by Jeffery Deaver · Punto De Lectura · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466321723
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«La carta número 12» is the crime thriller novel by Jeffery Deaver, published by Punto de Lectura in paperback (688 pages, in Spanish).
Geneva Settle, an African-American student from Harlem, investigates in a New York library the story of Charles Singleton, a nineteenth-century freed slave, when someone starts following her. Criminalist Lincoln Rhyme and his team try to discover who is pursuing her and what secret Singleton's past hides. The plot takes place in Manhattan over two days.
It is part of the Lincoln Rhyme series, where it holds the sixth position. The original work, «The Twelfth Card», was published in 2005.
It is aimed at readers of thrillers and police procedurals featuring criminalist Lincoln Rhyme.
Jeffery Deaver is an American mystery and crime writer. He has a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Missouri and a J.D. degree from Fordham University. He began his career as a journalist and later practiced law before embarking on a career as a novelist. He has been awarded the Steel Dagger and Short Story Dagger from the British Crime Writers' Association and the Nero Award from The Wolfe Pack. He is also a three-time recipient of the Ellery Queen Reader's Award for Best Short Story of the Year and a winner of the British Thumping Good Read Award. His novels have appeared on bestseller lists around the world, including The New York Times, The Times, Italy's Corriere della Sera, The Sydney Morning Herald, and the Los Angeles Times.
