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Inferno
Inferno
Author: Karen Harper
ISBN-13: 9780778324041
ISBN-10: 0778324044
Publication Date: 1/1/2007
Pages: 400
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 137 ratings
Publisher: Mira
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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MELNELYNN avatar reviewed Inferno on + 669 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 9
I can't possibly find the right words to explain the thrill of this story. It's exciting, keeps you sitting on the edge of your seat, makes you lose sleep trying to find a place to stop for the night and has all the elements of a great, fun story. And there's even the expected romance which comes as no surprise from their first meeting. It was just plain exciting and entertaining. I loved the description of the area of Montana------it sounds so breathtakingly beautiful. Remote and yet a community of great friends banding together making it feel like a safe haven to live. However, if there's a fire----not so sure of the safety anymore. A page turner 'till the end. I highly recommend this book.
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Helpful Score: 2
Interesting, but I felt it was repetitive and slow toward the end.
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Helpful Score: 2
A 5 star book-Inferno keeps your attention until the very end. Could not put the book down!!
TLF4Him avatar reviewed Inferno on + 17 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Though the story drug on in some places, this was overall a gripping suspense.
kyp avatar reviewed Inferno on + 62 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Excellent mystery! Firefighting informatin extremely good. Very realistic. i felt like I was there!
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Helpful Score: 1
This book is about a young widow and her son who live in very dry mountains of Montana. Lauren Taylor is convinced she may have just flew a serial arsonist into her small town. FBI agent Brad Hale is assigned to fly down there and check things out, her suspicious were right and now they must find and stop them before he sets the very dry forest ablaze.
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Excellent book!!
keeponreading avatar reviewed Inferno on + 122 more book reviews
Great reading. Really enjoyed this book.
Linda avatar reviewed Inferno on + 770 more book reviews
Evil spreads like wildfire ..... Exciting story, believable characters....
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Good suspense/romance. Quick read
FitMommyOf2 avatar reviewed Inferno on + 85 more book reviews
Great book! Just like all of the other books of K.H.
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Good story about a firefighter's widow, a FBI agent, a small town full of wonderful people and an arsonist wanted by the FBI.
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Tediously boring. Couldn't even bother to finish this dog of a book.
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Real thriller! Great story with believable characters and storylines!
metdetman avatar reviewed Inferno on + 12 more book reviews
This was my first time reading a book by this author, Karen Harper. I was amazed at how she made the area in Montana jump out at you, I have grown up in Montana and have seen that area, I just loved it. She made the book seem real, and the characters were easy to fit into people I have known in Montana. I can't wait to read more of her books
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A Bush pilot in Montana who helps capture a arsonist who killed
her firefighter husband and women who lived alone. I like to
read Karen Harper's books.
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Another good suspense by Harper.
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Another great book from Harper. Hard to put down.
echoes77 avatar reviewed Inferno on + 12 more book reviews
Great book- keeps you guessing what will happen next.
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Gripping tale about a widow with a child who is stalked by a serial arsonist, and the FBI gorgeous man who saves her and her entire town.
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Lots of suspense and romance in Montana in present day--typical Karen Harper flair
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EVIL SPREADS LIKE WILDFIRE...
dburge64 avatar reviewed Inferno on + 63 more book reviews
Bush pilot Lauren Taylor knows better than most the devastation fire can leave in its wake...two years ago she lost her husband to a raging wildfire. But when she flies a stranger into her isolated hometown of Vermillion, Montana, her actions may be the spark that starts an inferno. Because the mysterious passenger bears an undeniable resemblance to a serial arsonist wanted by the FBI--and he's disappeared into the tinder-dry woods...FBI agent Brad Hale doesn't have time to fly into picturesque towns based on one woman's vague suspicions, but Lauren Taylor seems desperate. And when her young son goes missing, he realizes the little boy may hold the key to his investigation. Hot on the stranger's trail, Lauren and Brad will do anything to stop a man bent on destruction...even if that means rushing headlong into the flames.
esjro avatar reviewed Inferno on + 899 more book reviews
Normally I love Karen Harper but I just couldn't get into this one. The second half was better, but I found the first half boring.
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great read
texasgranny avatar reviewed Inferno on + 61 more book reviews
Bush pilot Lauren Taylor knows better than most the devastation fire can leave in its wake: two years ago she lost her husband to a raging wildfire. But when she flies a stranger into her isolated hometown of Vermillion, Montana, her actions may be the spark that starts an inferno. Because the mysterious passenger bears an undeniable resemblance to a serial arsonist wanted by the FBI- and he's disappeared into the tinder-dry woods...
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Bush pilot Lauren Taylor knows better than most the devastation fire can leave in its wake, two years ago she lost her husband to a raging wildfire. But when she flies a stranger into her isolated hometown of Vermillion, Montana, her actions may be the spark that starts an inferno. Because the mysterious passenger bears an undeniable resemblance to a serial arsonist wanted by the FBI and he's disappeared into the tinder dry woods... FBI agent Brad Hale doens't have time to fly into picturesque towns based on one woman's vague suspicions, but Lauren Taylor seems desperate, and when her young son goes missing, he relizes the little boy may hold he key to his investigation. Hot on the strangers trail, Lauren and Brad will do anything to stop a man bent on destruction....even if that means rushing headlong into the flames..........This was a very good book..
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bush pilot Lauren Taylor knows betther than most the devistation fire can leave in its wake: two years ago she lost her husband to a raging wildfire. But when she flies a stranger into her isolated hometown of Vermillion, Montana, her actions may be the spark that starts an inferno. Because the mysterious passenger beats an undeniable resemblance to a serial arsonist wanted by the FBI - and hes disappeared into the tinder-dry- woods....

