First Degree Burn - Lance, Peter

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Biographie:
Peter Lance won five Emmys for his work as a producer and correspondent for ABC News and WNET. Among his Awards are The Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award and The Sevellon Brown Award from The New England Associated Press for Newport's Back Yard. Mid-career he worked as a writer, producer and/or show runner on multiple dramatic television series including Crime Story, Miami Vice, and Wiseguy. In addition to his four books for HarperCollins, 1000 Years for Revenge, Cover Up, Triple Cross and Deal With The Devil, published between 2003 and 2013, he's written pieces for Playboy and contributed for years to The Huffington Post.


His 8,000 word investigation into the killing of gay designer and art curator Eduardo Tirella by billionairess Duke. was the lead non-fiction piece in the July/August 2020 edition of Vanity Fair. In 2021 Lance expanded that initial investigation into HOMICIDE AT ROUGH POINT, a 438 page book with 60 pages of annotations and 110 images including, never-before-seen forensic documents, proving definitively that the vindictive, possessive tobacco heiress got away with murder. The 130,000 word book is available in Hardcover, Trade Paper, Kindle and Audible editions with Lance narrating his first-person account of the probe....

Sommaire:
FIRST DEGREE BURN: It happens every day in the City. Gas is poured. A match is lit. Building, bodies and dreams go up in flames. FDNY Fire Marshal Eddie Burke walks among the wreckage. A different kind of detective for a different kind of crime. When a fire rages in SoHo a priceless mural from the 1930s is destroyed and a young woman lies dead in the ashes. When the victim's abusive ex-boyfriend is killed resisting arrest the NYPD closes the case. But Eddie Burke, son of the former Chief of Detectives for the PD can't let it go. He knows the arsonist was a pro, not a jealous lover and that the torch is still out there. CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR FIRST DEGREE BURN: Eddie Burke is a fascinating new hero. He blisters the pages. Smell the smoke. Feel the heat. First Degree Burn is a winner. -Edna Buchanan First Degree Burn should catch fire at bookstores everywhere. -Wall Street Journal Eddie Burke comes at you like Popeye Doyle in 'The French Connection.' - Sonny Grosso, NYPD Detective (retired). First Degree Burn is a superlative, fast-paced roller-coaster, off-beat mystery featuring Fire Marshal Eddie Burke who is called upon to find an arsonist in a big, impersonal city populated with the good, the bad, and the deadly! -Midwest Book Review Eddie Burke leads a dangerous life. Rough around the edges, trying to keep himself going after his wife has divorced him, he lives in the shadow of his father, Big Eddie, a decorated hero retired from the NYPD. In his family FDNY is only second best. When a young art restorer dies in a suspicious fire in her loft, Eddie is drawn into a series of fatalities involving a WPA mural, a web of secrets and an aristocratic blonde from Sutton Place who may hold the answers. Lance, a former Emmy-winning ABC journalist, paints a picture of the city that is rich in detail and variety. The colliding worlds of rich and poor, parents and children, cops and criminals, all come crashing together as he closes in for the finish of this smashing debut. There's no question -- Eddie Burke is here to stay. -Publisher's Weekly - Starred review For more information visit http://www.peterlance.com...