A burning car. A charred corpse. And a killer hiding behind a trail of flames.
Deep in Somerset's eerie Ebony Woods, newly promoted Detective Inspector Chris Ball discovers a body burned beyond recognition. With a phantom arsonist already setting seemingly random fires across the county, Ball suspects the blaze is no accident.
Meanwhile, ex-detective Zig Batten is bored with "safe" private investigation - till a domestic abuse case lures him towards far more dangerous work.
As Somerset Day with its annual beacon-lit celebrations draws near, rival criminals plot to destroy each other, troubled twin boys become dangerously obsessed by fire, and a missing notebook threatens to expose a murderous secret.
When explosions shake the countryside and more bodies burn, Ball must unravel who is killing whom before another fire turns fatal...
A Fiery Killing blends twisty crime mystery, dark menace and wickedly dry humour. Book one in this compelling series has been described as: "One of the best British murder mysteries I've read in a long time."
A Fiery Killing can be read standalone, or in sequence.
Genre: Mystery
Deep in Somerset's eerie Ebony Woods, newly promoted Detective Inspector Chris Ball discovers a body burned beyond recognition. With a phantom arsonist already setting seemingly random fires across the county, Ball suspects the blaze is no accident.
Meanwhile, ex-detective Zig Batten is bored with "safe" private investigation - till a domestic abuse case lures him towards far more dangerous work.
As Somerset Day with its annual beacon-lit celebrations draws near, rival criminals plot to destroy each other, troubled twin boys become dangerously obsessed by fire, and a missing notebook threatens to expose a murderous secret.
When explosions shake the countryside and more bodies burn, Ball must unravel who is killing whom before another fire turns fatal...
A Fiery Killing blends twisty crime mystery, dark menace and wickedly dry humour. Book one in this compelling series has been described as: "One of the best British murder mysteries I've read in a long time."
A Fiery Killing can be read standalone, or in sequence.
Genre: Mystery
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