Into the Flames

<P><B>‘A ruthlessly efficient, consistently surprising whodunnit. The depiction of the glowering inferno is so realistic you’re surprised to find your eyebrows aren’t singed’ </B>Mark Sanderson, <I>The Times</I></P><BR/><B>A town under fire. A detective with something to prove. A killer hiding in plain sight.</B><BR/><BR/> The small town of Rislake in the picturesque Blue Mountains is about to be engulfed by a major bushfire.<BR/> The order has been given for the residents to clear out.<BR/> But a last sweep uncovers one person is missin Tracey Hilmeyer, wife of one of the firefighters tackling the blaze.<BR/>  <BR/> Detective Kennard is in town to help with crowd control, but instead he finds himself driving straight towards the inferno to look for Tracey at the Hilmeyer home.<BR/> When he gets there, he finds her dead at the bottom of the stairs, and it’s clear she was murdered.<BR/>  <BR/> With the evacuation almost complete there is barely enough time to save the living never mind the dead.<BR/> But Detective Kennard has something to prove and cannot let this one go.<BR/><BR/><B>Can he solve her murder before the crime scene, and the entire town, turns to ash?</B><BR/><BR/><BR/> 'Faster than a raging bushfire, Delargy paints a terrifying portrait of a town under siege, and the traumatized detective tracking down a murderer in its midst. Blistering stuff!' <B>SAM HOLLAND</B><BR/><BR/> 'With his trademark immersive writing, James Delargy drops you into the Australian bush amid scorching flames, choking soot and your own pounding pulse. A blistering narrative delivered with cool prose – this book is on fire!'<B> JO FURNISS </B><BR/><BR/> 'Delargy ratchets the tension masterfully . . . Packed with atmosphere and as unpredictable as a bushfire, this is a searingly good thriller' <B>HEATHER CRITCHLOW </B><BR/><BR/> 'A terrific read, the best yet from a rising star in the world of crime writing' <B>KATE RHODES</B><BR/><BR/> 'Brilliantly menacing and evocative, the heat is set to high' <B>ELEANOR RAY </B><BR/><BR/> 'Intense, fierce and with a violence to match the fire itself. I couldn’t put it down, James Delargy writes with a grip on character and plot which will pin you to the page' <B>RACHEL WOLF</B><BR/><BR/> 'An absolute scorcher that’ll be seared into your brain long after you put it down. Simply superb. I felt every lungful of smoke and every lick of flame as I tore through it in two sittings!' <B>ROBERT RUTHERFORD</B>