lajacquerie 's review for:

American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land by Monica Hesse

3.0

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True crime rundown exploring the string of 80+ arsons that kept a small Virginia county on edge for five solid months (if you're doing the math, that's nearly one fire every 2 days) and the couple that set them. The author highlights how the rural nature of the area and the economic downturn for the region affected both the fires' start and why they were so hard to stop.