Dr. Anja Toussaint series by M.A. Petterson (#1 – 4)
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Overview: The seed for this series goes back to when I attended firefighting school in the maritime service. I got all dressed up in protective gear, strapped on a self-contained breathing apparatus, grabbed a charged 2 ½-inch line and then stepped into a simulated bilge.
On a ship, the bilge is the lowest compartment and located below the waterline. There’s usually a foot or more of water sloshing around mixed with other disgusting stuff. In this particular case the top layer of the bilge water consisted of something quite flammable.
So there I was, standing on a grated catwalk a foot above all this, when everything below me suddenly exploded into a roaring carpet of flame.
I stared at the fiery spectacle in stunned surprise until my mask sooted up and I remembered to open the hose.
Unless you use the correct technique, squirting water on a bilge fire just pushes the flames back and forth. In my case some of the flames snuck around behind me and made things much more exciting than expected.
My poor vision prevented me from following a career in firefighting, but I never stopped admiring the incredibly brave men and women who put their lives at risk every time they get kicked out on a call.
What many don’t know is just how large their hearts are. When they’re not volunteering their time for great charities they’re out raising money to help the less fortunate. Check out the Anja’s Kids link to see one of their favorite causes. Mine, too.
I hope you enjoy my books.
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
#1 Fire Sign: A beautiful forensic engineer hiding a tragic past reluctantly teams up with a troubled cop to stop a serial arsonist targeting churches.
Dr. Anja Toussaint believes that her own dreadful youth foretells who the arsonist is and the shocking motive behind the fires. But Detective Gil Dolan stubbornly sets his sights on a white supremacist previously convicted of arson and just released from prison.
Unfortunately, when Anja blocks his efforts the arrogant cop sets his own plan into motion that leads them both into a fiery trap.
#2 Soot Angel: When an abandoned warehouse burns down, forensic engineer and arson investigator Dr. Anja Toussaint searches for the fire’s cause. Tragically, a homeless child within has succumbed from carbon monoxide intoxication. Suspecting arson, Anja sets out to find whoever is responsible.
Her first step is following the trail of the homeless child’s family into the dangerous, drug-infested tenements. Since she also believes that the warehouse owner may be involved, Anja must break through the corporate secrecy of the city’s richest and most private law firm.
Unfortunately, her investigation unravels a deadly terrorist conspiracy that brings into play ruthless enemies from a totally unexpected quarter – leading Anja onto the high seas aboard a cargo vessel where her only hope of survival is to set the ship on fire.
#3 The Iron Maiden: When a probationary police officer is shot point-blank through the forehead at home, forensic engineer Dr. Anja Toussaint determines the ensuing house fire resulted from arson – always a convenient way to destroy clues.
The victim’s sister claims the murderer is another police officer but refuses to trust the authorities with any information. Reluctantly, Dr. Toussaint agrees to dig around the edges of the case and see what she can find out about the rogue cop.
Anja soon discovers that the probationary police officer was being relentlessly blackmailed, but had set into motion a desperate plan to turn the tables on the blackmailer.
#4 Jack Stingo: When a firefighter dies at the scene of an arson, the spoiled young perpetrator flees to a foreign country to hide from murder charges. Unfortunately for the arsonist, the foreign authorities soon locate and arrest him. But then the complex wheels of international diplomacy grind into motion and the very murder charges the arsonist faces result in a sad miscarriage of justice.
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