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Book Review of Firestorm

Firestorm
Firestorm
Author: Iris Johansen
Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Romance
Book Type: Paperback
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"Firestorm" is a supernatural mystery thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat as you read the day (or night) away. Kerry Murphy works as an arson investigator with her dog, Sam. No one knows the real reason Kerry is so good at her job, and it isn't Sam's superior evidence-sniffing ability. When Kerry was a little girl, her mother died in a fire. As Kerry was running out of the house to get help, an unknown man hit her in the head with a metallic object. She was in a coma for two years and when she awoke she possessed a psychic talent which is triggered by fire.

Brad Silver also has psychic abilities. He is able to invade other people's minds and control their thoughts. Brad is after the man who created Firestorm, a method of spontaneous combustion. The same man who murdered his brother and sister-in-law using a burning car as the weapon. Brad needs Kerry's psychic ability to sense where and when fires will happen to catch this psychopath.

I was really drawn into this story. It is suspenseful. The characters have rather unique traits and are very likable. I'm don't dispute some people having physic abilities. So the book is believable to me.