The Burning Wire: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel (Lincoln Rhyme Novels)
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (946 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1442304227 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 395 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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Amazing Research.But. Diane L. I have read all of the Lincoln Rhyme books up to and including "The Skin Collector". I love the series and the characters and because of that, this book is more than okay. Jeffrey Deaver is an exceptional researcher. I am amazed at the amount of time he must spend at this endeavor. But the first half of this book was incredibly boring!! I have learned way more than I ever wanted to know about our power grids and electricity. I think Mr. Deaver just got completely carried away with his own research. Mr. Deaver, we don't want to know that much, please. So because the first half was hard to get through, three stars. But becaus. Electricity Never Seemed So Evil From beginning to end, this is a solid crime novel with many twists and turns. The paraplegic Lincoln Rhymes works with his assistant and love interest Amelia Sachs to find out why certain electrical arcs are occurring in New York City. What seems logical at first, gets turned on its head as they delve deeper and deeper into the case. All around, this one is enjoyable and you are guaranteed to learn more about electricity or at least I did. You also get to see the cop/patriarchal way Lincoln conducts the investigation with his fellow officers. He's a leader through and through and a real inspiration in that he does use his . K. L Sadler said Still Good Writing, but Deaver needs a break from Rhymes and Sachs.. I finished this book a while ago, but forgot to write a review. It's been a while since I read a Jeffrey Deaver book. I like his writing, and the relationship between Rhymes and Sachs is one of the more interesting duos in fiction. They are both crippled in different ways, Rhyme from an unfortunate accident which left him a quadriplegic, and Sachs from arthritis. They are both very intense people.In this current novel, someone is setting 'booby traps' using the city's electrical grid. This is making for some very horrifying situations in which innocent people are getting fried in a variety of ways. Lincoln Rhymes and Sachs
(June)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. . Not even the brilliant Rhyme can foresee the shocking twists the case will take in this electrically charged thriller. Meanwhile, Rhyme is also staying in close touch with Mexican army and police commander Rodolfo Luna, who's tracking dangerous assassin Richard Logan (aka the Watchmaker) in Mexico City. All rights reserved. An explosion at a Manhattan electrical power substation that destroys a bus—followed by threats of much worse violence unless Algonquin Consolidated Power and Light meets virtually impossible demands—sparks Deaver's sterling ninth Lincoln Rhyme novel (after The Broken Window). Forensic expert Rh
His partner Amelia Sachs has been his eyes, his ears, his legs, and even became his paramour somewhere along the way. In The Burning Wire, his wrenching debate about undergoing risky treatment to improve his condition is finally resolved—a decision that threatens to derail his most important case to date…and to have even more dire consequences.Energy is on everyone’s mind—from renewables to the price of oil to the controversy over nuclear power. Bestselling and award-winning author Jeffery Deaver brings back fan favorite duo Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs with the plot development that everyone’s been waiting for…Quadriplegic forensic criminalist Li