Firestorm - Nevada Barr

"A delight...a scorching, baffling tale...it almost singes you as you turn the pages." -Detroit Free Press National parks ranger Anna Pigeon faces the fury of nature and the duplicity of man in this "brilliantly executed mystery" (The Washington Post Book World).

A raging forest fire has consumed thousands of acres in and around California's Lassen Volcanic National Park-and now it's headed straight toward the exhausted firefighters, including Ranger Anna Pigeon. Emerging from her protective shel-ter, Anna finds devastation and death in the wake of the fire.

Two men have been killed: One was a victim of the flames, the other was stabbed in the back, Now, as a rampaging winter storm descends, cutting the ten survivors off from civilization, Anda must find the murderer in their midst...