{"product_id":"home-fires-9781448318025","title":"Home Fires","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFans of Steven F. Havill's Posadas County and Lisa Regan's Josie Quinn series will enjoy this fascinating and complex story set in small-town Missouri.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBalances well-developed characters and dry humor with a solid police procedural\"- \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e Starred Review of \u003ci\u003eDangerous Consequences\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBranson Sheriff Hank Worth is one of the first on the scene of a mass casualty incident - a local fireworks warehouse has exploded, killing everyone inside. As over a dozen victims are pulled from the smoldering ruins, the painstaking identification process begins. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChief Deputy Sheila Turley returns early from medical leave to assist in the office, while Hank delves deeper into the increasingly complicated situation at the morgue. He discovers that the previous forensic pathologist was hasty at best and negligent at worst. What starts as an offhand request to look into the errors turns into a discovery that shakes Hank's world off its axis . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith Hank secretly investigating his discovery at the morgue, his short-handed team is stretched to the brink as it investigates the cause of the explosion. Then a shocking revelation leaves Sheila and her fellow deputies scrambling for answers to an unexpected crime. Just what happened in the warehouse in the moments before the blast? Can they unravel the mysteries in time to save Branson from yet more heartbreak? And can Hank, adrift and alone, figure out what happened before it destroys everything he holds dear?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooth, Claire:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Formerly a crime reporter for daily newspapers throughout the United States, \u003cb\u003eClaire Booth\u003c\/b\u003e has used this experience to write three previous Sheriff Hank Worth mystery novels based on small-town American life. She is also the author of one non-fiction book, \u003ci\u003eThe False Prophet: Conspiracy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eExtortion\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMurder in the Name of God\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in California.","brand":"Severn House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51720928362770,"sku":"9781448318025","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d8e9138f-5323-4c2e-8970-dd41307e97b1.jpg?v=1762941457","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/home-fires-9781448318025","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}