The Empty Chair Summary
Jeffery Deaver

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The Empty Chair Summary

The novel begins with the arrival of Sachs and Rhyme at the Neurological Research Institute at the Medical Center of the University of North Carolina. After several years in a wheelchair, only able to move his left ring finger, Rhyme is undergoing an experimental surgery that could restore some use to his broken body. Although the surgery is risky, Rhyme chooses to go ahead, thinking, "The overwhelming burden of his injury was the...

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