内容简介
纽约市阿尔冈昆电力公司控制中心的电脑屏幕上,突然显示出一连串“重大故障”的红色警示,紧接着市内多座变电站相续下线。
五十七街公交车站不远处有一座变电站,一位刚抵达车站的公交司机注意到,变电站的窗户外面垂下一根电缆,距离地面只有十英尺左右。就在司机为此困惑不已的时候,变电站里突然发生爆炸,司机连同车上多位乘客受伤,最后一名刚迈上车一只脚的乘客当场惨死。与此同时,附近六个街区的电网陷入瘫痪。
著名刑侦专家林肯·莱姆临危受命,接手这起疑似恐怖分子利用电网威胁整座城市的大案,他们必须尽快将凶手绳之以法,因为之前的变电站爆炸案只是凶手的一个小小试验,更大的破坏还在后面。果然,就在萨克斯等人全力追查之时,凶手再次以电为武器对一家星级酒店发动了袭击……
作者简介
杰弗里•迪弗1950年5月6日出生于美国的伊利诺伊州,曾经当过新闻记者、民谣歌手和律师,以侦探小说闻名于世。迄今为止迪弗已出版长篇小说27部,短篇小说集2部,多次获得各类文学奖项,部分作品已被改编成电影。其小说已被译成25种语言,全球销售过亿册,畅销151多个国家和地区。
Content introduction
Computer screens at the Algonquin Power Company's control center in New York City suddenly displayed a series of red warnings for "major failures," followed by several substations across the city going offline.
A bus driver who had just arrived at a substation not far from the 57th Street bus stop noticed a cable dangling from the window of the substation, only about ten feet above the ground. When the driver was confused about this, an explosion suddenly occurred in the substation, the driver and a number of passengers on the car were injured, and the last passenger who had just stepped on the car with one foot died on the spot. At the same time, the power grid was down for six blocks nearby.
Famous criminal investigation expert Lincoln Lem is assigned to take over the suspected terrorist use of the power grid to threaten the whole city's major case, they must bring the murderer to justice as soon as possible, because the previous substation explosion is only a small test of the murderer, greater damage is still in the future. Sure enough, when Sax and others were fully pursuing, the murderer once again launched an attack on a star-rated hotel with electricity as a weapon...
About the author
Jeffrey Deaver was born in Illinois on May 6, 1950. He was a journalist, folk singer and lawyer, best known for his detective stories. To date, Deaver has published 27 novels and two short story collections, won various literary awards, and some of his works have been adapted into films. His novels have been translated into 25 languages and sold over 100 million copies worldwide, selling well in more than 151 countries and regions.