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Fire Lover - by Joseph Wambaugh (Paperback) - 1 of 1

Fire Lover - by Joseph Wambaugh (Paperback)

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  • On an October evening in South Pasadena, a horrifying wave of flame swept through a large home improvement center, snuffing out the lives of four innocent people, including a two-year-old boy.
  • Edgar Allan Poe Awards (Fact Crime) 2003 1st Winner
  • Author(s): Joseph Wambaugh
  • 416 Pages
  • True Crime, Forensics

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From the acclaimed bestselling author of "The Onion Field" comes the extraordinary true story of a California arson investigator and fire captain who was also, according to government profilers, the most prolific American arsonist of the 20th century.



Book Synopsis



On an October evening in South Pasadena, a horrifying wave of flame swept through a large home improvement center, snuffing out the lives of four innocent people, including a two-year-old boy. Firefighters rushed to the scene, even as a pair of equally suspicious fires broke out in two nearby stores. Silently watching the raging inferno in the midst of the heat, smoke, and chaos was a man respected as one of California's foremost arson investigators, a captain in the Glendale Fire Department ...

From Joseph Wambaugh, the critically acclaimed, nationally bestselling author of The Onion Field, comes the astonishing true story of a nightmarish obsession -- and the hunt for a brilliant psychopath who lived a double life filled with professional tributes and terrifying secrets.



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On an October evening in South Pasadena, a horrifying wave of flame swept through a large home improvement center, snuffing out the lives of four innocent people, including a two-year-old boy. Firefighters rushed to the scene, even as a pair of equally suspicious fires broke out in two nearby stores. Silently watching the raging inferno in the midst of the heat, smoke, and chaos was a man respected as one of California's foremost arson investigators, a captain in the Glendale Fire Department ...

From Joseph Wambaugh, the critically acclaimed, nationally bestselling author of The Onion Field, comes the astonishing true story of a nightmarish obsession -- and the hunt for a brilliant psychopath who lived a double life filled with professional tributes and terrifying secrets.



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PRAISE FOR FIRE LOVER: "...lines converge in a sock-'em-between-the-eyes revelation...A barn burner." - Arthur Salm, San Diego Union-Tribune


Dimensions (Overall): 6.82 Inches (H) x 4.28 Inches (W) x 1.09 Inches (D)
Weight: .45 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 416
Genre: True Crime
Sub-Genre: Forensics
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Format: Paperback
Author: Joseph Wambaugh
Language: English
Street Date: May 27, 2003
TCIN: 1006090636
UPC: 9780060095284
Item Number (DPCI): 247-18-1102
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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