The Kill Room (Lincoln Rhyme 10)

Extremely high velocity and high power.

Rare.

Weapon: custom made.

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

Crime Scene 2. No sniper's nest involved; bullets fired from drone. "Kill Room" is drone command center.

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

May 15.

Victim: Annette Bodel.

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nbsp; 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.