Morons and Madmen — Earl Emerson

Four firefighters--three men and one woman--walked into a suspicious Seattle blaze. Only one walked out. And now she must pay the price ... for surviving.

Staircase, Washington, Fire Chief Mac Fontana knows what it's like to live when the other members of your team die in smoke and flames. Which is why he agrees to help clear the name of a female Seattle firefighter accused of cowardice--and end the threats, hostility and harassment that have made her life at the firehouse a daily hell. But Mac's investigation is stirring up much more than just the cold ashes of a suspect downtown conflagration. For there are grim and shocking secrets buried deep in the building's blackened rubble--and a madman who would kill to keep them there.