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Fire Lover

by Joseph Wambaugh

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ISBN13: 9780060095284
ISBN10: 0060095288
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Awards

2003 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime

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On an October evening in South Pasadena, a horrifying wave of flame swept through a large home improvement center, snuffing out the lives of four innocent people, including a two-year-old boy. Firefighters rushed to the scene, even as a pair of equally suspicious fires broke out in two nearby stores. Silently watching the raging inferno in the midst of the heat, smoke, and chaos was a man respected as one of California's foremost arson investigators, a captain in the Glendale Fire Department ...

From Joseph Wambaugh, the critically acclaimed, nationally bestselling author of The Onion Field, comes the astonishing true story of a nightmarish obsession — and the hunt for a brilliant psychopath who lived a double life filled with professional tributes and terrifying secrets.

Synopsis:

From the acclaimed bestselling author of "The Onion Field" comes the extraordinary true story of a California arson investigator and fire captain who was also, according to government profilers, the most prolific American arsonist of the 20th century.

About the Author

Joseph Wambaugh, a former LAPD detective sergeant, is the New York Times bestselling author of The Onion Field, The Blooding, The Choirboys, and many other fiction and nonfiction works. He has won a number of awards, including the Edgar Allan Poe award and the Rodolfo Walsh Prize for investigative journalism. He lives with his wife in California.

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Krystal, August 20, 2006 (view all comments by Krystal)
John Orr is a California arson investigator who is very dedicated to his job. Those closest to too never would have suspected that he would become an infamous arsonist. This book does a good job of telling John Orr's story and at the same time telling how the prosecution was able to build a case against him.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780060095284
Author:
Wambaugh, Joseph
Publisher:
Avon Books
Author:
Doyle, Larry
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Other Miscellaneous Crimes
Subject:
California
Subject:
Arson
Subject:
Pyromania
Subject:
General True Crime
Subject:
Arson -- California.
Subject:
Pyromania - California
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Crime - True Crime
Copyright:
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Edition Description:
Mass Market PB
Series:
P.S.
Series Volume:
107-16
Publication Date:
20030531
Binding:
MASS MARKET
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
416
Dimensions:
6.82x4.28x1.09 in. .45 lbs.

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