Burn
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Publisher Description
When he is accused of stalking a woman he swears he's never met, a local businessman asks Fred Carver for help clearing his name
Joel Brandt swears he's never met the woman before. His wife dead six months before, the small-time businessman is perplexed when Del Moray police inform him that a local woman, Marla Cloy, has accused him of harassing her. According to her, Joel has been lurking outside of her house, following her car, even assaulting her at the grocery store. Brandt says it's all a lie, but the police don't believe him.
He goes to Fred Carver, an ex-cop turned PI, for help clearing his name. The harder Carver looks, the less he understands. There is no apparent connection between the two people, and yet one of them is trying to destroy the other's life. When this game turns deadly, who will be the first to go?
This ebook features an illustrated biography of John Lutz including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author's personal collection.
Burn is the 9th book in the Fred Carver Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Lutz's Florida PI Fred Carver, with his bum leg and failed marriage, appears for the ninth time (following Torch) in a brisk, riveting adventure. Successful developer and contractor Joel Brant is accused of stalking a woman he says he doesn't know. Carver, not totally convinced by Brant's story, starts probing into Marla Cloy's apparently dull life. By the lethal, realistically ambiguous ending (no neatly wrapped answers here), Carver has uncovered a sad tale of twisted revenge, unrequited love and dark family secrets. He's also been attacked three times by a giant cretin, a truly terrifying character who's trying to stop the investigation, although Carver doesn't know who the giant's employer is. Middle-aged Carver must also deal with his black lover Beth's pregnancy and the still nasty police Lieutenant McGregor--who refers to Beth as ``dark meat.'' Lutz's eye for Florida noir (fast food joints, trailer parks and ``local criminals'' who ``view tourists as game animals'') is impeccable. It's easy to see why he's won an Edgar and two Shamuses: this is top of the line.
