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When a federal smokejumper plummets to her death in the Sierra Nevada mountains, Sheriff Izzy Llewellyn discovers that not every fall is an accident—and not every body belongs where it's found.
In the middle of California's brutal fire season, an elite smokejumper falls three thousand feet when both her parachutes fail—an impossibility in a profession where equipment is checked and double-checked by trained professionals. Sheriff Izzy Llewellyn retrieves the smokejumper's body from a canyon ledge, but finds something else in the alpine meadow above: a second woman, dead before the wildfire that burned around her even started.
Two women dead in the same remote location. One in full firefighting gear, one in civilian clothes. One death that looks like catastrophic equipment failure, another that looks like murder. As flames march toward the town of Harris and threaten to consume everything in their path, Izzy must navigate federal investigators, jurisdiction battles, and evidence that could burn before she can secure it.
With her former FBI training and her instinct for reading people, Izzy begins to see connections others miss. But proving that a smokejumper's death was murder means finding someone with access, expertise, and motive—someone who walks freely among the firefighters risking their lives to save the town.
Perfect for fans of CJ Box and Nevada Barr, Burning Darkness delivers a pulse-pounding mystery where courage and corruption collide in California's high desert country.
Genre: Mystery
In the middle of California's brutal fire season, an elite smokejumper falls three thousand feet when both her parachutes fail—an impossibility in a profession where equipment is checked and double-checked by trained professionals. Sheriff Izzy Llewellyn retrieves the smokejumper's body from a canyon ledge, but finds something else in the alpine meadow above: a second woman, dead before the wildfire that burned around her even started.
Two women dead in the same remote location. One in full firefighting gear, one in civilian clothes. One death that looks like catastrophic equipment failure, another that looks like murder. As flames march toward the town of Harris and threaten to consume everything in their path, Izzy must navigate federal investigators, jurisdiction battles, and evidence that could burn before she can secure it.
With her former FBI training and her instinct for reading people, Izzy begins to see connections others miss. But proving that a smokejumper's death was murder means finding someone with access, expertise, and motive—someone who walks freely among the firefighters risking their lives to save the town.
Perfect for fans of CJ Box and Nevada Barr, Burning Darkness delivers a pulse-pounding mystery where courage and corruption collide in California's high desert country.
Genre: Mystery
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