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Paperback – September 27, 2016
by Martin J. Smith (Author)
The dry season has hit the Inland Empire of California, depleting the ponds and revealing the muddy grave of Paul Dwyer. From his mansion on the hill, Dwyer lorded over Los Colmas, a small town that he aspired to make big by building mansions for wealthy LA commuters. Some viewed him as a savior, providing construction jobs for locals. Others believed he was ruining their beautiful, close-knit town. But who was angry enough to murder him?
Local cop Ron Starke is overwhelmed by the list of suspects and plagued by a difficult captain who is demanding results. Starke investigates Paul Dwyer’s dirty money and handshake deals gone wrong, but the name at the top of the suspect list is the most intriguing, and chilling.
The developer wasn’t the only one with secrets; his widow Shelby has kept her own for decades, none more harrowing than the horrific abuse she and her daughter endured at the hands of Dwyer. And none more volatile than what she knows but must hide about Paul’s murder.
As the season’s wildfires intensify to historic levels and surge towards Los Colmas, Starke must discover who killed Dwyer before all the evidence burnsand the whole town is erased.
“Combustion is exactly what I love in a mystery―fast as a bullet and bristling with suspense. Part Hitchcock, part ‘Law & Order,’ all terrific.”―T. Jefferson Parker, New York Times bestselling author of The Room of White Fire
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Paperback – July 2, 2014
by John Shannon (Author)
Jack Liffey's former mistress reappears to plead for the P.I.'s help finding her missing niece. The hunt leads Liffey to Monterey Park, where he dives into an undercurrent of racial tension that puts the peace of the small suburb in jeopardy. Meanwhile, a fire burns in the hills above Los Angeles, offering a sinister reminder that few events in life are coincidental. But Liffey's sudden troubles with racist gangs, teenage revolutionaries, and South African nutjobs are dwarfed by the threat his old mistress poses to his relationships with his new girlfriend and his recently reconciled lesbian daughter. What's a hard-boiled dick to do? Exploding with wry wit, The Chinese Beverly Hills is tense and thought-provoking, with the quirkiness that Shannon's fans have come to expect.
Hardcover – January 1, 1964
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by Ian Mannix (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
'the biggest cleared area was my vegetable patch ... I ran and lay down and made a little tent over myself. I thought it would preserve the last of the oxygen. Under the blanket I could hear explosions - the gas bottles from the houses further up, and I could just imagine all my neighbours dead up the road. the wind was roaring, the trees cracking: an awful lot of noise ... I thought I wasn't going to survive.' Peter Luke, Gaffneys Creek, Victoria 'the sky got darker again ... I started to think about the next day's newspaper headlines: "Stupid thirty-eight-weeks pregnant woman drives into fire with toddler."' Sonia Stanton, Canberra 'I looked down into where the houses were totally surrounded by a sea of flame and thought, well, that's it, she's all over. Everybody will be killed down there.' John Hyles, Namadgi Ranges GREAt AUStRALIAN BUSHFIRE StORIES is a collection of remarkable tales from all around Australia that tell of our country's fiercest natural phenomenon: the bushfire. Farmers, landowners, firefighters and city dwellers share with ABC journalist Ian Mannix their experiences of fires: preparing for them, fighting them, and the heartbreak task of mopping up when even their best efforts failed. Some stories are funny, some tragic, many courageous, but all are a testimony to the ingenuity and grit of human beings as they fight to save their homes, their towns and, in some cases, their lives.
Hardcover – January 1, 1959
by Thomas Williams (Author)
Dust jacket design by The Strimbans. His second novel.
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by Zane Grey (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Paperback – March 1, 2000
by Florence B. Smith (Author)
Uncontained Fire Eighteen year old April O'Brian works for twenty-seven year old Jake Osborn, who is a fire fighter and forest ranger. April is a fire spotter on the mountain Jake owns. She is hopelessly in love with Jake but to her, he seems unaware of her as a woman, but he is in love with her, and believes she is in love with Stanley Akins, the ranger she has dated for a year. After a one night affair with April, Jake is devastated for taking advantage of the vulnerable girl and leaves town to give her time to grow up and to know her mind. April is crushed but tries to keep her life together. After waiting eight months for Jake to return, she gives up and accepts the love offered her by Stanley Akins and agrees to marry him. The day after her marriage, she files for an annulment because of Stanley's lewd behavior and out an out abuse. When she's back working on the mountain, a serious fire breaks out. April is trapped. Stanley recuses her and threatens her if she doesn't come back to him. Jake arrives and saves her from his intimidation, and they return to fighting the fire. Before the fire is contained, Jake and Stanley are among five missing men. When April is certain they are dead, she goes to the charred mountain and contemplates life without Jake. She takes a gun with her, but before she pulls the trigger, she prays....
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