The Twelfth Card – Jeffrey Deaver

Lincoln Rhyme and his forensics crew return in a compelling new thriller that's sure to be eagerly read from start to finish. The plot involves the attempted attack on an African-American teenager in a museum that has the whole team stumped from the beginning.

The mystery has to do with something that occurred over a century ago, thus the archives from the civil war era of America has to be dug up to find out why a modern day descendant of that period is being attacked. Tracing back to the roots of the Civil War and the fight for the freedom of the slaves, the team will uncover secrets that might affect the constitutional laws. As you read this book, you may think, the war may be the same, only the enemies are different now.

With his usual suspense and twists at the end of the story, Deaver has created another thriller that's sure to please his devoted fans and new readers alike.