Author: Deaver, AllenTitle: The Bone Collector, New York, New American Library, 1997.Scene: This story is set in New York, New York, in the mid-1990s. While the United Nations conference is in town, a series of kidnappings have broken out and it's up to a team of forensic scientists to follow the clues and find the killer. Theme: People who never give up on what they started will always achieve their goal. Key people: Lincoln Rhyme, once a famous NYPD "criminalist" who is now a quadriplegic, is brought back to work; Amelia Sachs, daughter of a policeman who is the first officer of the first kidnapping that involves her in the entire investigation; Lon Selitto, Lincoln's former partner; Jerry Banks, Selitto's partner; Mel Cooper, computer and science genius; Jim Polling, NYPD Command Chief; Fred Dellray, FBI commander; Dr. Berger, Lincoln's euthanasia doctor; Thom, Lincoln's aide; Dr. Peter Taylor, Lincoln Spine Doctor. Key Incidents:1. After learning of a possible kidnapping, police officer Amelia Sachs receives a dispatch about a murder near "Thirty-seventh near Eleventh." He finds a crudely dug corpse in a grave. To protect the scene, do everything humanly possible to prevent any type of contamination.2. Lincoln Rhyme, former head of the Central Investigations and Resources Division, is convinced by Lon Selitto and his partner to help investigate the kidnapping. Meanwhile the "Bone Collector" kidnaps another victim.3. Being a quadriplegic, a person paralyzed from the beginning, Lincoln Rhyme wants to commit suicide. He hires Dr. Berger to help him with suicide.4. Rhyme assembles his forensic team to begin the investigation. On the team, he assigned Amelia Sachs, Mel Cooper, Lon Selitto and Jerry Banks to the case. When the investigation begins, the bone collector is torturing his prisoner.5. Considering the clues left from the scene, Rhyme figures out the whereabouts of the prisoner, known as TJ Colfax. He sends Sachs to the scene before TJ meets his fate. But when it arrives, it's too late. Colfax is found boiled to death by hot steam blown into her face. During this horrific ordeal, Rhyme, calmer than ever, forces Sachs to carry out his first crime scene investigation. Find more clues left by the bone collector.6. As the first investigation draws to a close, the bone picker is seen scraping the flesh from one of his victims' fingers; polishing it to the bone.