Mac Fontana Books in Order

Fire chief Mac Fontana reluctantly takes temporary sheriff's duties in Staircase, Washington, and investigates a woman's missing lover. Finding the man's body leads him toward Seattle firefighting circles, arson, and powerful people willing to protect their interests.

Members of Staircase's fire department become targets of poisoning, gunfire, and an attempted kidnapping. Fire chief and part-time sheriff Mac Fontana investigates the attacks, searching for the connection before another member of his crew is killed.

A suspicious Seattle fire kills three firefighters and leaves Diane Cooper as its sole survivor. Fire chief Mac Fontana is called in to investigate rumors surrounding Cooper, trying to determine what happened during the deadly blaze.

A rash of arson unsettles Staircase, Washington, before two suspicious fires strike on the same night. One threatens the house where Mac Fontana's son is staying, making the fire chief's search for the culprit intensely personal.

Mac Fontana's former fire chief is found burned to death in a car trunk. The murder revives questions about a disastrous paint-company fire that killed nine firefighters, forcing Fontana to revisit the decisions and grudges surrounding it.