Count to Ten Book

The UK debut of Karen Rose - an outstanding new talent for Headline. A young boy and his brother are abandoned by their mother and end up in the foster-care system. Let down by everyone who should have looked out for them the boys fall prey to the abusers they meet. Is it any wonder one of them loses his mind and develops a taste for matches and revenge? Years later Reed Solliday of Chicago's Fire Department is determined to find an arsonist whose actions have just escalated to murder. With the police now involved Reed is paired with Detective Mia Mitchell on her first assignment since her father's death and her partner's shooting. Solliday and Mitchell know the violence is escalating and the death toll is rising. With no apparent connection between the deaths they are at a loss until their attention focuses on a young offenders institution and the misfits within...Take a breath. Count to ten. And watch their world explode. ; ; ;