The Skin Collector

In the #1 international bestselling sequel to The Bone Collector, Lincoln Rhyme must untangle a twisted web of clues before a criminal inspired by the Bone Collector targets more victims -- or Rhyme himself.

The killer's methods are terrifying. He stalks the basements and underground passageways of New York City. He tattoos his victims' flesh with cryptic messages, using a tattoo gun loaded with poison, resulting in an agonizing, painful death.

When a connection is made to the Bone Collector-the serial killer who terrorized New York more than a decade ago-Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are immediately drawn into the case.

Rhyme, Sachs, and the NYPD must race against time to answer the many questions the investigation uncovers: Whom will the killer attack next? What is the message behind the victims' tattoos? Does the killer's own inking--a fanged centipede sporting a woman's face--hold any significance? And what is his ultimate mission?

As time runs out, Rhyme discovers that the past has returned to haunt him in the most troubling way imaginable...

作者簡介

傑佛瑞．迪佛  Jeffery Deaver

　　一九五○年出生於芝加哥郊區，從小即嶄露寫作的天分，在十一歲時便完成個人第一部小說，而後更以詩作、小說獲得多項文學獎。他曾當過記者、民謠歌手；從密蘇里大學新聞系畢業後，一度為雜誌社撰稿；之後又進入福坦莫大學就讀法學院，取得學位後，曾在華爾街工作數年，而也就是在這段漫長的通勤時日裡，他開始創作熱愛的偵探小說。
　　
　　迪佛至今已出版三十餘部作品，被譯為三十五種以上語文版本。其中《人骨拼圖》更被環球影業公司改拍成電影，由丹佐．華盛頓、安潔莉娜．裘莉主演。迪佛不僅是全美各大暢銷書榜的常客，也是得獎榜單的常勝軍，曾獲「安東尼小說獎」提名、《Mystery Ink》雜誌「警察獎」、「W.H.史密斯好讀獎」，以及三度獲選「艾勒里．昆恩雜誌」讀者票選最佳短篇小說獎和六度獲美國偵探作家協會提名「艾倫坡獎」。
　　
　　二○○四年獲得英國犯罪小說作家協會最佳驚悚小說「鐵匕首獎」，以〈週休族〉榮獲年度最佳短篇小說「短匕首獎」；二○○八年入圍英國ITV3電視台所舉辦的ITV3犯罪懸疑小說獎的年度國際作家；二○○九年更贏得「國際驚悚作家協會」年度最佳驚悚小說。
　　
　　迪佛著有：《空椅》、《沉睡的娃娃》、《險局》等多部作品。