Inspired by the bestselling crime novel by Jeffery Deaver, The Bone Collector, this drama series follows a young female NYPD officer named Amelia Sachs and a quadriplegic ex-forensic criminalist named Lincoln Rhyme who team up to solve cases together. Russell Hornsby (best known as Edward "Eddie" Sutton on ABC Family's Lincoln Heights) plays Lincoln, with Arielle Kebbel (also known as Alexia "Lexi" Branson from The Vampire Diaries) costarring as Amelia and The Sopranos actor Michael Imperioli appearing as NYPD detective Rick Sellitto.