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 arc-attracts instant attention from the NYPD, the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and of course Rhyme, who encourages his lover, Det. Soon Rhyme is fighting on yet another front - and his determination to work despite his physical limitations threatens to drive away his closest allies when he needs them most.Indefatigable 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.
Juggling two massive investigations against a cruel ticking clock takes a toll on Rhyme's health. Meanwhile, Rhyme is consulting on another high-profile investigation in Mexico with a most coveted quarry in his crosshairs: the hired killer known as the Watchmaker, one of the few criminals to have eluded Rhyme's net. As the attacks continue across the city at a sickening pace, and terrifying demand letters begin appearing, the team works desperately against time and with maddeningly little forensic evidence to try to find the killer. Long a quadriplegic, he assembles NYPD detective Amelia Sachs and officer Ron Pulaski as his eyes, ears and legs on crime sites, and FBI agent Fred Dellray as his undercover man on the street. Rhyme, a world-class forensic criminologist known for his successful apprehension of the most devious criminals, is immediately tapped for the investigation. When the first explosion occurs in broad daylight, reducing a city bus to a pile of molten, shrapnel-riddled metal, officials fear terrorism.
The killer harnesses and steers huge arc flashes with voltage so high and heat so searing that steel melts and his victims are set afire. Without it, modern society grinds to a halt. Lincoln Rhyme is back, on the trail of a killer whose weapon of choice cripples New York City with fear.
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