Pyro - Large Print Author:Earl W. Emerson A rash of arsons in Seattle's Central District pits Lieutenant Paul Wolff against the craven pyromaniac who just may have been responsible for the death of his father, also a fireman, years ago. More distressing than the pyro, a puerile cross-dressing perv who tells his own inarticulate tale, are the various ineffectual, corrupt, and malign ... more »authority figures who repeatedly lose their cool in the heat of battle. Much of this illwill lands on Cynthia Rideout, the rookie firefighter who watches as the lone Wolff, haunted by a violent past and troubled with fits of homicidal rage, wavers between hero and antihero.« less