Part of Lincoln Rhyme, book 12.5
First published 2016
A single-pilot jet plunges into the Atlantic Ocean, leaving authorities scrambling to determine whether a bomb or severe weather caused the disaster. Former NYPD Homicide Detective Lincoln Rhyme takes on what appears to be a straightforward investigation. The crucial evidence sits locked inside the aircraft's cockpit, but the wreckage has settled in the Puerto Rican Trench at a crushing depth of twenty-eight thousand feet. No salvage operation can reach that far down. No technology can retrieve the plane. Rhyme must solve the case without accessing the physical proof that could provide definitive answers. The detective confronts an impossible puzzle that tests his legendary forensic skills against the ocean's most unreachable depths.
Genres: adventure, mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: impossible-puzzle, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Atlantic Ocean, Puerto Rican Trench
40 pages · Kindle Edition · Mulholland Books