunshot. The police break in. The room is empty. Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are brought in to help with the high-profile investigation of a master illusionist. The conjurer baits them with gruesome murders that become more diabolical with each fresh crime. as the fatalities rise and the minutes tick down, Rhyme and Sachs must move beyond the smoke and mirrors to prevent a terrifying act of vengeance that could become the greatest vanishing act of all.