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

Good listen.

The story would not be the same without this narrator. Really enjyed the whole story.

great

could not stop listening . very entertaining. forgot where I was traveling to!!! must read

As usual AWESOME!

Great book. Loved the plot . Really had a great listen on this one. Thank you!

Awesome twist

I really enjoyed this entry into the Lincoln Rhyme series and honestly, it all came to a very pleasant end.

Award for worst research!

Keeps confusing the effects of voltage and current. Virtually none of the incident effects are plausible.

boring

while the plot is interesting, the reader sounds unenthusiastic and boring.

pior to finishing/ review

nomally would have finished book in 2 days but now on 5th day and half done.I got lost at missing tooth on hacksaw! give me a break! also as with other authors the new style seems to be for the hero to be as nasty with those around him as possible. I don't think anyone would put up with Linc's attitude. Also dont care for reader's style. Maybe another review when I finish the book.

The Burning Wire

The last two books that I have read by Jeffrey Deaver has just been a bunch of words describing whatever. I believe that he is making the book longer by using a bunch of acronyms and then saying what they stand for. He then makes the book even longer by repeating the clues over and over, your readers are not stupid, we got the evidence or clues the first fives that they were listed, why do you keep saying 1.-------- 2 -------- and so on and so on. Just like the last book I was unable to finish this one, I got to the fourth CD and could not go any further (I do audio books). WHAT HAPPENED, YOU'RE SUCH A WONDERFUL AUTHOR-IS SOMEONE ELSE WRITING YOUR NOVELS FOR YOU. I only rated the book one star because I couldn't do less. But the good thing about what I did read is that I now know a lot more about electricity.

Slow, boring story; lazy narration.

This is my 3rd Jeffery Deaver book and I'm very disappointed. Very hard to get into this story, even though the premise seemed very interesting. The narration is awful; people all sound the same. Linc is even more unlikeable than he was in previous stories. This will be my last Lincoln Rhyme book.

No go -- a shock to the system

Slow going ---