(2010) Someone is using electricity as a weapon of terror. The team is brought in to try to solve it to find that a former utility worker. KIRKUS REVIEWIndefatigable prestidigitator Deaver sets quadriplegic criminalist Lincoln Rhyme (The Broken Window, 2008, etc.) against a wraithlike terrorist who's threatening to wreak havoc on New York's electrical-power grid.The first incident¥within minutes, four electrical substations in Algonquin Consolidated Power's electrical grid go offline, and a fifth, carrying the enormous load of current that normally would have been divided among them all, throws off a lethal arcÂ¥attracts instant attention from the NYPD, the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and of course Rhyme, who encourages his lover, Det. Amelia Sachs, to walk the crime scene looking for whatever trace evidence hasn't been destroyed. Miraculously, predictably, Sachs finds just enough to generate some slender leads. So when the malefactor sends a blustering demand that Algonquin CEO Andrea Jessen execute a rolling brownout across the city, briefly cutting the power in half, and threatening more violence if his demands aren't met, Rhyme and Co. succeed in keeping casualties down, though not eliminating them. As the clock ticks down to Earth Day and the threats continue to set deadlines for more service interruptions Algonquin refuses to meet, Deaver varies the mix with a series of off-speed pitches. The FBI's Fred Dellray purloins $100K for an informant who promises results and then takes a powder. Patrolman Ron Pulaski, panicking at the possibility that his cruiser is booby-trapped, accidentally runs down a pedestrian. From his wheelchair, Rhyme assists Mexican authorities in their pursuit of Richard Logan, the nefarious Watchmaker who escaped justice in The Cold Moon (2006). And two visitors with very different agendas offer Rhyme new options for his future. Only the canniest readers will see which of these grace notes are red herrings and which are linked in crucial ways to the case at hand.A relatively straightforward performance by the devious Deaver, with fewer open-mouthed surprises than usual, but fewer gratuitous plot twists as well. Newcomers to this celebrated series could do worse than to start here.Pub Date: June 1st, 2010ISBN: 978-1-4391-5633-9Page count: 448ppPublisher: Simon & SchusterReview Posted Online: Dec. 31st, 2010Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1st, 2010

Not quite as good as they other nine I've read and this will probably be my last. Deaver weaves a compelling story, but the contrivances and the out-of-chatacter oversights made by Rhyme, combined with the author's own prejudices and beliefs layered into the narration left me wanting to get this one finished and out of sight. ( )

Another fantastic instalment in the Lincoln Rhyme series by the incomparable Jeffrey Deaver, King of the Plot Twists. Such fun with a great cast of characters and technical details that never bore. A wonderful talent! ( )

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 said! ( )

Another one from the Lincoln Rhyme series. Again a very good read, more so even than the previous one I read.
More tension (maybe that was influenced by the electricity that was omnipresent in this book😉).
Interesting to think about the 'what if' this book put in my mind.

A surprising ending, I never thought in that direction. An interesting way to combine two books that apparently go in different directions at first.

Looking forward to another one from the series! ( )