Heat: The Fire Investigators and Their War on Arson and Murder

By Peter A. Micheels and Peter A. Michaels

Book Overview

These vivid, eyewitness accounts take readers to the scenes of New York City's most horrifying crimes: mob burnouts, lives destroyed by insurance torchings, grisly arson murders committed out of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312048483
• ISBN13: 9780312048488
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

makes you feel the HEAT

This book is great. it really shows you the ins and outs of Arson Investigations. It keeps you entertained and makes you feel like you are their going through the cases. One interesting part about this book is that, while some books keep you on one case, this one has many different cases that are each about a chapter, and you really get to see the history and different personalitys of the Fire Marshals. If you are interested in a new kind of detective story or you are considering going into Firefighting or becoming an Arson investigator this book really helps explain what it takes, and at the same time, entertains the reader. One of the best stories is, An F.M. goes into a building and gets in a fight with a suspect, having to finally injure him by shooting him. One of the cops comes up to him and says, you damn FM, you need a real gun. So the FM goes out and buys a Magnium, and he said suspects never put up a fight again. but all in all, this book was great, you learn about fire and the men that fight them and the stories that are told. i just wish the book had been longer, because although it was great, i wanted to keep reading, i didnt want it to end.