This review will contain spoilers and complaints.

In this book, Kay is called to a farmhouse in Virginia that has burned down with a body inside. The fire has come at a convenient time- being the time when Lucy's insane ex-girlfriend has escaped her psychiatric hospital. I cannot stand Carrie or Temple, and I sincerely wish their characters would have been resolved and done away with. I can't stand them, and there are plenty of other characters to be discovered without having to deal with that lot continuously. Lucy is still irritating, and has left the FBI for the ATF due to issues with her sexuality. As an aside, that is probably a common thing that happened to people during this time frame the book is set in. There has always been negativity surrounding anyone who has a lifestyle other than the accepted norm, and it should not be that way. I wonder if there are still struggles like this in the FBI and ATF. Like always, the technology continues to advance throughout the series to keep up with the actual advances in computers and forensics that we see in real life. I love that so much about these books.