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"Funny, profound . . . a seductive book with a payoff on every page."-People
A lot of remarkable things have happened in the life of Sam Pulsifer, the hapless hero of this incendiary novel, beginning with the ten years he spent in prison for accidentally burning down Emily Dickinson's house and unwittingly killing two people. emerging at age twenty-eight, he creates a new life and identity as a husband and father. But when the homes of other famous...
2) The arsonist
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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.
Troubled by the feeling that she belongs nowhere after working in East Africa for fifteen years, Frankie Rowley has come home to the small New Hampshire village of Pomeroy and the farmhouse where her family has always summered. On her first night...
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"How to Set a Fire and Why is a blistering, singular, devastating novel by Jesse Ball about a teenage girl who has lost everything and will burn anything. Lucia has been kicked out of school, again, this time for stabbing a boy in the neck with a pencil. Her father is dead; her mother is in a mental institute; and she's living in a garage-turned-bedroom with her aunt. Making her way through the world with only a book, a Zippo lighter, and a pocket...
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From the author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller Sister comes a compelling, thrilling story of a mother who will do anything to protect her child.
The school is on fire. Her children are inside.
Grace runs toward the burning building, desperate to reach them.
In the aftermath of the devastating fire which tears her family apart, Grace embarks on...
The school is on fire. Her children are inside.
Grace runs toward the burning building, desperate to reach them.
In the aftermath of the devastating fire which tears her family apart, Grace embarks on...
5) Swamp team 3
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From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jana DeLeon, a new installment in her bestselling Miss Fortune series.
What's a little arson between friends?Undercover CIA agent Fortune Redding spent her first three weeks in Sinful, Louisiana dodging insults, makeup advice, guard dogs, bullets, and Deputy Carter LeBlanc, both professionally and personally. But just when she thinks things are going to settle down in the small
...7) The blaze
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"In Dundas' assured hands, one man's search for answers makes for a lyrical, riveting meditation on memory."—EW
One man knows the connection between two extraordinary acts of arson, fifteen years apart, in his Montana hometown—if only he could remember it.
Having lost much of his memory from a traumatic brain injury sustained in Iraq, army veteran Matthew Rose is called back to Montana after his father's death to settle his...
One man knows the connection between two extraordinary acts of arson, fifteen years apart, in his Montana hometown—if only he could remember it.
Having lost much of his memory from a traumatic brain injury sustained in Iraq, army veteran Matthew Rose is called back to Montana after his father's death to settle his...
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Undaunted courage volume 1
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"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"--
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Firefighters (J.R. Ward) volume 1
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Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2018.
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"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the popular Black Dagger Brotherhood series comes a brand-new novel about arson investigator, Ann Ashburn, who is consumed by her troubled past, her family's scorched legacy, and her current case: chasing a deadly killer"--
"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the popular Black Dagger Brotherhood series comes a brand-new novel about arson investigator, Ann Ashburn, who is consumed by...
11) Swan song
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The beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author brings her Nantucket novels to a brilliant finish: when rich strangers move to the island, social mayhem—and a possible murder follow. Can Nantucket’s best locals save the day, and their way of life?
Chief of Police Ed Kapenash is about to retire. Blond Sharon is going through a divorce. But when a 22-million-dollar summer home is purchased by...
Chief of Police Ed Kapenash is about to retire. Blond Sharon is going through a divorce. But when a 22-million-dollar summer home is purchased by...
13) Scorched eggs
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Berkley Prime Crime
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2014.
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"In Laura Childs's New York Times bestselling mystery series, Suzanne, Petra, and Toni--co-owners of the Cackleberry Club Café are equally good at serving up breakfast and serving up justice. This time they turn up the heat on a deadly firebug... As Suzanne is getting her hair colored at Root 66, she's stunned to witness the County Services office next door suddenly go up in flames. Concerned neighbors throng the streets, and the fire department...
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2013.
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A dark secret from a family's past threatens the lives of two sisters, Kate and Hannah Connelly, when the family-owned furniture firm explodes into flames in the middle of the night killing Gus, a retired and disgruntled craftsman, and injuring Kate, who is in a coma.
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Book scavenger volume 2
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2017.
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Publisher Annotation: Mr. Quisling is definitely up to something mysterious, and Emily and James are on high alert. First, there's the coded note he drops at a book event. Then, they uncover a trail of encrypted messages in Mark Twain-penned books hidden through Book Scavenger. What's most suspicious is that each hidden book triggers an arson fire. As the sleuthing friends dig deeper, they discover Mr. Quisling has been hunting a legendary historical...
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Oasis Audio
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[2023]
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As October slides into November, Cody Bay enjoys a few rare moments of peace. Finally able to focus on her personal projects, Cody Moore sets out to start renovations on the Bay. December's Christmas rush is but a breath away, and with the trouble following them around at every turn, she needs to be ready. But Cody's hopes for a quiet November are soon shattered. The last guest to arrive at the Inn brings with them chaos anew. Not long after their...
20) Body of water
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After their trailer home and all their belongings are burned, twelve-year-old Ember and her Wiccan family move to a lakeside campground where Ember's anguish over losing her dog, as well as her friendship with the boy she fears started the fire, stops her from making new friends and moving on.
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