Stella has been living in the cabin with the ghost of
Eric Gamlyn, the former fire chief and the man who built
the cabin. Standing between her home and the bulldozer
waiting to destroy it is not a good situation, but that
is where Stella finds herself. She has just accepted the
town council's offer of fire chief's job.
With two of her volunteers out, Stella has to find some
replacements and prevent the destruction of her home.
When an expensive home is consumed by fire and the
occupant is found dead, Stella will work with a fire
investigator to find the source of the blaze.
Both Stella and the fire investigator are threatened if
they don't give up the investigation. Stella has and
agent of the TBI asking to be kept updated, claiming he
doesn't trust the local police chief. Not a big fan of
the police chief but unwilling to further anger him,
Stella faces a tough decision.
To make things worse, the state fire inspector caves to
the threats and reports nothing suspicious. Stella will
have to find out the truth herself before someone else
dies.
J.J. Cook has written an exceptionally complicated story
for IN HOT WATER. The third in the Sweet Pepper Fire
Brigade series, IN HOT WATER will keep the reader
guessing to the very end. Each book ends with some kind
of cliff hanger, but this one really takes the cake. You
will be left gasping, "But you can't do that. Now, I
have to wait who knows how long to find out what is going
to happen." I know I won't be alone in that reaction.
The Sweet Pepper Fire Brigade Mystery series will
keep you
guessing the entire time. There are laughs, some sad
situations and fascinating characters.
Sweet Pepper, Tennessee, has the world’s hottest and
sweetest peppers—as well as a ghost that cooks and a fire
chief who fights crime…
SPARK OF INTEREST
Stella Griffin should be bubbling over with joy now that
she’s the full-time fire chief of Sweet Pepper, except
trouble is brewing on her doorstep. An angry resident has
purchased her cabin, and—with a bulldozer in tow—is ready
to
tear it down. But as Stella worries over the fate of her
home and Eric, her ghostly roommate, there’s soon an even
greater cause for alarm.
A suspicious house fire in the pricey Sunset Beach
community
at Sweet Pepper Lake claims the life of ex-state
representative Barney Falk. The nature of the death has
Stella feeling out of her depth, so she teams up with the
state’s arson investigator. Moving full steam ahead with
the
case, they must smoke out a killer before the firebug
strikes again…
INCLUDES RECIPES!
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