Earl Merkel - Dirty Fire (2003)
The latest from Chicagoan Earl Merkel is Dirty Fire, a straight-ahead mystery about an ex-cop who was set up on bribery charges and run off the force.
Now he's back as an acting fire marshal, helping an old colleague investigate the suspicious death of a wealthy art collector who burned to death in his opulent North Shore mansion.
Merkel isn't trying to do anything fancy here; he just tells a solid mystery story with interesting characters and an involving plot. What more could one ask for?
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