num_pages: 408
description: An insurance claims investigator, Jack Wade speaks the language of fire. He can walk into charred remains and know where the flames ignited and why. Now Jack is investigating a claim he knows isn't just fraudulent, it's murder.The house was a multi million-dollar beauty looking out over the Pacific. The woman died in her bedroom, her alcohol-soaked blood baked on to a $350,000 canopied bed. It's a case Jack could turn away from but won't--because old scores need to be settled. So Jack takes the plunge into a world of crime, ambition, and evil he never knew existed under the bright California sun. And for Jack, getting out again is going to mean fighting fire with fire. . . .
language: English
title: California Fire and Life
titlecomplete: California Fire and Life
characters: Jack Wade, Pamela Vale, Nicky Vale
genres: Noir, Mystery, Fiction, Suspense, Detective, Thriller, Audiobook, Crime, Americana, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 4749
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Shamus Award
category: Best PI Hardcover, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Dilys Award
publisher: Ballantine Books