Down in Flames

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Savannah Webb's business is growing and she is offering different glass working classes including a bead making class. In Down in Flames by Cheryl Hollon, at the first bead-making class the Rosenberg twins try to set the studio on fire even before the class begins. Savannah realizes she'll have to watch the two more carefully. (Down in Flames will be released by Kensington Publishers on June 25.)

At the next class, the students are learning how to handle the torch when suddenly there is a loud thud, squealing tires and someone screaming outside. Everyone rushes outdoors to find Nicole Borawski, the Queen's Head Pub manager, lying gravely injured in the street. Standing and screaming is Savannah's employee Jacob.

Once she blinks past the original shock, she rushes to Nicole's side and hopes for the best. Nicole is rushed to the hospital and her wife Elizabeth bursts into the waiting room in shock.

When Nicole dies on the operating table, Savannah is devastated.

Nicole had worked at her boyfriend Edward's pub for several years and was a trusted employee. When it quickly becomes clear this was no accident, but deliberate vehicular homicide, Savannah uses her consulting clout to get assigned to the investigation.

She soon learns there was more to Nicole than her job at the pub. With her estranged family in the focus, her ambitious wife and a secretive graffiti artist, there are plenty of suspects. Savannah hopes her assistant Jacob can recover his speech and memory soon enough to assist in the case.

Another stellar performance by Cheryl Hollon and Savannah Webb.




Disclosure: I received this book from NetGalley