Who's Burning Paloma Blanca? — Linda S. Bingham

The folks of Paloma Blanca are sitting up in shifts to guard against a serial arsonist. Houston arson investigator John Bolt arrives just as the garage of the chief of the volunteer fire department is burned down. Bolt's investigation opens up the lives of both great and humble folk in this small town near the Mexican border. Bolt sets a trap for the arsonist, but it's too late. The arsonist has already struck, and this time claims a victim. Now the criminal has raised the stakes from arson to murder, and John Bolt must use every instinct he possesses to catch a killer before they burn again.

Linda S. Bingham moved to the Texas Hill Country in 1990 to write fiction full-time.