Details , details, details, opening the pages of the novel, you get a ton of them. Lincoln Ryhme is back and seeing the details and the minutia others over look. He is a modern Sherlock Hemlock. Sorry , that is Sherlock Holmes, I have been watching too many Sesame Street episodes with my grandson. None the less or more , depending on how you look at it, Ryhme works his magic.
Jeffrey Deaver does what many others fail to do. He educates us; he makes us look at the world through a different set of circumstances, he makes us look at the little things. Stuff that may seem unimportant, unrelated, and totally incongruent to others. I think that is at the crux of my enjoyment of his work. His process and his ability to tie many little pieces together to make the puzzle not just fit but seem like it was there the entire time. He doesn’t hide facts, or evidence, there is very little that is revealed after the conclusion for us to say, hey if I had known that I would have solved the mystery. He lays it all out there for us to read;, the rest is for us to put together.
I think the interplay between all the characters in The Burning Wire is his best to date. I will accept any argument you will make , but it is my position that Lincoln Ryhme has turned a corner here that I don’t think any of us saw coming. Thom was given more ink than in the past, Sachs was front & center as well as a host of other favs. I think that this is Deaver’s most complete work yet , and I find that hard to fathom. I have certainly enjoyed his other novels, but was amazed at the way he created an entirely different world that we as a people and a consumer take for granted, the electrical energy system. As long as the lights turn on, we are totally oblivious to its origin and how it gets there. An amazing plot plan again, how does he do it? I guess that is part of what makes him rock.
I was fortunate to get this as it was released. If you don’t have this in your reading plan for this month, try to make some room for it. The pace was quick; the microcosm created by Deaver is first rate, the details are intense. He basically makes you think twice before turning on the light switch. Excellent novel, a great read . I have a feeling this will find its way into our top ten this year. Put this in your Goodreads –to read- list, but make sure it is at the top.
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