{"product_id":"buy-the-twelfth-card-lincoln-rhyme-6-jeffery-deaver-conf20250505028","title":"The Twelfth Card (Lincoln Rhyme, #6) (Jeffery Deaver)","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Twelfth Card (Lincoln Rhyme, #6)\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Author: Jeffery Deaver\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Series: Lincoln Rhyme\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Volume: 6\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003e About Book \u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Publisher: Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Pages: 536\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e isbn: 9780340960622\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e GoodReads Rating: 4.0\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003e Condition \u0026amp; Size \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Size: Format A (Small Format) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Book Type: Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Condition: Very Good\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch4\u003e Summary\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eA high-school girl in Harlem, Geneva Settle, is the target of a ruthless professional killer—Thompson Boyd—who has been hired to murder her for reasons unknown. His first attempt, in a deserted museum early one morning, is a failure but it’s clear to Lincoln Rhyme that he’s going to strike again, from clues the killer leaves behind, one of which is the twelfth card in the tarot deck, The Hanged Man, whose meaning resonates eerily throughout the story.\n\n\nAssisted by Fred Dellray, Mel Cooper and Lon Sellitto (suffering from a severe case of shattered nerves due to a near miss by the killer), Rhyme and partner Amelia Sachs work frantically to learn who the hit man and his partner are and when they will strike next, all the while trying to crack a very “cold” case: Rhyme believes that Geneva may have been targeted because of a paper she’s writing about her ancestor, Charles Singleton, a former slave who was instrumental in the civil rights movement in the 1860s, but who was arrested for theft and disgraced.\n\n\nIn his correspondence Charles wrote about a “secret,” that could have tragic consequences if revealed. This secret, which Rhyme is convinced will provide the key to why Geneva is in danger, revolves around some mysterious doings in the area known as Gallows Heights, a neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan that in the 1860s was a tense mix of wealthy financiers, civil rights leaders, political crooks like Boss Tweed, and working-class laborers and thugs. What was the truth behind the crime Charles was accused of? And what was his secret? Does it have to do with stolen gold? Or does it have a far broader implications?\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deaver, Jeffery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41773558497357,"sku":"CONF20250505028","price":69.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/3856\/4685\/files\/9780340960622_20vol60_5_5e5c4071-74b2-4134-818f-4bfb7fd5c2d3.jpg?v=1746431841","url":"https:\/\/readmatter.co.za\/products\/buy-the-twelfth-card-lincoln-rhyme-6-jeffery-deaver-conf20250505028","provider":"Readmatter","version":"1.0","type":"link"}