The Twelfth Card by Jeffrey Deaver

The Lincoln Rhyme series combines interesting characters with action pact mysteries. In this novel, Rhyme is tasked with trying to figure out who is trying to kill a 16-year old Harlem girl and why. In addition, the 16-year-old is trying to research a mystery in her ancestor’s past and clear his name.

Lots of twists and turns with fallible characters.