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Contributor(s): Wambaugh, Joseph (Author)

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 ISBN: 0060095288     ISBN-13: 9780060095284
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
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Binding Type: Mass Market Paperbound - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 2003
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Annotation: 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.
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BISAC Categories:
- True Crime | Forensics
- True Crime | Murder - General
Dewey: B
Physical Information: 1.09" H x 4.28" W x 6.82" L (0.45 lbs) 416 pages
Features: Price on Product
Awards: Edgar Allan Poe Awards, Winner, Fact Crime, 2003
 
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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.

Contributor Bio(s): Wambaugh, Joseph: - 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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