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Wild Inferno by Sandi Ault

Wild Inferno

by Sandi Ault

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  • Feb 2008, 304 pages
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Wild Indigo introduced rough and ready Bureau of Land Management agent Jamaica Wild. Now she returns - deployed to a wildfire on the Southern Ute reservation, where a puzzling plea whispered by a burning man points to a mystery more menacing than murder.

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"Ault credibly charts Jamaica's education and indoctrination into the ways of the Pueblo people, leaving her poised for the next phase of her promising career." - Publishers Weekly.

"Starred Review. [C]rime fiction buffs who enjoy a good mystery with plenty of action and great background detail will put this on their hold lists." - Library Journal.

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