Fire On The Fens by Joy Ellis

 

The Fens has a serial arsonist.  At first it is small businesses, then a body is found in the rubble of one fire.  It's considered an accident but then another body is found.  The victims are both what might be considered 'good guys', people who spent a lot of times helping others.  It's hard to imagine who might want to help them.

Things are different at the Fenland Constabulary.  While Nikki Galena is still leading the detectives, her boss has changed.  It's a temporary assignment but Nikki will take it.  The new boss is a friend of hers and the man who was supposed to take over had been anything but.  The fires keep occurring and it's soon obvious that murder is the arsonist's true aim.  A retired fire inspector comes to help the team but what ties the victims together?

This is the ninth novel in the Fenlands mysteries.  Joy Ellis is an English author who lives on the Fens herself.  Readers have followed Nikki Galena from a new detective to her current position where she is in charge of the investigation.  They also know about her life and her romance with another member of the detective team.  In this mystery, even Nikki's mother and her mother's roommate get involved in the mystery and contribute to the solution.  This book is recommended for mystery readers.