When a woman realizes her personal items have been rearranged while she slept, police initially dismiss her complaint. But when the same woman turns up dead, Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are brought in to investigate the murder. Their hunt for the killer is interrupted when an internal investigation in the police force uncovers what seems to be a crucial mistake in one of Rhyme's previous cases. He must investigate the Locksmith in secret to untangle the mysteries behind the psychotic killer before he can set his ultimate trap.
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