Margaret Maron
Home Fires
(6. Band Deborah Knott)
Judge Deborah Knott loves her close-knit Southern family, but knows they're not all angels.
Warner Books
ISBN 0-446-60810-6
Still, she's shocked, when her rowdy nephew A.K. is caught vandalizing a cemetery with a group of teens ... and then suspected in the torching of an African-American church.
torn between duty and family loyalty, Deborah investigates, stirring up long-smoldering sins and secretes.
When several fire-breathing players appear on the scene - including an African-American female prosecutor and a charismatic preacher - the sparks explode.
Now suddenly, Judge Knott faces a dark, deadly case that threatens to consume her family, her beliefs, and her very life.