Ward, J. R.
Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2018
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Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Miller 2014Snicket, Lemony.
Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown & Company
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Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC GOLGrant, Andrew
Summary: "Detective Devereaux is hot on the heels of an arsonist--one who is targeting local schools. When long-buried bones are uncovered at the site of a fire, a deadly secret is exposed and a devastating past threatens to be revealed. Meanwhile, an enemy is determined to expose the darkest corners of Devereaux's past"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRAWalker, Martin
Summary: " ... the Dordogne's great pleasures--wine, romance, and intrigue--threaten Bruno's beloved village of Saint-Denis."--Jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2010
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Summary: "Troubled by the feeling that she belongs nowhere after working in East Africa for 15 years, Frankie Rowley has come home--home to the small New Hampshire town of Pomeroy and the farmhouse where her family has always summered. On her first night back, a house up the road burns to the ground. Is it an accident, or arson? Over the weeks that follow, as Frankie comes to recognize her father's slow...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MILClark, Mary Higgins.
Summary: When her sister is wrongly implicated in an explosion that has destroyed her family's priceless antiques business and killed an employee, Hannah struggles to find clues in the ashes and discovers a life-threatening secret from the past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2013
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Summary: Caterer and amateur sleuth-extraordinaire Goldy Schulz digs into a deadly smorgasbord that includes a heaping helping of murder, a double dose of arson ... and nine adorable beagle puppies!
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS DAVGraham, Heather.
Summary: The newest member of the Krewe of Hunters elite paranormal team, FBI agent Ryder Stapleton must enlist the help of a beautiful museum curator with an otherworldly ability to track down a serial arsonist setting first to the streets of New Orleans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRAJohansen, Iris.
Summary: For Kerry Murphy, the inferno is never far away. The flames of that long-ago night still burn in her nightmares: the heat, the choking smoke, the helplessness. She can never run fast enough... Now Kerry works as an arson investigator with her evidence-sniffing dog, Sam. Together they're a great team, but her life is about to change in the time it takes to strike a match. The deadly flames of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JOHCoyle, Cleo.
Summary: After local firefighters pull Clare out of a blazing café, she happily comes to their rescue by teaching them the finer points of operating their newly donated espresso machine. But matters really heat up when somebody is torching cafes around the city and firefighters begin to die in suspicious ways...Believing the two events are related, Clare investigates, staking out a five-borough bake...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2010
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Summary: This 16th yarn featuring Goldy Schulz gets off to a scorching start when Yolanda Garcia's apartment building is set ablaze. Relocating to the home of PI Ernest McLeod only makes things worse--Ernest is shot dead and his house is torched. Now it's up to Goldy to keep Yolanda safe and stop a murderer before the next strike.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2011
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Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2010
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Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas & Mercer 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GOLHart, Ellen
Summary: "Fans of Jane Lawless new and old will be fascinated by newly minted Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Ellen Hart's latest intricate puzzle in A Whisper of Bones. Britt Ickles doesn't remember much from her only visit to her mother's childhood home when she was a kid, except for playing with her cousin Timmy and the eruption of a sudden family feud. That's why, when she drops by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2018
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Summary: "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....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KAVRoberts, Nora.
Summary: The blaze that night at her family's pizzeria changed young Reena Hale's life in more ways than one. Neighbors and relatives would pull together to help the Hales get through the crisis and rebuild. The Baltimore authorities would arrest the arsonist responsible. But as Reena gazed into the fire, beheld its brutal beauty and destructive power, her destiny began to take shape. She would study,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2005
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ROBBarber, Christine.
Summary: "An intriguing contemporary mystery that exposes the dark side of life in historic Santa Fe by Hillerman Prize-winner Christine Barber Christine Barber's acclaimed mysteries explore not just the folklore, Indian heritage, and colonial history that drawspeople to Santa Fe each year, but also the lives of locals, from the rich retirees to the families that have lived there for generations. These...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2013
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2006
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Summary: When an arsonist sets fire to their barns one by one, destroying her beautiful murals, Sarah Kauffman must help outsider and arson investigator Nate MacKenzie process the crime scenes while adhering to Amish ways in a community riddled by fear.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION HARLoomis, Jon.
Summary: "Beleaguered Police Detective Frank Coffin is on the trail of a firebug in Fire Season, the third in this sharply witty mystery series set in Provincetown, Massachusetts Until a replacement can be found, Frank Coffin is pulling double duty as a detective and interim police chief for the Provincetown, Mass. Police. The off-season has just started for this tourist town and the streets should be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2012
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Summary: An arsonist is on the loose in Colmstock, Australia, most recently burning down the town's courthouse and killing a young boy who was trapped inside. The clock is ticking for Rose Blakey. With nothing but rejections from newspapers piling up, her job pulling beers for cops at the local tavern isn't nearly enough to cover rent. Rose needs a story --a big one. In the weeks after the courthouse...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Summary: When Nashville PI and horse whisperer Jared McKean is hired to investigate a suspicious barn fire, he finds evidence of soring, the practice of using painful shoeing or caustic chemicals to affect the gait of a Tennessee Walking Horse. But the owners, Zane and Carlin Underwood, are known anti-soring activists. Carlin's distress seems genuine, and Zane is confined to a wheelchair, paralyzed from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Permanent Press 2016