Book info

• Title The Burning Wire
• Author Jeffery Deaver
• Year 2010
• Genre Thriller

New York City is being held to ransom. Manhattan's electricity grid is being used to murder people... and more attacks are planned. 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. But all is not what it seems. 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. What's more, one of the few criminals to have ever slipped Rhyme's net is back in operation. 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... Lincoln Rhyme must race against the clock, juggling the two investigations, as they hurtle headlong toward their deadly outcomes.

Thoughts

There’s something slightly different about this Lincoln Rhyme book. At first, you think you’re reading just the standard thriller where the paralysed criminalist analyses every scrap of evidence to effectively hunt down perpetrators of serious crime. But there’s more to it than that, and the twists upon twists are a wonder to behold.

Aside from the crime itself, which is another scare-mongering tale that makes you want to live off the grid for the rest of your life, I thought other aspects of the story were really interesting. That undercover work is gradually being phased out but not always to the benefit of a case. That a police officer can go through so many crises of confidence and come out the other side. That Sachs can drive a different car!

Good book, solid entry in the series, not the best but thought-provoking nonetheless.

Rating: 3 / 5