Jeffery Deaver is an American mystery and crime writer who has written both stand-alone novels, “Mistress of Justice” and “The October List” and numerous series like the Rune Trilogy, the Location Scout series and the better known Lincoln Rhyme series. His works have appeared on bestseller lists around the world including, among others, The New York Times, The Times, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Los Angeles Times. The first novel in the Lincoln Rhyme series, “The Bone Collector,” which introduces Lincoln Rhyme, a quadriplegic forensic criminalist, was adapted into a movie in 1999. Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector, is a new crime drama series based on the book and will premiere on NBC on Friday January 10, 2020. The series follows NYPD officers Amelia Sachs and Lincoln Rhyme as they solve cases together while attempting to catch the newly resurfaced serial killer known as the Bone Collector. It stars Russell Hornsby as Lincoln, Arielle Kebbel as Amelia and Michael Imperioli as Rick Sellitto, Lincoln’s partner.

According to Amazon, “The Bone Collector” revolves around Lincoln Rhyme, who was once a brilliant criminologist, a genius in the field of forensics until an accident left him physically and emotionally shattered. Now a diabolical killer is challenging Rhyme to a terrifying and ingenious duel of wits. With police detective Amelia Sachs by his side, Rhyme must follow a labyrinth of clues that reaches back to a dark chapter in New York City’s past and reach further into the darkness of the mind of a madman who will not stop until he has stripped life down to the bone.