The Man in the Fire

The victim was bound and murdered. The killer walked away without a trace.Halloween is a night to step outside your comfort zone, visit your neighbors, and hand out candy to costumed children. It should have been a holiday, a break from the tensions and stress of the day. Instead, it ends in horror when a community leader is found murdered—his body left inside the smoldering ruins of a religious center.With a gutted police force and political vultures circling, Joe races to unearth the truth while battling a surge of arsons, a tangled web of prejudice and resentment, and a killer who's disturbingly comfortable with violence.As the investigation unfolds, Joe's isolated existence begins to fracture. The case is personal. The threats are mounting. And the deeper she digs, the more dangerous the ground beneath her becomes.Smart, gritty, and unflinchingly human, this is Joe Court at her most vulnerable—and most relentless.