The Burning Wire
A completely unputdownable page-turning serial killer thriller with a twist from the global bestseller
$23.14
- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
1 February 2011
Summary
New York is being held to ransom. Manhattan’s electricity grid has been the victim of a horrific attack … and more are planned.
While the FBI and Homeland Security try 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. Electricity can be as lethal as it is vital, and Lincoln Rhyme soon finds he’s up against a merciless killer with a unique weapon - one that can b…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780340937303 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0340937300 |
| Author: | Jeffery Deaver |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 1 February 2011 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 34mm |
| Series: | Lincoln Rhyme Thrillers |
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Critics Review
Deaver’s thrillers are among the best in the business. If you are up for an intricate puzzler, you will enjoy this latest deadly game of cat-and-mouse. - The Age
An interesting premise and tight plotting deliver another creditable addition to the list. - The Courier Mail While Rhyme turns over the evidence, the killer stalks Manhattan, using electricity to turn doorhandles into booby traps and there are twists and turns that will keep you turning pages. The atmosphere of terror is palpable and you’ll never look at a hair dryer the same way again. - The West Australian The tension and action are, unsurprisingly, electric. - Weekend Gold Coast Bulletin. Deaver is one of the few writers who has successfully combined the thriller and crime genres that regularly top the bestseller charts around the world. - The Illawarra MercuryAbout The Author
Jeffery Deaver
Jeffery Deaver is the award-winning author of two collections of short stories and 29 internationally bestselling novels, including the latest James Bond novel Carte Blanche. He is best known for his Lincoln Rhyme thrillers, which include the number one bestsellers The Vanished Man, The Twelfth Card and The Cold Moon, as well as The Bone Collector which was made into a feature film starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. The first Kathryn Dance novel, The Sleeping Doll, was published in 2007 to enormous acclaim.
A three-time recipient of the Ellery Queen Reader’s Award for Best Short Story of the year, he has been nominated for an Anthony Award and six Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America. He won the WH Smith Thumping Good Read Award in 2001 and in 2004 won the Crime Writers’ Association Steel Dagger for Best Thriller with Garden of Beasts, and their Short Story Dagger for The Weekender from Twisted.
Jeffery Deaver lives in North Carolina and California.
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