{"id":2847,"date":"2023-04-27T17:38:38","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T17:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/?p=2847"},"modified":"2023-06-18T22:08:43","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T22:08:43","slug":"malibu-burning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/?p=2847","title":{"rendered":"Malibu Burning"},"content":{"rendered":"

You\u2019ll find it hard not to root for both sides in two-time Edgar winner Goldberg\u2019s latest, which pits arson investigators against a Robin Hood-like ex-con who sets a wildfire to consume what his enemies hold most dear: their possessions. The investigators are Walter Sharpe, a veteran of California fires who\u2019s nicknamed Sharpei for his don\u2019t-care physique and his newbie partner, Andrew Walker, who\u2019s eight-months-pregnant wife begged him to take this job so that he will get home for dinner every night. But things get, ahem, hotter than the duo plans when con-man Danny Cole is released from his time in prison, which he spent as a firefighter, with years of nothing but planning under his belt. While this is a series debut, the fire depicted is the same one that featured in the author\u2019s Lost Hills; fans of that book should know that this one looks at the inferno from a different perspective and involves a different crime story. Both fans and newcomers to Goldberg\u2019s work will enjoy the fast-moving, at times terrifying, tale and its close look at firefighting and arson-investigation techniques.<\/strong> A bonus is the companion buddy story featuring likable new police-procedural partners and their unusual focus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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