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Flames in the Pines

(2026)
(Book 11 in the Detective Riley Quinn series)
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She thought the worst was over.
But some fires are set long before the match is struck.


After surviving a nightmare of her own, Riley Quinn is trying to put her life back together.
Moving back home should have been a fresh start.
Instead, she’s called to the scene of a deadly house fire.

Olivia Palmer was found burned in her bed.
Her husband says she must have fallen asleep with a cigarette.
But the deeper Riley digs, the evidence tells a far darker story.

What begins as a suspicious fire soon spirals into something far darker.
A failing marriage.
A controlling mother-in-law.
An abusive ex.
And a powerful family with secrets buried deep beneath the surface.

As Riley follows the trail, she uncovers deception, betrayal, and a twisted legacy of murder.
The truth behind Olivia’s death will shake Pine Brooke to its core.

Some families are built on love.
Others are built on ashes.


Genre: Mystery



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