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While attending a convention seminar about a bungled fire he witnessed years ago, Staircase fire chief Mac Fontana finds himself rexamining the old evidence when the fire chief responsible for fighting the blaze is found burned to a crisp in the trunk of his own car.Tags
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Earl Emerson was born July 8, 1948 in Tacoma, Washington. He is the author of the very popular Mac Fontana series as well as the Thomas Black detective series. He won the Shamus Award in 1985 for Poverty Bay, his second novel in the Thomas Black series. He was again nominated for a Shamus for his novel The Vanishing Smile in 1996 (another in the show more Thomas Black series). Emerson's writing is described as vivid with witty dialog and complex but impeccably credible plots. Emerson remains a lieutenant with the Seattle Fire Department (his Mac Fontana character is a small town fire chief) and lives in North Bend, Washington. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Dead Horse Paint Company
- Original publication date
- 1997
- People/Characters
- Mac Fontana; Les Morgan; Opal Morgan; Heather Minerich; Lieutenant Pierpont; Sandusky
- Important places
- Staircase, Washington, USA
- First words
- To Fontana's way of thinking, there was nothing more dishonorable than silent farting which he had always considered sneaky in the extreme.
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- English
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- ISBNs
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