A local firefighter contacts Spencer and asks him to look into
a fire that killed his best friend and two other firefighters.
The fire was called an accident but Jack McGee knows it
couldn't have been. A year after the fire even more buildings
are burning down and no one seems to be getting a handle on
the situation.
Now that Spencer has been hired, though, things will change.
When Spencer goes to the fire department for help, he at first
receives push back. But when they understand he really is only
trying to help them, they give him access to the information
he needs. Now that Spencer has a start he is making the fire
bug nervous, and the fire bug or bugs are escalating the
incidents
and the chance for more loss of life grows daily.
I love a good mystery and Spencer is one of the best private
investigators ever. He is also surrounded by a great group of
characters. Hawk is everyone's favorite good, bad guy. You
always think there always someone better, stronger, but with
Hawk, there probably isn't. If we all had friends like him
life would be great. Excitement, intrigue and the always
present love of Spencer's life make SLOW BURN worth picking up
and reading. Ace Atkins continues to do a great job keeping
the world's greatest PI alive.
Boston PI Spenser faces a hot case and a personal crisis
in the latest adventure in the iconic New York
Times–bestselling series from author Ace Atkins.
The fire at a boarded-up Catholic church raged hot and fast,
lighting up Boston’s South End and killing three
firefighters who were trapped in the inferno. A year later,
as the city prepares to honor their sacrifice, there are
still no answers about how the deadly fire started. Most at
the department believe it was just a simple accident: faulty
wiring in a century-old building. But Boston firefighter
Jack McGee, who lost his best friend in the blaze, suspects
arson.
McGee is convinced department investigators aren’t
sufficiently connected to the city’s lowlifes to get a
handle on who's behind the blaze—so he takes the case to
Spenser. Spenser quickly learns not only that McGee might be
right, but that the fire might be linked to a rash of new
arsons, spreading through the city, burning faster and
hotter every night. Spenser follows the trail of fires to
Boston’s underworld, bringing him, his trusted ally Hawk,
and his apprentice Sixkill toe-to-toe with a dangerous new
enemy who wants Spenser dead, and doesn’t play by the city’s
old rules. Spenser has to find the firebug before he kills
again – and stay alive himself.
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