人骨拼图 (1997)

《人骨拼图》（英语：The Bone Collector）是杰佛瑞·迪佛著的神探莱姆系列的第一本小说，于1997年出版，1998年则改编成同名电影，由金像奖影星丹泽尔·华盛顿及安吉丽娜·朱莉主演。

2020年，改编为电视剧《林肯莱姆：追捕骨头收藏家》，主要演员有罗素·霍斯比、阿莉尔·凯贝尔、迈克尔·因佩里奥利。

故事简介

因意外而全身不遂的前刑事鉴定主任莱姆正计划自杀，但被突然其来的凶杀案打断计划。凶手在联合国会议前夕以凶残手法犯案，并故意留下证据，纽约市政府决定邀请莱姆担任顾问协助调查，莱姆原先并不愿意，不过后来被巡警萨克斯打动。莱姆及萨克斯多次救出人质，并查出凶手的安全屋，于是凶手直接向两人发动攻击，并发现凶手原来是莱姆的主诊医生，因为多年前莱姆多次前查证的一次疏忽，令凶手的妻儿被杀，凶手于是决志向莱姆报仇。

The Bone Collector is a 1997 thriller novel by American writer Jeffery Deaver.

The book introduces the character of Lincoln Rhyme, a quadriplegic forensic criminalist.

It was adapted into a film of the same name in 1999. A pilot for a television series based on the novel was ordered by NBC in 2019. Though the pilot was made available through some services on January 1, 2020, it made its broadcast premiere on January 10, 2020.

Summary

Two colleagues, T.J. (Tammie Jean) Colfax and John Ulbrecht, catch a cab at a New York City airport. After a brief ride through New York, they find themselves in an abandoned warehouse district. The cab's doors are locked, and the driver ignores their pleas to let them out.

The next day NYPD Patrol Officer Amelia Sachs is called to a possible homicide near some train tracks in Midtown. Her initial search is fruitless until she spots what she thinks is a dead tree protruding from the ground near the tracks. She climbs down the embankment, and as she gets closer she sees that it's actually a hand sticking out of the ground, with the flesh removed and a large diamond ring placed on one bony finger. She digs into the earth and uncovers the face of John Ulbrecht, who has been buried alive.

Amelia calls in and secures the area by stopping a train and traffic up above.

Quadriplegic and ex-forensic criminalist Lincoln Rhyme is waiting for a visitor at his apartment when the doorbell rings. His caregiver Thom answers the door and informs him that he has two unexpected visitors, homicide detectives Lon Sellitto and Jerry Banks. Rhyme tells Thom that he doesn't want to see them but ultimately agrees to speak with them.

Sellitto is Rhyme's former partner, and the officers are there to get Rhyme's help on the kidnapping and murder case, but he says he is in no state to help. Sellitto says that all he wants is for Rhyme to look over the case file and give them insight into what it means. The detective explains that the kidnapper still has one hostage they need to find. At this point Rhyme's expected visitor arrives, and he asks the detectives to leave, telling them he will read over the case notes. He finds himself drawn into the case and agrees to work on it with the help of Amelia Sachs as his eyes on the ground.

The killer is Peter Taylor, Rhyme's doctor. Real name Colin Stanton, he lost his family years ago when Lincoln failed to fully check out a crime scene. The suspect was hiding under a bed and started a shootout in the street, gunning down Stanton's family. Stanton subsequently had a breakdown and was admitted to a hospital where he attempted suicide. Once released, he planned to murder a now-quadriplegic Lincoln Rhyme and created the identity of Peter Taylor. The name was inspired by James Schneider, a New York serial killer from the early 1900s - "Schneider" is "tailor" in German. However, when Stanton/Taylor realized that Lincoln was becoming suicidal he had to give him a reason to live so that he could murder him. He took on Schneider's alias, "The Bone Collector", and began copying his crimes. Stanton picked his victims at random and thought of them as Schneider's own.

At the climax, Stanton coaxes his way into Rhyme's apartment, murdering Rhyme's former superior, Polling, who had come to admit his own guilt for his perceived role in Rhyme's accident. The investigating team had a witness to the crime Rhyme was investigating when he was injured and didn't need Rhyme's testimony. Stanton reveals his true identity to Rhyme, and his plan to murder all the people he cares about then slowly kill him. Following a struggle, Rhyme manages to bite Stanton's neck, tearing into an artery and mortally wounding him.

After Stanton is taken away, Rhyme is convinced to assist in another investigation and accepts the offer under the condition that he's allowed to continue working with Sachs.