Fire Girl
by Carole T. Beers
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Pub Date Mar 07 2024 | Archive Date May 29 2024
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Description
“Beers delivers a tense cat-and-mouse game between a determined fire investigator and a wily arsonist. You won’t want to miss this suspense-filled tale!” –Pamela Beason, award-winning author of the Sam Westin Wilderness Mysteries
Lakota beauty Kinton Brulee just snagged an Oregon state deputy fire-marshal job.
She thinks she can handle PTSD, and doubters in her male-dominated profession while raising a disabled son and at-risk niece. But when she investigates a hemp farm blaze near home, she races to outwit a killer burning to destroy her. Never mind letting herself fall in love–and get burned–again.
A Note From the Publisher
Advance Praise
Award-Winning Author of The Pepper Kane Mysteries
"In Kinton Brûlée, Beers has a spitfire of a character who not only fights fires, but creates her own sparks in every arena of her life." -Sandi Ault, Willa and Mary Higgins Clark Award Winning author of the WILD Mystery Series
"Beers delivers a tense cat-and-mouse game between a determined fire investigator and a wily arsonist. You won't want to miss this suspense-filled tale!" -Pamela Beason, award-winning author of the Sam Westin Wilderness Mysteries
"Carole T. Beers keeps you turning the pages of this exciting novel. She takes you on a journey from digging through blackened piles of debris in search of the fire cause and origin, to the doorstep of the arsonist." -Cpt. Ken Shoemaker, 30-year fire rescue and arson investigator (retired)
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781685133801 |
| PRICE | $6.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 361 |
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Featured Reviews
Susan H, Reviewer
Kinton is young, smart, dedicated and Native American. She is also recently promoted. Those factors don't sit well with some people. Shortly after her promotion, there is a major fire at a hemp farm near her home. She starts to investigate and finds potential witnesses, some more helpful than others, and evidence that the fire might not have been accidental.
Despite being threatened, Kinton continues to investigate and makes some people angry and vindictive toward her. Despite pressure and threats, she is tenacious in pressing forward, continuing to gather evidence and to interview people.
Although I had to push myself through the first few pages of the book I'm happy that I did. The book is a great read, full of suspense, frustration, and ultimately success for Kinton and the truth.
Jan T, Reviewer
cannabis-farming, PTSD, arson, arson-investigators, MMIW, MMIP, Oregon, indigenous-people, Native American, firefighters, fire, anger-issues, friendship, friction, frustration, rural, relationships, relatives, revenge, revenge-killings, NamVets, contemporary, murder, attempted-murder, law-enforcement, riveting, thriller, suspense, suspicion, investigations, investigators*****
I hope you don't mind knowing who the arsonist is at the very beginning, because the suspense and twistiness come from the two opponents doing their best to keep each other from winning. Kinton Brulee has enough experience in the Fire Service and has recently been promoted to the job of Oregon state deputy fire-marshal, a division of the Oregon state police. Her determination and expertise are pitted against a disabled NamVet who torched the cannabis barn and shot the owner. Lots of personal issues, including that of her being Lakota and a female with a disabled child. I learned a lot about the fire service and also about the legal and logistical problems of growing the stuff. For instance, I had no idea how much of a drain on water resources this crop was. The book was riveting.
I requested and received a temporary EARC from Black Rose Writing via NetGalley. Thank you!
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