num_pages: 259
description: Scorcher, the fourth book in a series that includes Tropical Heat, Flame and Kiss, again features Florida private detective Fred Carver. A serial killer is on the loose, a maniac wielding a homemade flame thrower fashioned from a scuba tank. He has murdered three people - and one of them is Carver's eight-year-old son.Carver will do anything to find his son's killer and exact a father's revenge. All clues point to the brilliant schizophrenic son of one of Florida's wealthiest families, and when the suspect goes on the run, Carver sets out to hunt him down.A gripping story of long-buried secrets and burning hate, Scorcher is a taut, explosive and thoroughly unforgettable mystery.
language: English
title: Scorcher
titlecomplete: Scorcher (Fred Carver, #2)
characters: Fred Carver
genres: Detective, Mystery, Crime
ratings_count: 185
series: Fred Carver
publisher: Henry Holt & Co