At one of the resorts in the Bahamas, three people die at the hands of an unknown sniper: an American public figure, a journalist who interviewed him, and a bodyguard. They shot from an incredibly long distance. Local police drop the case, fearing drug cartels are behind it. But Deputy District Attorney Nance Laurel has reason to believe that this crime was committed at the request of the upper echelons of power. Under mysterious circumstances, possible witnesses begin to disappear. For help in investigating a complicated case, the New York Police Department turns to the outstanding criminologist Lincoln Rhyme. The paralyzed detective and his team will have to unravel the tangle of deaths, understand the motives and goals of the criminals, understand who is manipulating whom, find the “death room”, bring the killers to justice, and most importantly - not make a mistake, because not only their career will depend on this , but also your own life. For the first time in Russian!