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Help Wanted: Orphans Preferred

by Earl Emerson · 1990

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Fire chief and reluctant part-time sheriff Mac Fontana searches Staircase, Washington, for the psychopath who is killing off his firemen one by one. If he is not careful, Fontana may find himself at the wrong end of a well-aimed semiautomatic rifle.

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mysterymysteryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
serial killerserial killerMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisWashington StateWashington StateMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult

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