Lincoln Rhyme must race against the clock, juggling the two investigations, as they hurtle headlong toward their deadly outcomes. Working in Mexico, the deadly assassin known as the Watchmaker has set his murderous sights on more innocent victims, whose identities are as yet unknown. What's more, one of the few criminals to have ever slipped Rhyme's net is back in operation.

Lincoln Rhyme soon finds he's up against a merciless killer with a unique weapon - one that can be found in everyone's home and office. While the FBI and Homeland Security struggle to determine who's behind the carnage, Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs race to decode the forensics in order to prevent the next assault.īut all is not what it seems. Manhattan's electricity grid is being used to murder people. Lincoln Rhyme must contend with a new killer and an old nemesis. Soon Rhyme is fighting on yet another frontand his determination to work despite his physical limitations threatens to drive away his closest allies when he needs them most.From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Goodbye Man, discover Jeffery Deaver's thrilling series featuring much-loved protagonists Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs. Juggling two massive investigations against a cruel ticking clock takes a toll on Rhymes health. 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. 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. 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.

Rhyme, a world-class forensic criminologist known for his successful apprehension of the most devious criminals, is immediately tapped for the investigation. When the first explosion occurs in broad daylight, reducing a city bus to a pile of molten, shrapnel-riddled metal, officials fear terrorism. 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. The 'Watchmaker', Rhymes nemesis from a few novels ago, has been spotted in Mexico. BURNING WIRE combines two plots at the outset. There is constant action and reaction from start to finish.

Without it, modern society grinds to a halt. Deaver weaves these specialties into intricate murder plots that keeps the perpetrator ahead until the last minute.

The burning wire by jeffery deaver