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Moth to a Flame: A Felicity Donovan Short Story
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Complete, First published Jan 27, 2017
There's a serial arsonist in Phoenix, Arizona. But he's not burning buildings; he's burning women. 
    
    With the media holding their feet to the fire, the police are burning the midnight oil to smoke out the killer. Unfortunately, this psychopathic pyromaniac is just getting fired up. He's already murdered three women in under a week. In an act of desperation, the local police hire Felicity Donovan, a consulting detective. Can she snuff out the perpetrator before he strikes again? Will she find enough evidence to put him away? Or will the whole case go up in smoke?
    
    He may find that playing with fire just gets you burned.
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