Henry Carter Hull

Former trial lawyer Tate Collier, regrouping in Virginia after making some disastrous mistakes in the realms of love and the law, reunites with his ex-wife Bett in a desperate attempt to find their daughter who has been chosen by psychopathic psychologist Aaron Matthews as a target for the revenge he seeks against Tate who he believes ruined his life.

As he prepares to undergo high-risk surgery, paralyzed crime analyst Lincoln Rhyme and his protégé Amelia Sachs set out to solve the murder of a local teen and the kidnapping of two young women.

When a robotlike assassin begins to wreak havoc in Washington D.C. on New Year's Eve, it is up to Special Agent Margaret Lukas to stop the deranged robot before it destroys the entire city.