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21) Scorched eggs
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
305 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
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.
22) Before the storm
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Laural Lockwood's 15-year-old son Andy is "special". She lost him once through neglect, but is determined to make up for her mistakes. When she allows Andy to attend a local church social she is terrified when the church is consumed by fire. Andy survives and saves other children as well. Initially Andy basks in the role of unlikely hero but when the suspicion of arson is cast upon Andy, Laurel must ask herself how well she really knows her son,...
23) Consumed
Author
Language
English
Description
"Anne Ashburn is a woman consumed... By her bitter family legacy, by her scorched career as a firefighter, by her obsession with department bad-boy Danny McGuire, and by a new case that pits her against a fiery killer. Strong-willed Anne was fearless and loved the thrill of fighting fires, pushing herself to be the best. But when one risky decision at a warehouse fire changes her life forever, Anne must reinvent not only her job, but her whole self....
24) The well of ice
Author
Series
Publisher
Oceanview Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
December in Glendara, Inishowen, and solicitor Benedicta "Ben" O'Keeffe is working flat-out before the holidays; the one bright spot on her horizon is spending her first Christmas with Sergeant Tom Molloy. But on a trip to Dublin to visit her parents, she bumps into Luke Kirby--the man who killed her sister--freshly released from jail. He apologises to her; remorseful, conciliatory...but as she walks away, he whispers something that chills her to...
Author
Series
Tea shop mystery volume 21
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tea maven Theodosia Browning and her tea sommelier Drayton Conneley are guests at a bird hunt styled in the precise manner of an English shooting party. Which means elevenses (sloe gin fizzes), gun loaders, the drawing of pegs, fine-looking bird dogs, and shooting costumes of tweed, herringbone, and suede. But as gunshots explode like a riff of Black Cat firecrackers, another shot sounds too close for comfort to Theodosia and Drayton. Intrigued but...
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon Inspire, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
It's set to be a white Christmas in Hart County, and Grace King is pet-sitting in a beautiful home with only a difficult dachshund for company. Just as she starts to miss the bustle of her large Amish family, Grace runs into a familiar face. Living right next door is John Michael Miller. He's a fireman now, but five years ago, he had courted her older sister, then broke her heart. Seeing him again stirs Grace's anger, but also reminds her of deeper...
27) Crisis
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Harrison Foster, a crisis manager for a London firm, is summoned to Newmarket after a fire in the Chadwick Stables kills six very valuable horses, including the short-priced favorite for the Derby. There is far more to the "simple" fire than initially meets the eye...for a start, human remains are found among the equestrian ones in the burnt-out shell. All the stable staff are accounted for, so who is the mystery victim? Harry knows very little about...
28) Texas! Lucky
Author
Series
Texas! trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Description
Following a suspicious fire at his family's ranch, ladies' man Lucky Tyler, framed by old enemies, must find Devon Haines, the beautiful redhead he had rescued at a seedy bar and his only alibi in proving his innocence.
29) Final scream
Author
Physical Desc
544 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
"As white-hot flames sear the dark night, a killer waits in the trees, watching the mill burn, listening for the screams--the only proof that justice has finally begun for the sins of long-ago. For journalist Cassidy Buchanan, this inferno is a living nightmare: a reminder of the horrible, mysterious fire that destroyed her wealthy family seventeen years ago--and of Brig McKenzie, the handsome hellraiser accused of setting the blaze. That tragic crime...
30) Trial by fire
Author
Series
Newpointe 911 volume 4
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Formats
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....
31) White fire
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The arrival of Aloysius Pendergast in a small Colorado Rockies resort town almost coincides with the first sparks of an arsonist's deadly campaign. The FBI Special Agent has, however, a more immediate concern: His spunky, youthful assistant Corrie Swanson needs to be freed, having been jailed because she dug up a nineteenth century secret that could destroy local plans to make Roaring Fork a promising tourist destination.
Author
Series
Publisher
Amazon Crossing
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
382 pages : map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The new summer house on Sandhamn Island is an architectural dream for its owner, Carsten Jonsson. It's a nightmare for the locals. The venture capitalist has flouted local traditions, property lines, and the natural beauty of the coastline. He's also too wealthy and arrogant to heed the anonymous warnings to leave. The threats escalate when his guest lodge is burned to the ground and an unidentifiable corpse is found in the charred ruins. Detective...
34) From the ashes
Author
Pub. Date
1997
Lexile measure
640L
Physical Desc
188 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jennie McGrady's enthusiasm for the new school year is extinguished when the culturally diverse Trinity Center, home to her church and school, is destroyed by fire. Rumors abound that a racist organization is behind the tragedy, but Jennie is more concerned about the one person who was critically injured: family friend Michael Rhodes. Jared Reinhardt has been in counseling with Michael, trying to break free of a neo-Nazi group-or so he claims. Jennie...
Author
Series
[Penn Cage] volume 7
Language
English
Formats
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...
36) Into the fire
Author
Series
Undaunted courage volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As a former smokejumper, arson investigator Bri Tucker knows her way around fires. But after a mysterious blaze takes the life of a former colleague, Bri inherits a curious puzzle from him that raises questions about several fiery deaths. Someone, however, doesn't want her picking up where he left off in search of answers. When she teams up with ATF Special Agent Marc Davis to solve the puzzle, the danger escalates. But will they manage to track...
Author
Series
Publisher
Love Inspired Suspense
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"After years of chasing the Arson Killer, FBI profiler Arielle Olson follows the trail straight back to the scene of her husband's death--and into the murderer's sights. Now she must rely on Sheriff Neil Cobain...even if she suspects he's withholding info about the night she was left widowed. And they must put aside the past long enough to end a killer's deadly game." -- Page [4] cover.
38) The burning
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
287 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Frank Morgan sets up camp in a lush valley in Montana, the last thing he expects to see is fires lighting up the night sky as fields, farms and homes are torched by gunslicks hired by two powerful ranchers. For the ranchers, the battle lines have been drawn in the form of newly settled farmland that's cutting through the ranges, separating cattle from grazing land and water. But the settlers are breaking no law and no one is going to prevent...
39) Trap
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A tremendous blast rocks an established town eatery during a book-signing event that features the director and inspirational leading advocate of New York charter schools, killing three and wounding others. A neo-Nazi is the prime suspect, but the evidence leads Karp in another direction. The treacherous teachers union president has long been furious at the unqualified successes of the charter school movement in New York City, which threatens to expose...
Author
Publisher
Raven Books, an imprint of Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2015.
Lexile measure
HL 420L
Physical Desc
109 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
There's an arsonist setting fires in town. Journalist Claire Abbott thinks she knows who the firebug is. Or does she? Realizing she cannot rely solely on her sixth sense to solve this crime, Claire sets out to catch the arsonist in the act before he ends up killing someone.