Fire Season (37 page)

And,
a special note of acknowledgment and thanks to my friend and researcher, Ian Jacoby, for compiling and distilling much of the factual information necessary for the completion of this book. Without him, no one in
Fire Season
would have given mouth-to-mouth to Ginky, the Siamese cat. Ian's work was funded by a Faculty-Student Collaborative Research Grant through UWEC's excellent Office of Research and Sponsored Programs.

 

Also by Jon Loomis

Mating Season

High Season

Vanitas Motel

The Pleasure Principal

 

About the Author

JON LOOMIS, a college professor, is the author of two Frank Coffin mysteries and two collections of poetry. The recipient of a number of fellowships and awards, including the FIELD Poetry Prize, he lives in Wisconsin with his family.

 

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.

FIRE SEASON.
Copyright © 2012 by Jon Loomis. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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Cover design by David Baldeosingh Rotstein.

The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Loomis, Jon.

Fire season / Jon Loomis.—1st ed.

     p. cm.

ISBN 978-0-312-66813-6 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-250-01486-3 (e-book)

        1.  Police—Massachusetts—Provincetown—Fiction.   2.  Arson investigation—Fiction.   3.  Provincetown (Mass.)—Fiction.   I.  Title.

    PS3562.O593F54 2012

    813'.54—dc23

2012010696

e-ISBN 9781250014863

First Edition: July 2012