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Author
Publisher
Camel Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The smell of gasoline points to murder; the body is Thomas Warrendale, choir director at First Baptist Church in St. Joseph, Indiana. Detective RJ Franklin Jr. is a parishioner, and his insider's knowledge makes him the obvious choice to lead the investigation. The congregation doubled after Warrendale revamped the music to appeal to a more youthful crowd. RJ's godmother, Mama B, tells him Warrendale was also an accountant and a "fancy pants" seducer....
22) St. Albans fire
Author
Series
Joe Gunther mysteries volume 16
Publisher
Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
23) Malibu burning
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
"Hell comes to Southern California every October. It rides in on searing Santa Ana winds that blast at near hurricane force, igniting voracious wildfires. Master thief Danny Cole longs for the flames. A tsunami of fire is exactly what he needs to pull off a daring crime and avenge a fallen friend. As the most devastating firestorms in Los Angeles' history scorch the hills of Malibu, relentless arson investigator Walter Sharpe and his wild card of...
25) Skies of ash
Author
Series
Detective Elouise Norton novels volume 2
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Los Angeles homicide detective Elouise "Lou" Norton and her partner, Colin Taggert, arrive at the scene of a tragic house fire. Juliet Chatman perished in the blaze, along with her two children. Left behind is grieving husband and father Christopher Chatman, hospitalized after trying to rescue his family. Chatman is devastated that he couldn't save them. Unless, of course, he's the one who killed them. Neighbors and family friends insist the Chatmans...
26) Death du jour
Author
Series
Temperance Brennan mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
"An insurance adjuster for California Fire and Life Mutual, Jack Wade investigates the destruction of one of the area's valuable estates in a fire that also kills the owner's wife and finds himself embroiled in a bizarre conspiracy involving the Russian mob, Vietnamese gangs, corporate corruption, and murder."--
Author
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The true story of the most devastating wildfire in Australian history and the search for the man who started it. What kind of person would deliberately start a firestorm? What kind of mind? On the scorching February day in 2009 that became known as Black Saturday, a man lit two fires in Victoria's Latrobe Valley, then sat on the roof of his house to watch the inferno. In the Valley, where the rates of crime were the highest in the state, more than...
30) Fatal invasion
Author
Series
Fatal series volume 13
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Sam investigates a fatal case of arson whose only witnesses are five-year-old twins, while her colleage Gonzo battles his opioid addiction, which threatens both his position in the department and his relationship with his fianceé.
31) Aviary: a novel
Author
Publisher
Milkweed Editions
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"At the deteriorating Pheasant Run, the occupants keep their secrets and sadnesses locked tight behind closed apartment doors. Kind Leo Umberti, formerly an insurance agent, now quietly spends his days painting abstract landscapes and mourning a long-ago loss. Down the hall, retired professor Rydell Clovis tries desperately to stay fit enough to restart a career in academia. Cassie McMackin, on the same floor, has seemingly lost everything - her husband...
32) Burning justice
Author
Series
K-9 Special Ops volume 2
Publisher
Entangled Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
After narrowly surviving a childhood fire that killed two of his friends, ATF Special Agent Brett Tanner knows what it's like to get too close to the flame. The trauma only spurs him and his K-9 partner to track down the arsonists targeting a Colorado town. This latest warehouse blaze looks suspicious as hell...and there's a body. Now it's murder. Fiercely independent insurance investigator Gemma Scott has been burned enough times to know she doesn't...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Was a monstrous killer brought to justice or an innocent mother condemned? On an April night in 1989, Jo Ann Parks survived a house fire that claimed the lives of her three small children. Though the fire at first seemed a tragic accident, investigators soon reported finding evidence proving that Parks had sabotaged wiring, set several fires herself and even barricaded her four-year-old son inside a closet to prevent his escape. Though she insisted...
Author
Series
Bruno Courreges mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
36) Mourning Gloria
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
After a woman is killed in an arson-homicide, Jessica Nelson, an intern-reporter at the local paper, is assigned to cover the story. When Jessica disappears, China Bayles is determined to find her, before she becomes a headline herself.
Author
Series
Kate Shugak mysteries volume 14
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
38) Into the fire
Author
Series
Undaunted courage volume 1
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When arson investigator Bri Tucker inherits unfinished business from her predecessor, she must convince ATF Special Agent Marc Davis to help her find the missing link and track down a serial arsonist who will stop at nothing, including murder, to carry out a nefarious plan"--
As a former smokejumper, arson investigator Bri Tucker knows her way around fires. After a blaze takes the life of a former colleague, someone doesn't want her picking up where...
39) Smoke
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
From the internationally bestselling author Catherine McKenzie comes an evocative tale of two women navigating the secrets and lies at the heart of a wildfire threatening their town.
40) Backdraft
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Two Chicago firefighter brothers who don't get along have to work together while a dangerous arsonist that is on the loose.
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