The Empty Chair by Jeffery Deaver

Published in 2000, still a great read. Criminalist Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are caught up in a crisis situation when Lincoln and Amelia arrive at the University of North Carolina Medical Center for some high-risk experimental surgery. In a 24 hour period, the sleepy town of Tanner's Corner has seen a local teen murdered and two young women abducted. The prime suspect, a strange teenage truant known at the Insect Boy, so nicknamed because of his obsession with insects. County Sheriff Jim Bell enlists Lincoln to help in the search for the women. Forensic mystery readers will love this one. I had read it before but couldn't remember the outcome. Was worth the re-read. Sandy P