Swiping Hearts: A Lincoln Rhyme Short Story

Beloved forensic detective Lincoln Rhyme is back in this fiendishly clever short story from New York Times bestselling Jeffery Deaver! Forensic scientist Lincoln Rhyme and NYPD Detective Amelia Sachs are dumbfounded when they encounter an unsub like they have never seen before. An unknown subject is using dating apps to work his way into the lives—and hearts—of his victims, all with the goal of utterly destroying them psychologically and emotionally . . . for his pure pleasure. A killer in the making Rhyme recognizes the trademark sadism of a future serial killer, but the man has been meticulously careful—indeed, stopping just short of illegal behaviour, ensuring that the criminalist’s forensic skills are useless against him. Will Rhyme and Sachs be able to stop the ruthless perp before the inevitable happens and he decides that breaking people metaphorically is no longer enough? Can you catch a sadist before his first kill? In Swiping Hearts, Jeffery Deaver, the Sunday Times bestselling author, takes readers on a thrilling journey into the world of police procedural fiction. The mystery surrounding the antagonist's identity and his sadistic intentions keeps the readers hooked till the very end. For fans of Michael Connelly (The Law of Innocence), David Baldacci (To Die For), Jonathan Kellerman (Unnatural History), Harlan Coben (Think Twice), and Chris Carter (The Death Watcher). HarperCollins 2023