Inspired by the best-selling book by Jeffery Deaver, the NBC drama series Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector follows former NYPD detective and forensic genius Lincoln Rhyme (Russell Hornsby), who is still on the hunt for the enigmatic and notorious serial killer, known as The Bone Collector, that set up a trap that left him paralyzed. Now, he’s teamed up with Amelia Sachs (Arielle Kebbel), a young officer whose instincts remind him of his own brilliant skills, and the two are in a deadly cat-and-mouse game with a psychopath that always seems to be one …

It's already available to stream on NBC.com and Hulu, but this Friday night, NBC unveils the first episode of Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector, which seemingly defies categorization. Is this a series where Lincoln and his trusted partner Amelia Sachs hunt a single killer over the course of an entire season, as crime fans have grown somewhat accustomed to thanks to a recent flood of limited series, or a weekly serial that will find them catching different bad guys each week? The truth lies somewhere in the middle. See, Lincoln Rhyme is designed as an ongoing …

With the recent announcement that the title character has been cast in Lincoln, NBC's new TV pilot based on the 1999 thriller The Bone Collector, there's never been a better time to delve a little bit into the history of Lincoln Rhyme. One of the most popular characters in modern serial killer thriller writing, he has been a fixture on book store shelves for over 20 years, which means there's an abundance of material for the show's creators to mine for ideas.