The Watchmaker's Hand

Its place in Lincoln Rhyme

The Watchmaker's Hand is book 20 in the Lincoln Rhyme series. It follows A Perfect Plan. It is followed by Swiping Hearts. 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…