Special collectors edition EXCLUSIVE to the first print run! *Gold foiled design underneath the dust jacket* *Bonus Lincoln Rhyme short story* Lincoln Rhyme is back, and this time he’s in danger, in the brand new crime thriller from Jeffery Deaver, bestselling author of The Final Twist 'The master-plotter Deaver cranks up the tension to fever pitch' A Daily Mail Thriller of the year 'Pulsating' A Waterstones Best thriller of 2023 A CITY IN TURMOIL Looming over the Manhattan skyline, a lone crane comes crashing down into the city, sending panic radiating across New York City. A DEADLY CONSPIRACY The NYPD believes a political group is behind the sabotage and turns to Lincoln Rhyme for help. He knows this is just the beginning. A RACE AGAINST TIME Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs must race to stop further attacks before more chaos is unleashed upon the city. Watching Rhyme from the shadows is the elusive assassin The Watchmaker, and he’s preparing to strike… ––- Praise for THE WATCHMAKER'S HAND ‘Lincoln Rhyme returns in this top-shelf thriller.. the writing is superb, the characters intriguing, the stories spellbinding, and the plot twists shocking. BOOKLIST ‘The Watchmaker’s Hand is engineered with typical Deaver precision. The plot barrels along with numerous unexpected twists and turns. I loved it!’ KATHY REICHS, author of the Temperance Brennan Bones Series 'Jeffery Deaver is a master storyteller. His characters and plotting are second to none. One of the true giants of the genre' STEVE CAVANAGH 'Deaver masterfully delivers another pulse-pounding Lincoln Rhyme thriller that takes you on a frenzied ride through a New York City teetering on the edge of chaos … This is a high-octane, nail-biter of a read that solidifies Deaver's standing as the virtuoso of the modern crime thriller.' MARK DAWSON