A few suspenseful moments, but otherwise this was very much more of the same. My memory's not that great, but I certainly did feel like this was "The Bone Collector", but with electricity. I think Deaver struggled a lot with finding the ploy this time and he certainly isn't all that comfortable around electricity. That is mirrored in the characters too: Rhyme, that we thought knew a lot about everything, seems quite lost in the world of conductivity, resistance, Amps, Watts and Volts. Refreshing...

Thank goodness "The Burning Wire" rebounded from a lackluster 8th book (The Broken Window). This one is also not as long as previous reads so that was much appreciated. In this 8th book, Rhyme and Sachs get called in when a mysterious figure is set on attacking the people of New York with electricity. No this isn't Shocker. But honestly, you start thinking of this book that way when you get the POV of the man who is set on killing people due to his obsession with electricity. We begin with Rhyme...

Loved this story from the start. I don't particularly consider myself very technically minded, but I loved all the descriptions of how the crimes were carried out.Personally this was probably one of the best in the series so far, great characters, old and new, fiendish plot with the usual misdirection. There was obviously a lot of research done for this and it is explained in an understandable method.Can't wait to read the next book.

a must read. Deaver writting is a page turner and this one is great with a killer and his unique weapon. enjoyed it a lot

I would rather give this 3.5 stars, but Goodreads doesn't allow 1/2 stars. This was a standard Lincoln Rhyme story. The main problem was that I figured out who was the bad guy way early and the story kinda slowed down after that. I've never been comfortable around electricity and now I hope my coffee pot doesn't get me someday. Recommended to Rhyme fans.

Details , details, details, opening the pages of the novel, you get a ton of them. Lincoln Ryhme is back and seeing the details and the minutia others over look. He is a modern Sherlock Hemlock. Sorry , that is Sherlock Holmes, I have been watching too many Sesame Street episodes with my grandson. None the less or more , depending on how you look at it, Ryhme works his magic.Jeffrey Deaver does what many others fail to do. He educates us; he makes us look at the world through a different set of

PROTAGONIST: Lincoln Rhyme, forensic criminologistSETTING: New York SERIES: #9 of 9RATING: 4.0All of us are acutely aware of the techniques that terrorists use, such as suicide bombers, snipers, explosives in shoes, and so forth. We expect that our national security leaders will protect us against these threats as much as possible. But what if the terrorist uses an omnipresent force as its weapon? What if a villain could harness the power of electricity? Think of the danger that would pose, of h...

This book was a disappointment in comparison to the couple other Jeffrey Deaver/Lincoln Rhyme stories I've read. I found the pace a bit slow most of the time and some of the repetition had me flipping pages just to get on with it. The author puts a new spin on terrorism to keep things interesting, but draws out the double ending way too long. I expected more from a "bestseller."

If a fast moving, exciting suspense thriller is what you're seeking, steer clear of Jeffrey Deaver's latest offering THE BURNING WIRE. The ingredients necessary to infuse the story with drama are there. We have Lincoln Rhymes, a quadriplegic criminalist who lives in his mind once again matching wits with his nemesis, The Watchmaker. There is also a perpetrator attempting to bring an electrical company to its knees using electricity and arc flashes as his weapon of choice (particularly frightenin...

#9 of the Lincoln Rhyme series, the quadriplegic criminalist. This was another great work by Deaver. The subject is electricity. Deaver obviously does a lot of research. It was interesting. I always learn something when I read a Deaver book. This is one of my favorite series. In this one, Rhyme and Sacks and their team is on a case involving someone who is diverting electricity to electrocute people in NYC. The manipulation revolves around Algonquin Electric, the major electric company in the ci...

Yawn. I have been a fan of Deaver's for years. His "The Blue Nowhere" might be one of the best mystery stories that I have ever read. And more recently, I've looked forward to his newest e-books, which Brian and I find to be a great way to pass the miles driven back and forth on I-95 visiting the kids.This one was a disappointment.All the usual elements are there, Sachs, Rhyme, crime details, suspense -- but these Sachs-Ryme stories are beginning to sound uncomfortably the same. A crime occurs,

Jeffery Deaver once again brings back his tag-team Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs, who return to face their deadliest adversary yet, who just may prove to be unstoppable!When a deadly explosion rocks the city of New York, destroying a city bus and killing many people, officials believing it to be terrorism. Rhyme, one of the worlds, (if not the worlds) best forensic specialists, is immediately assigned to the investigation along with Amelia Sachs, Rookie Ron Pulaski and his Forensics team, with

A new way to murder humans using electricity...Deaver always manage to create mysteries with unexpected twists.

I've been a Jeffrey Deaver fan for years; I particularly like the Lincoln Rhyme series. The idea of a paralysed man solving murders for his bedroom is far fetched. However Deaver's novels are written with a skill that makes it believable. Rhymes character, as a tetchy, frustrated, slightly intolerant criminal scientist is brilliant.I will not spoil the story by referring to the plot, other to say twenty years ago it would have been ridiculous, the fact that it is possible adds to the pace of the...

This is one of those authors where I ask myself, "WHY do you bother?" I don't have the answer. Habit, I suppose. Another "junk read" for me and Deaver's in the mid-range of those writers, with Lee Child and Dennis Lehane being on top. With so many of these crime-thriller-mystery writers, they now focus in on a topic (in this case, electricity,) research it to death a la Tom Clancy, then toss in some interesting "facts" to tempt the reader's interest. Here's one: it one takes one-tenth of one amp...

The 9th book in the Lincoln Rhyme series by Jeffery Deaver.Lincoln Rhyme is a former NYPD Homicide Detective who is now a Forensic Consultant since he became a quadriplegic. He is partnered with Amelia Sachs who acts as his eyes as she walks crime scenes.I have now all of this excellent series and remains as fresh as ever. There are also very good spin off series from this series.

So so read. At 489 pages far too long. Story was running out of gas entire second half of novel. Bad guy(s) far too stiff and developed about as thick as cardboard. It seems with author Jeffery Deaver's Rhyme/ Sachs series it's feat or famine. Some reads are really good where others mope like, "The Burning Wire" did. Being generous with three stars out of a possible five stars on this tale. I'd leave it on the shelf and find something else- unless there wasn't much else to pick from.

I like the main character in this series, but found this book to be less intriguing than previous installments.2.5 stars

In this go around, Rhyme, Sachs, and company are trying to catch a killer who uses electricity as the murder weapon. Is it some kind of eco terrorism or green mafia? And why electricity? What's the connection with Earth Day? All those questions, and more are tracked down by the team as they go on a city wide hunt to stop any more people from getting fried. A good read, though a bit too heavy on the science of electricity for me. I've read nine of these so far, and plan on continuing, so 'nuff sa...

Rhyme, Sachs & the usual team investigate a series of attacks by a man using electricity to kill random people as a way to punish a large power company.I didn't enjoy this as much as the previous books, there was way more boring detail about electricity than I cared to read, and the plot twists have become overly familiar: every time one of our heroes is put in mortal peril, you know they'll be fine because Lincoln will have figured it out ahead of time, unlike the poor new characters who are ge...