Let It Burn

Author : Steve Hamilton
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1409140792
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Let It Burn written by Steve Hamilton and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2013-08-29 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The brilliant new thriller from the author of the EDGAR AWARD-winning THE LOCK ARTIST. Half a lifetime ago, Alex McKnight was a young cop in Detroit. Now he's an occasional private eye up in Paradise, Michigan, and trying hard to put the past behind him. Then he gets the call that every cop dreads: a killer he helped put behind bars is getting released, and he might just have payback on his mind. Suddenly the years fall away, and in his mind Alex is back in that hot summer in Detroit, hunting the brutal murderer of a young woman. The problem is, something about the case no longer makes sense, and Alex feels compelled to retrace the steps that led to the arrest and conviction of Darryl King. But it's not just the case that looks different: returning to Detroit, Alex finds a city that is almost unrecognizable from the one he left, a city that is quite literally dying on its feet, where crime and decay hold sway, and law and order are in retreat. And as Alex searches for the truth among the shadows of the past, he discovers a story more shocking than the one he thought he knew and a danger more threatening than an ex-con looking for revenge.

Author : Leslie Jamison
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0316259667
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Make It Scream, Make It Burn written by Leslie Jamison and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the "astounding" (Entertainment Weekly), "spectacularly evocative" (The Atlantic), and "brilliant" (Los Angeles Times) author of the New York Times bestsellers The Recovering and The Empathy Exams comes a return to the essay form in this expansive book. With the virtuosic synthesis of memoir, criticism, and journalism for which Leslie Jamison has been so widely acclaimed, the fourteen essays in Make It Scream, Make It Burn explore the oceanic depths of longing and the reverberations of obsession. Among Jamison's subjects are 52 Blue, deemed "the loneliest whale in the world"; the eerie past-life memories of children; the devoted citizens of an online world called Second Life; the haunted landscape of the Sri Lankan Civil War; and an entire museum dedicated to the relics of broken relationships. Jamison follows these examinations to more personal reckonings -- with elusive men and ruptured romances, with marriage and maternity -- in essays about eloping in Las Vegas, becoming a stepmother, and giving birth. Often compared to Joan Didion and Susan Sontag, and widely considered one of the defining voices of her generation, Jamison interrogates her own life with the same nuance and rigor she brings to her subjects. The result is a provocative reminder of the joy and sustenance that can be found in the unlikeliest of circumstances. Finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay One of the fall's most anticipated books: Time, Entertainment Weekly, O, Oprah Magazine, Boston Globe, Newsweek, Esquire, Seattle Times, Baltimore Sun, BuzzFeed, BookPage, The Millions, Marie Claire, Good Housekeeping, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Lit Hub, Women's Day, AV Club, Nylon, Bustle, Goop, Goodreads, Book Riot, Yahoo! Lifestyle, Pacific Standard, The Week, and Romper.

Author : Michael Boyette
Publisher : Quadrant Books®
ISBN 13 : 1937868338
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Let It Burn written by Michael Boyette and published by Quadrant Books®. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A balanced, well-written account which provides the best overall understanding of these events." ?Library Journal "Compelling."?Publishers Weekly "A solid report from an unusual perspective."?Kirkus Reviews "A balanced view."?Booklist On a narrow street in a working-class neighborhood, the police are held at bay by a small band of armed radicals. Two assaults have already failed. After a morning-long battle involving machine guns, explosives, and tear gas, the radicals remain defiant. In a command post across the street from the boarded-up row house that serves as the militants? headquarters, the beleaguered police commissioner weighs his options and decides on a new plan. He will bomb the house. Let It Burn is the true-life story of the confrontation between the Philadelphia Police Department and the MOVE organization?a group that rejected modern technology and fought for what it called "natural law." The police commissioner's decision to drop an "explosive device" onto the house's roof?and then to let the resulting fire burn while adults and children remained in the house?was the final tragic chapter in a decades-long series of clashes that had already left one policeman dead and others injured, dozens of MOVE members behind bars, and their original compound razed to the ground. By the time the fire burned itself out, eleven MOVE members, many of them women and small children, would be dead. Sixty-one houses in the neighborhood would be destroyed. There would be a city inquiry, numerous civil suits, and two grand-jury inquests following the confrontation. Michael Boyette served on one of the grand juries, where he had a front-row seat as the key players and witnesses?including Mayor Wilson Goode and future Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell?recounted their roles in the tragedy. After the grand jury concluded its investigation, he and coauthor Randi Boyette conducted additional independent research?including exclusive interviews with police who had been on the scene and with MOVE members?to create this moment-by-moment account of the confrontation and the events leading up to it.

Author : Rachel K. Wentz
Publisher : MSU Press
ISBN 13 : 1609173570
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Let Burn written by Rachel K. Wentz and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1985, desiring a meaningful, high-paced career in public service, Rachel Wentz left her university studies to become a firefighter/paramedic. Only the eighth woman hired by the Orlando Fire Department, a highly competitive department steeped in tradition, Wentz excelled, completing an AS in Fire Science, a master’s in public administration, and numerous specialized training courses to prepare her for an administrative position within the department. Wentz spent eleven years with OFD, experiencing a career that was every bit as exciting and challenging as she had sought. A moving, candid, and eloquent memoir, Let Burn recounts her experiences as a firefighter/paramedic, during which time she witnessed aspects of life and death few people are privy to, experiences that shaped her as a professional and as a person. From the rigorous demands of training to the extraordinary calls Wentz responded to, Let Burn details the gratifying aspects of the field, but also demonstrates the precarious nature of the job: a heated altercation at the scene of an industrial fire leads to Wentz losing almost everything she’s worked for and the dramatic end of a storied career. In vivid detail, Let Burn provides a firsthand glimpse into the hidden world of firefighting and emergency medicine.

