Lincoln Rhyme was the department's top homicide detective and leading expert in criminal forensics until an injury left him paralyzed, depressed, and incapable of working. But when a gruesome murder in Manhattan leaves detectives baffled, they call on Rhyme to help solve the mystery. Amelia Donaghy, a rookie cop whose quick thinking preserved a gruesome murder scene, is enlisted by Rhyme to be his on-the-scene forensics expert. With Amelia reluctantly acting as Rhyme's able-bodied go-between, the pair piece together cryptic clues the killer leaves behind at the scene of the crime, hoping to catch the grisly serial killer.

• DirectorPhillip Noyce
• Release4 November 1999
• Genre
  Drama / Mystery
• Duration1h 58m
• Budget$73,000,000
• Revenue$151,493,655
• Rate
  

  6.793
  3719 reviews
• Productions

  Universal Pictures, Columbia Pictures