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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Johansen, Iris.

Firestorm / Iris Johansen.

p.                  cm.

1. Arson investigation—Fiction.                  2. Women detectives—Fiction.

3. Serial murders—Fiction.                  4. Psychopaths—Fiction.                  I. Title.

PS3560.O275F57 2004

813'.54—dc22

2003063681

Published simultaneously in Canada

eISBN: 978-0-553-89878-1

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