Henry Carter Hull

When police chief Shapiro is suspended for improper conduct on a prior case it leaves the department shorthanded as they try to catch a homicidal arsonist before he strikes again.

"Four years ago, Gabriel Ash was working with the British government investigating hijackings in Somalia. But when his wife and sons disappeared, presumably taken--and probably killed--by pirates, his life fell apart. He has sudden reason to hope when a senior policeman suggests that his sons might still be alive--until that policeman is murdered. Still, there seems to be some link to a local operation, and Ash, no longer a government agent, is determined...