Serial Killer modifying electrical grid to kill

[Manoa-Fisher]

I remember reading a paperback novel in the late 1970s or early 1980s about a killer being tracked by the police. The technique used by the killer keeps evolving as the killer develops a method to use the electrical grid to kill his victims. He starts out using simple electrical circuits in a house and moves up to using the electrical grid to try to kill everyone in a city. I think there was some religious aspects to the story as the killer may have thought to be the antichrist.

 

[Danny McG]

Are you certain is was that long ago that you read it?
As soon as I saw your description I thought of this one but it's only from 8 years ago
The Burning Wire (2010) - Jeffery Deaver

 

[Manoa-Fisher]

Are you certain is was that long ago that you read it?
As soon as I saw your description I thought of this one but it's only from 8 years ago

Thank you for your response. Yes, the time period that I read the book was at least 25 years ago. I looked at the description of your book and it is quite different from the one that I am thinking about. Again, thank you.

 

[Susan Boulton]

I know the book you mean, but for the life of me I can't think of the full title. It started with only a part of a small town being affected, the killer used i think a radio tower. The "rays" destroyed the immune system, so people died of thinks like a small cut etc. The hero was someone who lost family? In the first attack.

It had a blue shaded figure of death in a mist on the UK cover, and also I think the title had the word Messiah in it? It was good, mid to late 1980's I think, certainly pre, internet, mobile phones, or in the very early days.

 

[Manoa-Fisher]

I know the book you mean, but for the life of me I can't think of the full title. It started with only a part of a small town being affected, the killer used i think a radio tower. The "rays" destroyed the immune system, so people died of thinks like a small cut etc. The hero was someone who lost family? In the first attack.

It had a blue shaded figure of death in a mist on the UK cover, and also I think the title had the word Messiah in it? It was good, mid to late 1980's I think, certainly pre, internet, mobile phones, or in the very early days.

Thank you for your response. That is the book I was thinking about. I found it on Amazon. It is called "The Deadly Messiah". The immune systems of those affected were essentially destroyed by the "rays" of the device.

 

[Susan Boulton]

Glad you found it. This has been bugging me all weekend lol. Sorry for the typos in my reply. I was using my phone, and have fat fingers.