A review by gabmc
The Empty Chair by Jeffery Deaver

3.0

Lincoln Rhyme goes to North Carolina to have surgery (risky surgery which could give him a small amount of movement but could also kill him). While there, he is contacted by the cousin of one of his NYPD colleagues from New York. Jim Bell is the town sheriff and is organising a man hunt for a young boy, Garrett Hanlon, and the woman he kidnapped. Amelia Sachs "walks the grid" in various crime scene sites and reports back to Rhyme. Garrett Hanlon is obsessed by insects and has learned quite a few tricks from them about disguise - so he is not easy to catch. Even once caught though, Sachs is not happy with the result and things really start to get interesting.