Feeling the Heat in Seattle

Addie Reagan, Pinkerton detective, is called to Seattle to investigatesome suspicious res. It's the spring of 1889 in the pioneer town anddrier than usual. Why is an arsonist setting small res around town?Henry Yesler, prominent sawmill owner, wants to know. e volunteer re department is woefully inadequate. e whole town is made ofwooden buildings taken from the nearby forests. Fire is a present danger. Addie follows leads all over town and into a nearby community. e trail leads to a reclusive photographer, a prominent judge's son, amental health sanitarium and deep into Chinatown, where she discoversan injustice, for which she wants to ght. Will Addie be able to solvethe mystery before the arsonist does real damage? Will her uptightboss trust her to do her job? Will she be able to fend o the attentionsof unwanted suitors? Who is the ever-present photographer at everysmall re? Just when she's at a dead end, a great re explodes and burnsthe whole business district and Chinatown. How will Addie nd thereal arsonist now and did he set this re? And how do the people ofSeattle rally to rebuild and make things right with their neighbors?Addie nds a way.