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 August 9, 1869 May 25, 1867 July 23, 1868

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? Percey Clay from "The Coffin Dancer" Eddie Deng from "The Stone Monkey" Kara from "The Vanished Man" Lucy Kerr from "The Empty Chair"

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? "Better the angel you know than the devil you don't" "Give him an inch and he'll take a centimeter" "You can't eat your cake and digest it" "Either rains or it pours"

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 Ron Pulaski Todd Lebowski Jed Levinsky

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 runs over a person with his car he accidentally fires a shot at Amelia a witness is shot to death right in front of him he unknowingly lets the killer know Lincoln's address

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

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

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

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? Georgia and Oklahoma Louisiana and Nebraska Texas and Ohio Alabama and Tennessee

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? ebonics charcoal slang black English Harlem language

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

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

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

19. What does Amelia use to collar Thompson Boyd? a spade, her flashlight, and the lid of a garbage can 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

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

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

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

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? contact with his ex-wife, Blaine movement of his right hand joy of reading fiction 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)