Down in Flames

Cheryl Hollon’s Down In Flames

Savannah Webb owns the Webb Glass Shop
in St Petersburg, Florida. She had just ended
her new class in glass bead workshop. She
is teaching a technique called flame-working.
This requires the careful wielding of acetylene
torche to make the glass bead.
After her class has departed including her
autistic assistant Jacob Underwood and his
service dog (Suzy), Savannah hears a thump,
scream and Suzy barking frantically.
Running out front, Savannah finds Nicole
Borawski who works at the Queen’s Head
Pub. She was the bartender/manager there.
She has been hit by a car which then sped
away. As a result of the hit and run Nicole
dies at the hospital. But was it a mere accident
or did someone deliberately run Nicole down?
Savannah springs into action getting herself
appointed as a police consultant to help find
the culprit.
The characters are well written, entertaining,
artfully drawn into their roles.
Murder, intrigue, family drama, family secrets.
street graffiti, SNARK( an unknown graffiti
artist, a hamburger contest, the Liberator,
Jacob going mute, Amanda’s mother in
hospice combine for a busy, intriguing story
with many twists and turns.
A glossary for Flameworking glass is included
at the end of the book along with a cast of
characters plus information about Glassblowing
Instructions and websites to aide the reader to
learn more about the subject.
This is book # 6 in the Webb’s Glass Shop Mystery series. It
can be read as a stand alone.
I volunteered to read Down in Flames. Thanks to Net
Gallery and Kensington for this opportunity. My opinion is
voluntary and my own.