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The Burning Wire (2010)
Lincoln Rhyme is back, on the trail of a killer whose weapon of choice cripples New York City with fear.
The weapon is invisible and omnipresent. Without it, modern society grinds to a halt. It is
the electrical grid. The killer harnesses and steers huge arc flashes with voltage so high, and heat so searing, that steel melts and his victims are set afire, or subtly reconnects a few wires in one's
house or office so that the bathtub, the sink, the computer keyboard, the simple desk lamp can kill.
When the first horrific attack occurs in broad daylight, reducing a city bus to a pile of molten,
shrapnel-riddled metal, officials fear terrorism. Rhyme, a world-class forensic criminologist known for his successful apprehension of the most devious criminals, is immediately tapped for the
investigation. Long a quadriplegic, he assembles NYPD detective Amelia Sachs and officer Ron Pulaski as his eyes and ears and legs on crime sites, and FBI agent Fred Dellray as his undercover man on the
street. As the attacks continue across the city at a sickening pace, and terrifying demand letters begin appearing, the team works desperately against time and with maddeningly little forensic evidence to try
to find the killer. Or is it killers....?
Meanwhile, Rhyme is consulting on another high-profile investigation in Mexico with a most coveted quarry in his cross-hairs: the hired killer known
as the Watchmaker, one of the few criminals to have eluded Rhyme's net.
Juggling two massive investigations against a cruel ticking clock takes a toll on Rhyme's health. Soon Rhyme is fighting
on yet another front -- and his determination to work despite his physical limitations threatens to drive away his closest allies when he needs them most.
The Burning Wire has just been released as a mass market paperback in the USA, Canada, the UK, and Ireland. Read an excerpt and an interview with Jeffery Deaver. Watch his video.
Reviews:
"Not even the brilliant Rhyme can foresee the shocking twists the case will take in this electrically charged thriller."
— Publishers Weekly, * Starred Review
"Another winner from the dependable Deaver."
— David Pitt, Booklist
"Only the canniest readers will see which of these grace notes are red
herrings and which are linked in crucial ways to the case at hand.."
— Kirkus
"A taut psychological thriller from a masterful crime writer, proving Deaver just gets better with each
new novel."
— Carol Hicks, Bookshelf At Hooligan Rocks, Truckee, CA
From the June 2010 Indie Next List Great Reads list
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