The Burning Wire, Jeffery Deaver
The Burning Wire, Jeffery Deaver
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The Burning Wire
A Lincoln Rhyme Novel

Author: Jeffery Deaver

Narrator: Dennis Boutsikaris

Abridged: 6 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/01/2010


Synopsis

From New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver—Lincoln Rhyme is back, and on the trail of a killer whose weapon of choice cripples New York City with fear. Now a major television series starring Russel Hornsby, Arielle Kebbel, and Michael Imperioli.

The weapon is invisible and omnipresent. Without it, modern society grinds to a halt. It is electricity. 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.

When the first explosion occurs in broad daylight, reducing a city bus to a pile of molten 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, 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 crosshairs: 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…

About Jeffery Deaver

Chicago born author, Jeffery Deaver, has been richly rewarded for his successful career as a an American mystery/crime writer, including being a three-time Ellery Queen Reader's Award winner, and several different newspaper best of lists around the world.

Lincoln Rhyme, a quadriplegic detective is the main character in his most popular series of novels, such as The Broken Window. His time spent practicing law before he embarked on his writing career definitely gave him greater insight into the cases about which he writes.

He was writing about criminal hackers in his 2001 book, The Blue Nowhere. He also established a computer crime unit within the pages of the book. Several of his novels have been adapted for tv and movies. The most popular among them would be The Bone Collector, starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie.

Deaver was chosen to write an official James Bond novel, Carter Blanche, published on May 25, 2011, making him the second American author to participate in the series.


Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by CD on 2014-02-06 19:14:55

Very good book from great author.

Goodreads review by SoRoLi (Sonja) ♡ on October 18, 2023

Es ist leider schon ein paar Jahre her, dass ich ein Buch von Jeffery Deaver gelesen habe. Daher habe ich mich sehr gefreut, als ich diesen Kurzkrimi entdeckte und er mich sozusagen an Deaver erinnerte. Der Kurzkrimi hat mir sehr gut gefallen. Für die Kürze ist er unterhaltsam, auch spannend und mit......more

Goodreads review by Jeff on October 09, 2018

I would rather give this 3.5 stars, but Goodreads doesn't allow 1/2 stars. This was a standard Lincoln Rhyme story. The main problem was that I figured out who was the bad guy way early and the story kinda slowed down after that. I've never been comfortable around electricity and now I hope my coffe......more

Goodreads review by Ardent Reader on June 10, 2020

A new way to murder humans using electricity... Deaver always manage to create mysteries with unexpected twists.......more

Goodreads review by Corey on April 11, 2021

Jeffery Deaver once again brings back his tag-team Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs, who return to face their deadliest adversary yet, who just may prove to be unstoppable! When a deadly explosion rocks the city of New York, destroying a city bus and killing many people, officials believing it to be te......more

Goodreads review by Alan on July 25, 2018

Loved this story from the start. I don't particularly consider myself very technically minded, but I loved all the descriptions of how the crimes were carried out. Personally this was probably one of the best in the series so far, great characters, old and new, fiendish plot with the usual misdirecti......more