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From NY Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver-Lincoln Rhyme is back, and on the trail of the killer whose weapon of choice cripples NEW YORK with fear.

The weapon is invisible and omnipresent. Without it, modern society grinds to a halt. It really is electric power. The killer harnesses and steers huge arc flashes with voltage therefore high and high temperature so searing that metal melts and his about The Burning up Wire: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel victims are set afire.

When the first explosion occurs in broad daylight, reducing a city bus to a pile of molten metal, officials fear terrorism. Rhyme, a world-class forensic criminologist known for his effective apprehension of the most devious criminals, is instantly tapped for the analysis. Long a quadriplegic, he assembles NYPD detective Amelia Sachs and officer Ron Pulaski as his eyes, ears and hip and legs on criminal offense sites, and FBI agent Fred Dellray as his undercover man on the road. As the attacks continue over the city at a sickening speed, and terrifying demand words begin showing up, the team functions desperately against period and with maddeningly small forensic evidence to attempt to discover the killer. Or could it be killers…?

Meanwhile, Rhyme is certainly consulting in another high-profile analysis in Mexico with a most coveted quarry in his crosshairs: the hired killer known as the Watchmaker, one of the few bad guys to possess eluded Rhyme’s net.

Juggling two massive investigations against a cruel ticking clock requires a toll on Rhyme’s health. Soon Rhyme is fighting on another front-and his determination to function despite his physical limitations threatens to drive aside his closest allies when he requirements them most…