Author : Steve Hamilton
Publisher : Minotaur Books
ISBN 13 : 1250013194
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Die a Stranger written by Steve Hamilton and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times Bestseller Late one night, a plane lands on a deserted airstrip. Five dead bodies are found there the next morning. And now Vinnie LeBlanc is missing. Vinnie is a member of the Ojibwa Indian tribe and he just might be Alex McKnight's best friend. So Alex can't help but be worried when he disappears. There's a deadly crime war creeping into Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and Alex never would have thought that his friend could be involved. But after an unexpected stranger arrives in town, Alex will soon find out that the stakes are higher than he ever could have imagined. The latest in Steve Hamilton's Edgar Award–winning series, Die a Stranger just might be his boldest book yet.

Author : Heather Ezell
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0448494264
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nothing Left to Burn written by Heather Ezell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relates, in non-linear chronology, events of the twenty-four hours following sixteen-year-old Audrey's mandatory evacuation from the path of a wildfire, as she recalls her tempestuous relationship with troubled volunteer firefighter Brook.

Author : Carrie Elks
Publisher : Carrie Elks Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Let Me Burn written by Carrie Elks and published by Carrie Elks Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2024-02-15 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He's a broken firefighter. She's his sweet escape. 'Let Me Burn tugs at the heart. Ember and Lucas are two lost souls searching for a place to call home. The passion is real, the emotions are raw and the beauty runs deep.' - Isha C, reviewer ‘An intense, captivating and wonderful story.’ – Simona’s Corner of Dreams Blog * * * * * Lucas Russell lives for his job. Forced to take extended leave following an accident, he returns to his small home town to stay at the beach cottage his grandparents left him. After a broken engagement, Ember isn't ready for love right now. But she didn't count on meeting a handsome firefighter with a dimpled smile. After Lucas saves her from one awkward situation too many, she finds him impossible to resist. What starts as a fling develops into something much deeper. Until the day Ember's ex-fiancé returns to town and threatens to destroy the connection that's building between them. One thing's for sure. Somebody is going to get burned.

Author : Denise Grover Swank
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Let It All Burn written by Denise Grover Swank and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-05 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Darcie Weatherby has a full plate--a preteen and sixteen-year-old twins, a wayward grandmother, a nightmare boss, and a manipulative ex-husband. The last thing she needs are hot flashes.Especially ones that start fires.But like most single mothers, Darcie sucks it up and deals with it, because what else can she do? The kids need to be fed, her grandmother needs supervising, and her demanding boss needs placating.Burning her boss's house down was a total accident.Honest.It doesn't take long before Darcie realizes she's running on borrowed time. Unless she figures out a way to get these hot flashes under control, there's a very good chance she'll spontaneously combust at the Founder's Day Masquerade Ball and leave her children motherless. There's no way in hell--or Perry's Fall, Ohio--Darcie will let that happen.Never underestimate the determination of a mother.Especially a smokin' hot one.Looking for more books in this HOT FLASH of a new genre?Check out these books available February 18/2020:KF Breene "Magical Midlife Madness"Eve Langlais "Halfway There"Robyn Peterman "It's a Wonderful Midlife Crisis"Shannon Mayer "Grave Magic Bounty"Jana DeLeon "Wrong Side of Forty"Deanna Chase "Witching For Grace"Kristen Painter "Sucks to be Me"Elizabeth Hunter "Suddenly Psychic"Michelle M Pillow "Second Chance Magic"Mandy M Roth "Cloudy With a Chance of Witchcraft"Darynda Jones "Betwixt"Christine Gael "Writing Wrongs"

Author : Sharon Jones
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593420624
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Burn After Writing (Gray) written by Sharon Jones and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The national bestseller. Write. Burn. Repeat. Now with new covers to match whatever mood you’re in. "This book has made me laugh and cry, filled me with joy, and inspired me." -TikTok user camrynbanks Instagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat, TikTok, VSCO, YouTube...the world has not only become one giant feed, but also one giant confessional. Burn After Writing allows you to spend less time scrolling and more time self-reflecting. Through incisive questions and thought experiments, this journal helps you learn new things while letting others go. Imagine instead of publicly declaring your feelings for others, you privately declared your feelings for yourself? Help your heart by turning off the comments and muting the accounts that drive you into jealousy for a few moments a night. Whether you are going through the ups and downs of growing up, or know a few young people who are, you will flourish by finding free expression--even if through a few tears! Push your limits, reflect on your past, present, and future, and create a secret book that's about you, and just for you. This is not a diary, and there is no posting required. And when you're finished, toss it, hide it, or Burn After Writing.

Author : Steve Hamilton
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0312640226
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Let It Burn written by Steve Hamilton and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reluctantly returning to Detroit to confront the trauma of a shooting that left his partner dead, Alex McKnight investigates an untapped clue and discovers that the man sentenced for the crime may not have been the killer.