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Author
Series
All the wrong questions volume 3
Formats
Description
Young Lemony Snicket investigates a rash of fires that have plagued the town of Stain'd-by-the-Sea, revealing secrets that involve the Department of Education and the notorious villain Hangfire.
2) Firestorm
Author
Pub. Date
c2004
Formats
Description
Arson specialist Kerry Murphy solves crimes with the help of her dog Sam, but behind her reputation as a fire detective, she hides a terrifying secret that explains her success more thoroughly than her hard work and dedication.
6) 7th heaven
Author
Series
Women's Murder Club volume 7
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2008
Formats
Description
Investigating the arson deaths of a wealthy couple, San Francisco detective Lindsay Boxer and Assistant DA Yuki Castellano find the case further complicated by the disappearance of a former governor's son, internal pressure, and the media.
7) Blue smoke
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
437 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
Pursuing a career as an arson investigator after a fire destroys her family's pizzeria, Reena Hale embarks on a relationship with Bo Goodnight and finds herself targeted by an arsonist who taunts her with threatening phone calls.
9) Rogue Island
Author
Series
Liam Mulligan mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
302 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
When journalist Liam Mulligan realizes that someone is systematically burning down his childhood neighborhood in Providence, Rhode Island, he ignores his bosses and his budding relationship to figure out the firebug's identity.
Author
Series
Emma Lord mysteries volume 18
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
320 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
When peaceful Alpine, Washington, is stunned by a case of arson, newspaper editor Emma Lord and Sheriff Milo Dodge soon discover that the fire had been used to cover up the more sinister crime of murder.
11) 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
Series
Kate Shugak mysteries volume 14
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
305 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
Hired by Charlotte Mauravieff, who wants to clear her mother's name of the arson fire that killed one of her brothers, private investigator Kate Shugak finds the case complicated by someone who wants the truth to stay hidden.
Author
Series
Goldy Bear mysteries volume 16
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
471 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
Inviting fellow chef Yolanda to stay with her in the wake of two arson fires that ended the life of a local private investigator, Goldy Schulz reluctantly accepts protection from the police and dons her sleuthing cap when the killer targets her home.
Author
Series
Maggie O'Dell novels volume 10
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
311 p.
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Alex Kava returns in a blaze of glory with a gripping, action-packed thriller featuring special agent Maggie O'Dell, who is leading the search for a serial arsonist whose crimes threaten Maggie dangerously close to home. When a building bursts into flames on a cold winter night in D.C., investigators see a resemblance to a string of recent fires in the area. "--
15) Last to leave
Author
Series
Thames Valley mysteries volume 18
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
263 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
When Superintendent Mike Yeadings and Sergeant Rosemary Zycynski investigate a fire that destroys a large house during a family reunion, they discover that the incident could have been an attack on a prominent judge attending the celebration.
16) Burn marks
Author
Series
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c1990
Physical Desc
x, 340 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
When her seedy and importunate Aunt Elena turns up on her doorstep at midnight having been burned out of her old people's home, V.I. Warshawski is exasperated rather than curious. Her interest is aroused however, when an old friend, now a politician, puts pressure on her to investigate.
17) Skies of Ash
Author
Series
Detective Elouise Norton novels volume 2
Publisher
St Martins Pr
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
333 pages ; 25 cm.
Description
Los Angeles homicide detective Elouise "Lou" Norton and her partner, Colin Taggert, investigate a tragic house fire that claimed the lives of a woman and her two children and become convinced that the grieving husband and father is the main suspect.
18) Roast mortem
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
viii, 350 p. ; 21 cm.
Description
"When the firefighters of Ladder Company 189 pull Clare's friends out of a blazing café, she happily comes to their rescue. As a favor to the men, she visits their firehouse kitchen to teach them the finer points of operating their newly donated expresso machine. But more than their coffee turns out to be hot. Somebody's torching cafés around the city, and firefighters are beginning to die in suspicious ways."--Publisher's description.
19) Aviary
Author
Publisher
Milkweed Editions
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
292 pages : portrait ; 23 cm
Description
"Aviary explores the rich and hidden facets of human character, as illuminated by the mysterious connections among the residents of a senior residence in Montana"--
Author
Series
Department Q volume 3
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
Detective Carl Mørck has received a bottle that holds an old and decayed message written in blood. It's a cry for help from two young brothers bound in a boathouse by the sea. After floating for years, the bottle sat forgotten, unopened, on a police department windowsill, before the seal was cracked and the gruesome message, written in Danish, was analyzed. Could it be real? Who are these boys, and why weren't they reported missing? Could they still...
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