NOWAMAJORTELEVISIONEVENTFROMNBC,STARRINGRUSSELLHORNSBY,ARIELLEKEBBEL,ANDMICHAELIMPERIOLI.Thefollow-uptoJefferyDeaver’smassivebestsellerTheBoneCollector(alsoafeaturefilmstarringAngelinaJolieandDenzelWashington)TheStoneMonkeyisa“simplyoutstanding“(SanJoseMercuryNews)additiontotheLincolnRhymeseries.RecruitedtohelptheFBIandtheImmigrationandNaturalizationService,LincolnRhymeandAmeliaSachsmanagetotrackdownacargoshipheadedforNewYorkCitycarryingtwodozenillegalChineseimmigrants,aswellasthenotorioushumansmugglerandkillerknownas“theGhost.“ButwhentheGhost’scapturegoesdisastrouslywrong,LincolnandAmeliafindthemselvesinaracetotrackhimdownbeforehecanfindandmurderthetwosurvivingfamiliesfromtheship,whohavevanishedintothelabyrinthofNewYorkCity’sChinesecommunity.AsRhymestrugglestolocatethefamilies,aidedbyaquirkypolicemanfrommainlandChina,Sachsfindsherselfformingaconnectionwithoneoftheimmigrantsthatmayaffectherrelationshipwithherpartnerandlover.
