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Series
Newpointe 911 volume 4
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
2000
Description
Pastor and fireman Nick Foster found the body in the inferno engulfing his church. From the bullet wound in the head, it's clear this is no ordinary fire victim. The quiet community of Newpointe, reeling from the shock of the dead man's identity, struggles with the agonizing question: who did it-and why? Paramedic Issie Mattreaux is no icon of virtue, but she cares enough about her teenage nephew, Jake, to track him down when he turns up missing....
2) Dying light
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Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2006
Description
The second crime thriller in the No.1 bestselling Logan McRae series from Stuart MacBride. She's just the first. How many more will die?
It's summertime in the Granite City: the sun is shining, the sky is blue and people are dying... It starts with Rosie Williams, a prostitute, stripped naked and beaten to death down by the docks - the heart of Aberdeen's red light district. For DS Logan McRae it's a bad start to another bad day. Rosie won't be the...
Author
Series
O'Malley volume 4
Publisher
Multnomah Publishers
Pub. Date
c2001
Description
Jack O'Malley is a fireman who is fearless when it comes to facing an inferno. But when an arsonist begins targeting his district, his shift, his friends, Jack faces the ultimate challenge: protecting the lady who saw the arsonist before she pays an even higher price. Introducing the O'Malleys, an inspirational group of seven, all abandoned or orphaned as teens, who have made the choice to become a loyal and committed family. They have chosen their...
4) The arsonist
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
A series of summer house fires exposes deep social faults in the hometown of Frankie Rowley, who makes unsettling discoveries about her aging parents while engaging in an affair with a local journalist.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
An abandoned Southwark warehouse burns next door to a women's shelter for victims of spousal abuse. Within it lies the charred corpse of a female body burned beyond all recognition. At the same time, workers at Guy's Hospital anxiously discuss the disappearance of a hospital administrator -- a beautiful, emotionally fragile young woman who's vanished without a trace.
And in an old, dark, rambling London house, nine-year-old Harriet's awful fears...
Author
Series
Publisher
W. Morrow
Pub. Date
2004
Description
Chief Inspector Alan Banks finds himself up against a diabolical arsonist in this electrifying novel of suspense from New York Times bestselling author Peter Robinson.
In the early hours of the morning, a man reports a fire on two old canal boats. One of the firefighters notices the use of accelerant at the scene and calls the police, but by the time Inspector Banks arrives, the fire brigade have put out the flames and only the smoldering wreckage...
10) Woman in shadow
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Darby Graham thinks she's on a much-needed vacation in remote Idaho to relax, but before she even arrives, an earthquake strikes. Soon, Darby finds herself emerged in a chilling mystery.
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"The fire at a boarded-up Catholic church raged hot and fast, lighting up Boston's South End and killing three firefighters who were trapped in the inferno. A year later, as the city prepares to honor their sacrifice, there are still no answers about how the deadly fire started. Most at the department believe it was just a simple accident: faulty wiring in a century-old building. But Boston firefighter Jack McGee, who lost his best friend in the blaze,...
13) White fire
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Formats
Description
Special Agent Pendergast arrives at an exclusive Colorado ski resort to rescue his protégée, Corrie Swanson, from serious trouble with the law when he uncovers a mysterious connection between long-dead miners and a fabled, long-lost Sherlock Holmes story--one that might just offer the key to an outbreak of modern day killings involving a deadly arsonist.
14) Home fires
Author
Series
Publisher
Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
1998
Description
North Carolina judge Deborah Knott investigates the burning of four black churches. Suspects include one of her nephews and to clear his name she must find the real arsonists. By the author of Up Jumps the Devil.
15) Bury the lead
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Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
Joe Gunther and the Vermont Bureau of Investigation tackle a murder and arson case that may be related to an Ebola outbreak and is further complicated by limited evidence and unclear motives.
16) Scorched eggs
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
When their longtime friend at County services, Hannah Venable, dies in a fire, Suzanne, Petra, and Toni, vowing to find the arsonist, investigate a possible connection with the nearby Prairie Star Casino.
17) Wildfire
Author
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
1994
Description
An environmental thriller featuring Henry Lightstone, an agent of the Fish and Wildlife Department. He battles a junta of international financiers bent on destroying the environmental movement through terror. By the author of Prey.
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Series
Description
"Fifteen years after the events of the Natchez Burning trilogy, Penn Cage is alone. Nearly all his loved ones are dead, his old allies gone. But Penn's self-imposed exile comes to an abrupt end when a brawl at a Bienville music festival triggers a shooting--one that nearly takes the life of his daughter Annie. Before the stunned populace can process the tragedy, an arsonist begins torching antebellum plantation homes in Bienville. When an unknown...
Author
Series
Annie's Attic mysteries volume 15
Publisher
DRG
Pub. Date
©2012
Description
In the 15th book of the cozy mystery series, Annie Dawson and her friends in the Hook and Needle Club investigate cryptic notes in an old Bible that belonged Annie's grandfather's uncle, a judge who may have kept a terrible secret.
20) Turning the tide
Author
Series
Quaker midwife mystery volume 3
Publisher
Midnight Ink
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"Quaker midwife Rose Carroll finds the body of a local suffrage organizer during the presidential election of 1888"--
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