FBI agnet Brad Hale doesn't have time to fly into picturesque towns based on one woman's vague suspicions, but Lauren Taylor seems desperate. And when her young son goes missing, he realises that the little boy may hold the key to his investigation. Hot on the stranger's trail, Lauren and Brad will do anything to stop a man bent on destruction even if that means rushing headlong into the flames.
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In Vermillion, Montana, widow bush pilot Lauren Taylor raises her two sons by herself since her firefighting spouse Ross died trying to put out a wildfire blaze two years ago. Though not easy, she has adjusted to being a single mom.

However, she becomes very concerned when she flies in Rocky Marston, who upon landing seems to have vanished. She becomes concerned later when she sees a picture of the notorious Boy Next Door Arsonist killer who is the media's "darling" as the BND and on the FBI most wanted list with four dead due to his infernos. She thinks her charter Rocky is BND so Lauren uses the federal hotline to report her belief. FBI arson investigator Brad Hale comes to Vermillion to investigate because the agency takes any tip on the whereabouts of this arrogant serial arsonist-killer seriously. As the evidence mounts that Evan is the culprit and planning something nasty and big, Lauren and Brad team up to prevent another tragedy caused by this ruthless murderer while their attraction to one another remains simmering as stopping Evan remains the top objective.

What makes INFERNO a fascinating police procedural romantic suspense in spite of the overused serial killing arsonist villain is the isosceles "triangle" that forms between Lauren, Brad, and BND. Whereas Lauren and Brad are dedicated individuals who fall in love, BND is a lunatic who is obsessed with deadly infernos. Though everyone knows Evan is BND and that he is insane, he remains sly and elusive as he continues to evade his adversaries while torching anything and anyone who tries to douse his fire. Karen Harper provides a tense action-packed thriller.

Harriet Klausner
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Bush pilot Lauren Taylor knows better than most the devastation fire can leave in its wake: two years ago she lost her husband in a raging wildfire. But when she flies a stranger into her isolated hometown of Vermillion, Montana, her actions may be the spark that starts an inferno. Because the mysterious passenger bears an undeniable resemblance to a serial arsonist wanted by the FBI-and he's disappeared into the tinder-dry woods.....FBI agent Brad Hale doesn't have time to fly into picturesque towns based on one woman's vague suspicions, but Lauren Taylor seems desperate.And when her young son goes missing, he realizes the little boy may hold the key to his investigation. Hot on the stranger's trail, Lauren and Brad will do anything to stop a man bent on destruction...even if that means rushing headlong into the flames.