The Burning Wire

In Jeffery Deaver's electrifying thriller, "The Burning Wire," quadriplegic forensic criminologist Lincoln Rhyme faces an invisible, yet devastating, adversary: a killer wielding electricity as their weapon of choice. New York City is plunged into terror as arc flashes with immense voltage reduce buses to molten metal and ignite victims, leading authorities to suspect terrorism. Rhyme, assisted by his partner Amelia Sachs and a dedicated team, must race against time to decipher the killer's methods and motives from maddeningly sparse forensic evidence. Complicating matters, Rhyme is simultaneously consulting on another high-stakes investigation in Mexico, pursuing the elusive assassin known as the Watchmaker. Juggling two complex cases, battling his own physical limitations, and grappling with the pressure, Rhyme finds his determination pushing him to his limits, threatening to alienate his closest allies even as the city teeters on the brink of widespread chaos.