The Cold Moon

Its place in Lincoln Rhyme

The Cold Moon is book 7 in the Lincoln Rhyme series. It follows The Twelfth Card. It is followed by The Broken Window. 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…