Firebug (R)

by Robert Bloch

Book Overview

His name is Philip Dempster. Where he goes, fire follows. He is investigatinga number of phoney churches. Each time he visits a tabernacle, the buildinggoes up in flames--often with the preacher inside. Is Dempster the firebug ormerely an innocent victim?

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812515781
• ISBN13: 9780812515787
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Length: 215 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Shouting FIRE In A Crowded Paperback

This feels like a Cornell Woolrich noir potboiler: neurotic hero struggles with weirdos to uncover a mystery. Who's the culprit? Might it even be... HIMSELF?? Bloch is always fun to read, and this gives good pulp value for money-- the stuff about cults (our protagonist's area of expertise) is amusing, and the improbable plot twists (well, plot devices) keep things tumbling along until the finale. Everyone's a suspect! A bit dated (published in 1964), it's still fun-- suspend disbelief and keep tongue placed firmly in cheek while reading.