Fire Season
An arsonist, a pregnant girlfriend, a troublesome mother with
Alzheimer’s, and a cousin afraid of UFO aliens all plague acting police
chief Frank Coffin in Loomis’s enjoyable third mystery featuring the
Provincetown, Mass., cop (after 2009’s Mating Season). When a human head
turns up in the lobster tank at the Fish Palace, and the arsonist
graduates from dumpsters to larger targets, Frank’s problems really get
serious. Goofy supporting characters and situations involve some of
Provincetown’s many LBGT visitors, a parrot whose salty words cause a
commotion at Billy’s bar, the new but balky equipment of the volunteer
fire department, and Episcopal priest Father Brian’s personal struggles
with God. Coffin handles everything with a weary patience and much
ingenuity, assisted by Sgt. Lola Winters—and hindered by irrepressible
Rodolfo Santos (aka Uncle Rudy). Those who like their murders served
with a hearty helping of whimsy and humor will be rewarded.
Reviewed on: 05/07/2012
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