arson

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arson

Ace hits rock bottom

1985
Teenage movie actor Horace "Ace" Hobart and his New York gang, the Purple Falcons, get involved in live theatre and an arson plot when they take summer jobs at a home for retired actors.

Burn out

1982
Three teenagers try to deal with a mysterious set of fires only to end up trapped in the basement of a burning house set on fire by arsonists.

The case of the Weird Street firebug

1980
While taking a course from the Dangerfield Detective School, Stephanie searches for an arsonist she believes is setting fires in her neighborhood.

The stranger next door

2002
A clever cat's heroism helps two twelve-year-old boys become friends after their families, one of which is in a witness protection program, move to neighboring houses in Hilltop, Washington.

The ghost and Mrs. Hobbs

2003
Eleven-year-old Allie is visited by the ghost of a handsome young man and finds herself investigating the fire seventeen years ago that killed him as well as the husband and infant son of a scary cafeteria worker at her school.

Wild girls

a novel
2012
Kate Riordan attends the posh Swan River Academy in hopes of escaping her small Appalachian community where the local girls go wild and start fires around town. But even there, Kate is torn between her dark hometown and a life of privilege. Kate must find out where she really belongs before it's too late.

Afterwards

a novel
2011
When the school Grace works at catches fire from arson, she races in to save her seventeen-year-old daughter, Jennifer. Grace and Jennifer find themselves outside of their bodies watching hospital staff try to save them. Grace is determined to find the arsonist and protect her family, especially Jennifer who is still in danger.

Combating arson-for-profit

advanced techniques for investigators
1998
Provides information on the methods and techniques used in arson-for-profit investigations and includes a computer disc with forms, illustrations, and an investigative flowchart.

Chango's fire

a novel
2004
Julio Santana, an arsonist for hire, has made thousands of dollars working for the power players trying to force the gentrification of his Spanish Harlem neighborhood, but he finds his life in danger when he falls in love with a woman newly arrived on the block, and decides to give up his criminal career.

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