Swiping Hearts

Its place in Lincoln Rhyme

Swiping Hearts is book 21 in the Lincoln Rhyme series. It follows The Watchmaker's Hand. It is followed by The Collateral Heart. See the full Lincoln Rhyme reading order.

Lincoln Rhyme is a former NYPD forensic criminalist left quadriplegic by an on-the-job accident, who solves crimes from his Manhattan townhouse-turned-lab using nothing but his intellect, an encyclopedic command of forensic science, and a rotating team of field investigators who become his hands -- chief among them NYPD officer (later detective) Amelia Sachs, whose willingness to walk crime scenes exactly as Rhyme directs makes her his essential partner, both professionally and eventually romantically. Jeffery…