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The Burning Wire

A Lincoln Rhyme Novel

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The Burning Wire

By: Jeffery Deaver
Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
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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
Crime Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction New York Exciting Scary
About the Creator - Jeffery Deaver

About the Creator

Jeffery Deaver is an international number-one bestselling author. His books are sold in 150 countries and have been translated into 25 languages. He has served two terms as president of Mystery Writers of America, and was recently named a Grand Master of MWA, whose ranks include Agatha Christie, Ellery Queen, Mary Higgins Clark, and Walter Mosley.
The author of 43 novels, three collections of short stories and a nonfiction law book, and a lyricist of a country-western album, he’s received or been shortlisted for dozens of awards. His The Bodies Left Behind was named Novel of the Year by the International Thriller Writers, and his Lincoln Rhyme thriller, The Broken Window, and a stand-alone, Edge, were also nominated for that prize. The Garden of Beasts won the Steel Dagger from the Crime Writers Association in England. He’s also been nominated for eight Edgar Awards by the MWA.
Deaver has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention, Strand Magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Raymond Chandler Lifetime Achievement Award in Italy
Deaver's most recent works are Hunting Time, a Colter Shaw novel, and The Broken Doll, a four-story collection from Amazon Original Stories. His Shaw novel, The Never Game, will be a CBS Prime-time series later this year.
Engaging Characters • Surprising Twists • Soothing Voice • Complex Mysteries • Suspenseful Plot • Intriguing Puzzles

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I've read all but 2 of the Lincoln Rhyme series and this is the very best. it's imperative to read the Cold Moon First.. Absolutely brilliant

Best Deaver ever!

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What did you love best about The Burning Wire?

I like the Rhyme series. This one had a great plot, and a lot of action.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Rhyme's lieutenant. I think he learned a lot in this experience.

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

yes. Great as always.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

When the hotel was attacked by the bad guy. For a moment I was wondering if this could actually happen...

Any additional comments?

Great story, and great action. I don't think these things could actually happen but it makes a great plot.

Lincoln Rhyme at his best!

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Worth hanging on to the end. The entire crew is there working as one to solve a baffling crime; it doesn’t disappoint.

Surprise Endind

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Deaver's done it again! Really enjoy his Lincoln Rhyme novels ... all those twists and turns!

As great as ever!

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Perhaps if this was your first Lincoln Rhyme novel to read, you might not be disappointed, but then again you might not catch all of the character references--particularly given that he is (no spoiler) chasing an old nemesis while starting on a new case. But, if you've read one or two, you seem to have read them all. I am so sad to say this, because I love other surprising books (The Coffin Dancer, Devil's Teardrop) by Deaver. It seems the formula now is: (spoiler alert)
1. crime scene
2. remind us what "the grid" is
3. pile up the evidence
4. have someone we least suspect jump out of nowhere to be the suspect
5. have that same person somehow break into Rhyme's place and try to kill him
6. have Rhyme contemplate some sort of risky surgery to lessen his disability
7. peek into secondary characters' lives just enough to get us confused as to who they are

(spoiler alert) Is it just me, or did they just completely decide that Gault wasn't the killer without any real evidence suggesting otherwise. Of course, knowing the Deaver formula by now I knew it wasn't him. And the only evidence I had were previous Deaver novels. Say it ain't so--let's have some non-formulaic "mysteries" in the future.

Been there, done that

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Keeps you in suspense right up to the last pages! An excellent narrator. If you are a Lincoln Rhyme fan, you’ll love this book.

An excellent read

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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.

Another Lincoln Rhyme banger!

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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.

I love Lincoln Rhyme but...

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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??"

all over the. place and never arrived!

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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.

A great listen

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