The Cold Moon (Lincoln Rhyme 7)

* Clock. See below.

* Poem. See below.

* Fingernail markings on deck.

* No discernible trace, no fingerprints, no footprints, no tire tread marks.

CRIME SCENE TWO

Location:

* Alley off Cedar Street, near Broadway, behind three commercial buildings (back doors closed at 8:30 to 10 P.M.) and one government administration building (back door closed at 6 P.M.).

* Alley is a cul-de-sac. Fifteen feet wide by one hundred and four feet long, surfaced in cobblestones, body was fifteen feet from Cedar Street.

Victim:

* Theodore Adams.

* Lived in Battery Park.

* Freelance copywriter.

* No known enemies.

* No warrants, state or federal.

* Checking for a connection with buildings around alley. None found.

Perp:

* The Watchmaker.

* Male.

* No database entries for the Watchmaker.

M.O.:

* Dragged from vehicle to alley, where iron bar was suspended over him. Eventually crushed throat.

* Awaiting medical examiner's report to confirm.

* No evidence of sexual activity.

* Time of death: Approximately 10:15 P.M. to 11 P.M. Monday night. Medical examiner to confirm.

Evidence:

* Clock.

* No explosives, chemical-or bioagents.

* Identical to clock at pier.

* No fingerprints, minimal trace.

* Arnold Products, Framingham, MA.