And all of them hold secrets about the past burning of an apartment complex and the man who died there.īefore the clues come together, Erik Jansson is trapped in an abandoned house as Deb Metzger hunts for a sharpshooter at a remote construction site. A homeless man stalked the dead woman, and now stalks the young widow. A sexy young widow, friend of the victim, has past traumas triggered by the case and turns to the developer for protection. The developer’s assistant resents his boss, and suspects that the developer was not only involved with the victim, but is being scammed by the arsonist. A property developer grieves too much over the victim’s death, while his wife shuts him out. The victim’s estranged husband has holes in his alibi. The quest for love and home becomes deadly when Detectives Erik Jansson and Deb Metzger search for the killer of an adulterous real estate agent.Ī volatile real estate market, unrest in a homeless encampment, jealousies among would-be lovers, a case of arson-these circumstances thwart G-Met detectives Erik Jansson and Deb Metzger as they investigate the murder of an adulterous woman. Priscilla Paton submerges the reader in a fast-paced mystery that tackles the societal implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on the housing market. A two-time Foreword Indie Book Award finalist returns with a thrilling addition to the Twin Cities mystery series, “When the House Burns” (Coffeetown Press, February 14th, 2023).
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