The Burning Wire

A Lincoln Rhyme Novel

By: Jeffery Deaver

Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris

Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins

Publisher's summary

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 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, 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, 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 Rhymes net.

Juggling two massive investigations against a cruel ticking clock takes a toll on Rhymes 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.

Solve another case with Lincoln Rhyme.

©2010 Jeffery Deaver (P)2010 Simon & Schuster

Another Lincoln Rhyme banger!

Good story. It has the usual twists and turn expected in a Rhyme and Sachs story. If you have read all the books this far and liked them this is another banger.

I love Lincoln Rhyme but...

I love Jeffery Deaver and was excited to listen to The Burning Wire. I don't know whether it was "listening" to the lists (which are always a part of the LIncoln Rhyme books) instead of "reading" them or whether the story itself just didn't work for me. In any case, I didn't make it all the way through this production and will pick up the book in hard copy so that I can finish it properly.

all over the. place and never arrived!

I've loved every Rhyme's novel but this one disappoints! there's just too much going on and the resolution is very unclear. my last thought was, "Huh??"

A great listen

I really enjoyed listening to this book and the gentleman performing the reading; his voice is so soothing that it makes listening to him perform even more enjoyable. but it also helps to have a great author.

Good book; disappointing narration

I'm always enthusiastic when a new Deaver book is released. Unfortunately, Dennis Boutsikaris doesn't share my enthusiasm. More often than not, he doesn't even bother to pronounce the hero's name right - Rhyme is often pronounced "Rahm"(like the Chief of Staff) making scenes with "Ron the recruit" difficult to distinguish. And this narrator doesn't worry about making any effort with voice timbre or even accents, so often there are several characters in a scene speaking with the same voice. Very lazy work.
The book is a four-star winner with some very creepy moments and Deaver's mastery of suspense is in evidence. I'll be thinking twice before I plug anything in. But the final moments are very positive and hopefully will lead to more Rhyme books - just not ones read by Boutsikaris.

Narrator boring

Don’t let Dennis narrate your books. No emotion-pure boredom. It normally takes 2 weeks to listen & complete a book. This took me a month!

Love these books

I'm Downloading the next one as we speak very good books love This series

A good read

I like Jeffery Deaver and enjoyed this book. However I agree that the narration wasn't the best. I would download it again but not put it on my list of favorites.

Good mystery, Narration not so bad

Not my favourite Lincoln Ryme but still a very good one. I had no idea which of the characters I suspected would turn out to be the guilty party. I agree with some other reviews ,that Deavers formula gets a little old but his books are worth this irksome pattern. I didn't find the narrator as bad as some reviews. I do wish Audible would do a better job of choosing narrators.These books cost too much for us customers to put up with some of the terrible narrations. There are several Deaver books I wouldn't download because the narrator is reviewed so badly.

NOT ELECTRIFYING

What did you love best about The Burning Wire?

Not much. I like the Lincoln Rhyme character, but the plot in this one was tedious.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

The most interesting thing was learning of the day to day struggles and frustrations of a quadriplegic.The least interesting were the tedious lectures on electricity.

Have you listened to any of Dennis Boutsikaris’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Yes. I listened to Child 44 and Face Off. He did an excellent job in all three.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No. I had to take breaks like I did in lecture halls.