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A review by ncrabb
Firestorm by Nevada Barr
3.0
Jennifer Short’s brother is dead, and it’s up to Anna Pigeon to deliver the sad news. Jennifer is a slender southern woman who has joined Anna on the fire lines in a dry California forest. Jennifer determines she’ll stay on the line even though the fire killed her brother. Anna provides medical help to those fighting the fire. At about one-third of the way through the book, a nasty firestorm arises and catches the medical crew while it evacuated injured firefighters. The crew deployed its individual tent shelters and hoped it could stay alive until the storm blew over. When it ended, the group reassembled and found that someone had murdered one of them. Whoever killed the firefighter had done so after the firestorm. Anna worries, to say the least, to realize that a member of the small unit with whom she is staying is a murderer.
Then, ironically enough, the snow comes. The accompanying fog and seemingly impenetrable clouds make rescue impossible for days. Knowing that someone in their group killed a firefighter makes the entire group tense and makes them behave in more erratic ways than they might otherwise. Anna solves the case before rescuers arrive, and there’s no small amount of suspense on the way to the solution.
Then, ironically enough, the snow comes. The accompanying fog and seemingly impenetrable clouds make rescue impossible for days. Knowing that someone in their group killed a firefighter makes the entire group tense and makes them behave in more erratic ways than they might otherwise. Anna solves the case before rescuers arrive, and there’s no small amount of suspense on the way to the solution.