Fireproof by Alex Kava is another in the Maggie O’Dell
series. It is a quick read with a
similar format as I found in one of her previous books in this series, Damaged, with several story lines
growing parallel and not intersecting. One
will be the preparation for the next book. In this story we have the police force finding
similarities in a string of fires.
Jeffery Cole is a local reporter trying to get that one story that will
make him famous.
Maggie is struggling with a head injury and instead of
getting medical care, she is trying to “tough it out”. Her character is the tough and self
sufficient law enforcement officer who prefers to go it alone. We do find her opening up her life and her
home to her recently discovered half-brother. Patrick. He is a welcome addition to this series as a
private firefighter. The interaction with Maggie, Patrick and Maggie’s mother
was the personal touch this book needed.
Her personal life still suffers. Her maybe, almost, but not
really love interest, Benjamin Platt,
is a romance that seems to be going nowhere and was a waste of time in this
book. Detective Julia Racine played a larger part in this book, becoming more of a main and the politically
correct character, taking too much focus
off of Maggie.
The story of the serial arsonist kept me guessing with
twists and then end left me prepared for her next book.
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