The Coffin Dancer is a 1998 novel by Jeffery Deaver. Book #2 in the series featuring Lincoln Rhyme, a quadriplegic detective.

Rhyme is brilliant. But gets outwitted by a killer hired to do away with 3 witnesses in the last hours before their grand jury testimony.

It’s personal for Rhyme as the same man had killed two of his assistants 5 years before.

If you like surprise plot twists, this book is for you.