California Fire and Life - Softcover

Winslow, Don

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0712678506 ISBN 13: 9780712678506

Publisher: Century, 1999

Synopsis

Pamela Vale, aged 34, had died in the house fire. She had been beautiful, and had been heavily insured, and her husband showed little grief. Her children seemed terrified. Insurance investigator Jack Wade is sure he knows what happened. All he has to do is to gather the evidence.

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Review:

" Intriguing and suspenseful."
--The San Diego Union-Tribune
" [A] jazzy California thriller . . . Think Philip Marlowe if he were still sleuthing--and had taken up surfing."
--Entertainment Weekly (Editor's Choice)

"From the Paperback edition."

" A smoking, smoldering threat of a book that flickers and flames and inevitably goes inferno. . . . Cover to cover, it is hot, hot, hot." -- "Austin Chronicle"
" The best crime thriller of the year. . . . Mixes two parts of Elmore Leonard with an equal portion of Carl Hiaasen to form an irreverent, ribald hybrid of a thriller that's pure fun."
-- "The Providence Journal"
" [Winslow finds] a dark, sinister lyricism in the forensics of fire."
-- "The New York Times Book Review"
" A jazzy California thriller. . . . Think Philip Marlowe if he were still sleuthing--and had taken up surfing."
-- "Entertainment Weekly" (Editor's Choice)

" A smoking, smoldering threat of a book that flickers and flames and inevitably goes inferno. . . . Cover to cover, it is hot, hot, hot. " -- Austin Chronicle
" The best crime thriller of the year. . . . Mixes two parts of Elmore Leonard with an equal portion of Carl Hiaasen to form an irreverent, ribald hybrid of a thriller that's pure fun. "
-- The Providence Journal
" [Winslow finds] a dark, sinister lyricism in the forensics of fire. "
-- The New York Times Book Review
" A jazzy California thriller. . . . Think Philip Marlowe if he were still sleuthing--and had taken up surfing. "
-- Entertainment Weekly (Editor's Choice)

A smoking, smoldering threat of a book that flickers and flames and inevitably goes inferno. . . . Cover to cover, it is hot, hot, hot. Austin Chronicle
The best crime thriller of the year. . . . Mixes two parts of Elmore Leonard with an equal portion of Carl Hiaasen to form an irreverent, ribald hybrid of a thriller that's pure fun.
The Providence Journal
[Winslow finds] a dark, sinister lyricism in the forensics of fire.
The New York Times Book Review
A jazzy California thriller. . . . Think Philip Marlowe if he were still sleuthing--and had taken up surfing.
Entertainment Weekly (Editor's Choice)"

"A smoking, smoldering threat of a book that flickers and flames and inevitably goes inferno. . . . Cover to cover, it is hot, hot, hot." --Austin Chronicle
"The best crime thriller of the year. . . . Mixes two parts of Elmore Leonard with an equal portion of Carl Hiaasen to form an irreverent, ribald hybrid of a thriller that's pure fun."
--The Providence Journal
"[Winslow finds] a dark, sinister lyricism in the forensics of fire."
--The New York Times Book Review
"A jazzy California thriller. . . . Think Philip Marlowe if he were still sleuthing--and had taken up surfing."
--Entertainment Weekly (Editor's Choice)

-A smoking, smoldering threat of a book that flickers and flames and inevitably goes inferno. . . . Cover to cover, it is hot, hot, hot.- --Austin Chronicle
-The best crime thriller of the year. . . . Mixes two parts of Elmore Leonard with an equal portion of Carl Hiaasen to form an irreverent, ribald hybrid of a thriller that's pure fun.-
--The Providence Journal
-[Winslow finds] a dark, sinister lyricism in the forensics of fire.-
--The New York Times Book Review
-A jazzy California thriller. . . . Think Philip Marlowe if he were still sleuthing--and had taken up surfing.-
--Entertainment Weekly (Editor's Choice)

About the Author:

Don Winslow has worked as a private investigator in London, Amsterdam and various places in the United States, and as an arson investigator in Los Angeles for more than 15 years. He lives in California.
From the Hardcover edition.

About this edition

• Publisher: Century
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0712678506
• ISBN 13: 9780712678506
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352