The Kill Room (Lincoln Rhyme 10)

Rare.

Weapon: custom made.

Trace on bullet: glass dust, fiber from Moreno's shirt and poisonwood tree leaf.

Crime Scene 2. Sniper nest of Barry Shales, 2000 yards from Kill Room, New Providence Island, Bahamas.

May 9.

Unable to find spent cartridges or other evidence of location of sniper's nest.

Crime Scene 2A. Apartment 3C, 182 Augusta Street, Nassau, Bahamas.

May 15.

Victim: Annette Bodel.

COD: TBD, probably strangulation, asphyxiation.

Suspect: Determined to be Unsub 516.

Victim was probably tortured.

Trace: Sand associated with sand found at Java Hut.

Docosahexaenoic acid--fish oil. Likely caviar or roe. Ingredient in dish from NY restaurant.

Two-stroke engine fuel.

C8H8O3, vanillin. Ingredient in dish from NY restaurant.

Crime Scene 3. Java Hut, Mott and Hester Streets.

May 16.

IED explosion, to destroy evidence of whistleblower.

Victims: No fatalities, minor injuries.

Suspect: Determined to be Unsub 516.

Military-style device, anti-personnel, shrapnel. Semtex explosive. Available on arms market.

Located customers in shop when whistleblower was present, canvassing for info, pictures.

Trace: Sand from tropical region.

Crime Scene 4. Apartment 230, 1187 Third Avenue.

May 16.

Victim: Lydia Foster.

COD: Blood loss, shock from knife wounds.

Suspect: Determined to be Unsub 516.

Hair, brown and short (from Unsub 516), sent to CODIS for analysis.