Jeffery Deaver's The Twelfth Card

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1. When we first meet Geneva Settle, she's reading an old article about Charles Singleton's flight from the police. On which date did this particular incident occur? June 13, 1866 July 23, 1868 May 25, 1867 August 9, 1869

2. Thompson Boyd leaves a rape kit at the scene, together with the twelfth card from a tarot deck. Which card is it? The Wheel The Hanged Man Death The Queen

3. Which character from another Lincoln Rhyme novel makes a brief appearance in the beginning of the novel as a consultant? Eddie Deng from "The Stone Monkey" Kara from "The Vanished Man" Lucy Kerr from "The Empty Chair" Percey Clay from "The Coffin Dancer"

4. Near the beginning of the book, Lon Sellitto gets a saying wrong, sparking off a running gag throughout the book when Lincoln calls out, "Cliché alarm, Lon" whenever he's going to use an idiom. What does Lon say? "Give him an inch and he'll take a centimeter" "Better the angel you know than the devil you don't" "Either rains or it pours" "You can't eat your cake and digest it"

5. What is the name of the rookie Sachs recruits at the museum scene and who goes on to work with the team on this case? Greg Shimanski Jed Levinsky Todd Lebowski Ron Pulaski

6. Over a great part of the story, Lon is not quite himself. He is traumatized by an incident occurring at the museum crime scene. What is it? he accidentally fires a shot at Amelia he runs over a person with his car he unknowingly lets the killer know Lincoln's address a witness is shot to death right in front of him

7. What does Lincoln's team call the killer? The Card Player 24601 The Museum Killer Unsub 109

8. What was the name of Charles Singleton's wife? Violet Ada Scarlett Angela

9. What is the real name of Jax, the "Graffiti King"? Alonzo Jackson Robert Sherman Wesley Goades Kevin Cheaney

10. With the help of VICAP, Lincoln's team finds two murders where the killer's M.O. was similar to this one. Where did these other two cases occur? Louisiana and Nebraska Texas and Ohio Alabama and Tennessee Georgia and Oklahoma

11. What is the NY neighborhood called that Charles Singleton refers to in his letters, where he attended some meetings? Answer: (Two Words)

12. What is the name of Geneva's best friend? Lakeesha Jonette Veronica Reena

13. Geneva is not completely honest with Lincoln and his team. True False

14. How does Thompson Boyd refer to Amelia throughout the story? "Camaro Lady "The red lady" "The woman in white" "Annie Oakley"

15. What is, according to Deaver, the politically incorrect expression for African-American Vernacular English? black English Harlem language charcoal slang ebonics

16. What is the name of Thompson Boyd's girlfriend? Jeanne Starke Barbe Lynch Alina Frazier Gail Davis

17. Which habit of Thompson Boyd's finally gives him away? biting his fingernails whistling tugging at his hair whispering loudly

18. What used to be Thompson Boyd's occupation? medical examiner district attorney execution officer on death row policeman

19. What does Amelia use to collar Thompson Boyd? a baseball bat, her handcuffs, and her fingernails an empty gun, her knife, and a rock an empty bottle, a handful of dirt, and a match a spade, her flashlight, and the lid of a garbage can

20. Who does Jax turn out to be? Thompson Boyd's accomplice a hitherto unknown descendant of Frederick Douglass a victim of Thompson Boyd that survived Geneva's father

21. What does Amelia find under the building where Potter's Field used to be? a grenade that never went off the money that Charles Singleton allegedly stole a signed confession by Charles SIngleton that he stole the money a skeleton

22. Who is Thompson Boyd's accomplice? Professor Mathers Jax Alina Frazier Jonette Monroe

23. Who hired Thompson Boyd to kill Geneva Settle? William Ashberry Lakeesha Wesley Goades Bani al-Dahab

24. What long lost thing does Lincoln recover at the end of the book? movement of his right hand joy of reading fiction contact with his ex-wife, Blaine taste for computer games

25. Bonus question: Who of Lincoln's usual team does not appear in this story? Mel Cooper Roland Bell Fred Dellray the "Hardy Boys" (Detectives Bedding and Saul)