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"Exciting thriller"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted March 1, 2004

As a child Kerry Murphy and her mother were in their brownstone when their home caught fire but only Kerry made it out alive. She was in a coma for more than a year and as the years past the precognitive powers she woke up with became stronger. Read more...

"Tautly written page-turner with unique characters and realistic plot."
Reviewed by Paula Myers
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted March 10, 2004

Fire has shaped Kerry Murphy's life from childhood, when her mother died and she was left in a coma after their home was set ablaze. When Kerry awakens from the coma, she finds herself with psychic abilities that allow her to sense when and how some fires are set. Coming Read more...

Summary

#1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen turns up the heat in this explosive new psychological thriller. This time a gifted arson investigator teams up with a mysterious operative to stop a killer raging completely out of control... For Kerry Murphy, the inferno is never far away. The flames of that long-ago night still burn in her nightmares: the heat, the choking smoke, the helplessness. She can never run fast enough... Now Kerry works as an arson investigator with her evidence- sniffing dog, Sam. Together they're a great team, but her life is about to change in the time it takes to strike a match. The deadly flames of her past are back, and from out of the ashes a stranger appears. Who is Silver? And why has he chosen her in the desparate race to find a killer determined to ignite hell on earth? Kerry and Silver may not have a chance against a psychopath as coldhearted as his method is red-hot. To save themselves and the innocent lives at stake, Kerry will have to do what she hoped she'd never have to do: fight fire with fire.