FLASH POINT - Softcover

Jacobs, Nancy Baker

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1880284561 ISBN 13: 9781880284568

Publisher: Daniel & Daniel Publishers, 2015

Synopsis

A San Francisco arsonist murders new mothers in their homes, after apparently kidnapping their babies. California's new arson czar, Susan Kim Delancey, takes on this baffling case that covers several counties, and soon finds herself warring on several fronts. With the help of her small staff, she must catch the elusive killer, fight anti-Asian bias, territorial local officials, the hostile news media, and Sacramento political foes who want her fired. But the biggest battle of all turns out to be one that threatens Susan's own life and that of her teenage son.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Fire Investigation Can Be as Dangerous as Fire Fighting

We have reached a new appreciation for the heroism of firefighters, along with police, since the tragic events of September 11, 2001. Fire, which is humankind’s greatest civilizing agent and friend, can also be its deadliest enemy. Arson is probably the most difficult crime to solve and bring the perpetrator to justice.

In Flash Point, a serial arsonist makes fire investigation as dangerous as fire fighting. Author Nancy Baker Jacobs’s research involved attending an arson investigators’ class at the California Fire Academy, during which she learned much about the psychology of arson and observed many of the detection techniques described in the book. She even donned protective gear to throw a Molotov cocktail at an abandoned building. (Due to gloves four sizes too big, she was unable to throw hard enough to break the gasoline-filled bottle. "Thus, my one and only attempt to be an arsonist fizzled," she says.)

In addition to interviewing many fire experts and firefighters acknowledged in the book, Jacobs’s research included visits to South Korea and the DMZ to get a feeling for Korean culture, half of her biracial heroine’s heritage. For a previous nonfiction book, Babyselling, she investigated all aspects of both legal and black market adoption, also crucial to the plot of Flash Point.

About the Author:

Nancy Baker Jacobs is the award-winning author of eleven crime novels, including the Devon MacDonald private eye series, plus six nonfiction books under another name. She has worked as a private detective, a college professor, and a journalist. Jacobs lives in the Monterey Bay Area with her husband and now writes full time.

About this edition

• Publisher: Daniel & Daniel Publishers
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1880284561
• ISBN 13: 9781880284568
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 100