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Issue Details: First known date: 1992... 1992 Firebug
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It's 1964 when a crazed arsonist begins torching the once tranquil Hamilton Valley in NSW Australia.

'Night after night the wail of sirens wake the locals from their sleep.

'Little did they realise, this rampage would last for close on four years!

'The detectives have their eye on several persons of interest, then they discover the method the lunatic is using to light the fires! Clever indeed!

'Father Damien the priest from the local seminary has a penchant for lurking around watching the aftermath of the fires...

'Grandma Emmie, the keeper of family secrets holds the key to the reason a newcomer has arrived in the valley. She has to make a decision to reveal the truth for everyone concerned.

'Beautiful Ellie becomes tangled in a shocking web of lust, it has dire consequences...

'The Christmas Eve fire looks like it may destroy the valley...will this maniac ever be stopped?

'Evil has entered Hamilton Valley in more ways than one...RED HOT...chilling, tantalising, erotic and emotional.

'A vividly written story based on true events.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (BWM edition).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Kogarah, Arncliffe - Bexley - Rockdale area, Rockdale - Kogarah area, Sydney Southern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Kia-Ora Publishing , 1992 .
      Extent: iii, 290p.p.
      Description: illus., port.
      Note/s:
      • On cover: “Based on the true story of a firebug…”
      ISBN: 0646084879
    • Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,: BWM Books , 2014 .
      image of person or book cover 1419604739268385271.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Alternative title: Red Hot
      Extent: 632p.p.
      Note/s:
      • 1 October 2014.

      ISBN: 9780992488000, 0992488001
Last amended 30 Jan 2018 15:28:33
Subjects:
  • Country towns,
Settings:
  • New South Wales,
  • 1964-1966
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