Frank Carlson Library

"When financier Gerald Cartwright disappeared from his home six years ago, it was assumed he'd gone on the run from his creditors. But then a skeleton is found bricked up in the cellar of Cartwright's burned-out mansion, and it becomes clear Gerald never left alive. As the sole representative of South Yorkshire's Cold Case Review Unit, Detective Sergeant Adam Tyler is not expected to get results, but he knows this is the case that might finally kick...

Jessica Wakefield can't believe that her older brother has fallen for her best friend Lila Fowler. Her twin, Elizabeth, agrees that Steven is making a big mistake, so they devise a plan to snuff out the romance. Meanwhile, an arsonist is still at large, and is preparing to strike Sweet Valley High.

Kit Blume loses her home to arson, suffering afterwards from disturbing flashbacks and nightmares that involve a killer with a gun. Determined to discover the truth about her lost childhood, Kit joins Harvey Trent in his investigation of the night the Lakeshore Inn burned in northern Minnesota. The harder Kit and Harvey press to uncover the facts, the more determined someone becomes to silence them.

Set in contemporary Greece, with a gay Greek-American FBI agent, who is undercover on the island to investigate a series of mysterious fires. Set against the very real refugee crisis on the beautiful, sun-drenched Greek islands, this novel paints a loving portrait of a community in crisis. As the island residents grapple with declining tourism, poverty, refugees, family feuds, and a perilously damaged church, an arsonist invades their midst.

Marla surprised everyone at Wayfarers Inn when she announced her engagement, despite the red flags that her friend Janice sees. While clearing out the church belfry in anticipation of the wedding, Janice, Tess, and LuAnn find an old Bible from Marla's ancestor, famed abolitionist William Still. That night, a suspicious fire breaks out in the bell tower, leading the friends to ponder if someone was trying to spoil Marla's wedding plans or trying to...

"FBI profiler Vera Gilmore has the scars--both outside and in--to remind her how deadly fire is. Now homicide detective Brooks Brawley--her once sweetheart--needs her help with a serial arsonist and murderer in his small Texas town. But almost immediately, Vera becomes a target. Will staying at Brooks's ranch with him and his daughter keep them all safe...or put them right in the killer's path?" -- Page [4] cover.

Arson investigator Ryan Piasecki was a man who got the job done no matter what the obstacle-- or how beautiful she was. Ambitious executive Natalie Fletcher's new business was going up in smoke, literally, and she needed Ryan's help to catch the arsonist. But if he wasn't careful, the sparks flying between him and this hothouse rose would erupt into a five-alarm blaze-- and they'd both be engulfed by the Night Smoke.

Eighteen-year-old aspiring comic Joey Rossi just found out his boyfriend has been cheating on him for the past ten months. But what did he expect? Joey was born with an addiction to toxic jerks--something he inherited from his lovably messy, wisecracking, Italian-American spitfire of a mom (and best friend): 34-year-old Gia Rossi. When Gia's latest non-relationship goes up in flames only a day later, the pair's Bayonne, New Jersey apartment can barely...

"When a series of suspicious fires leaves multiple victims dead in their homes, NYPD hostage negotiator Abby Mullen knows in her bones that the terrors of her childhood have returned. As a young girl, she narrowly escaped a fire set by Moses Wilcox, a fanatical cult leader who's been presumed dead for thirty years. These murders have his fingerprints all over them. Meanwhile, razor-sharp criminal profiler Zoe Bentley is investigating the arsons--but...

Mystery ranch: The Alden's visit their mysterious Aunt Jane at her run-down ranch and make a surprising discovery! Mike's mystery : A nearby house burns down while the Boxcar Children are staying with their Aunt Jane and their friend Mike is blamed for starting the fire! Blue Bay mystery : The Alden's are excited to visit a deserted South Seas island. But soon they discover clues that they are not alone. Is someone on the island watching them?