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Fireproof: A Maggie O'Dell Novel (Maggie O'Dell #10)
by
Alex Kava
New York Times bestselling author Alex Kava returns in a blaze of glory with a gripping, action-packed thriller featuring special agent Maggie O'Dell,who is leading the search for a serial arsonist whose crimes threaten Maggie dangerously close to home.
When a building bursts into flames on a cold winter night in D.C., investigators see a resemblance to a string of recent f...more
When a building bursts into flames on a cold winter night in D.C., investigators see a resemblance to a string of recent f...more
ebook, 400 pages
Published
July 10th 2012
by Anchor
(first published 2012)
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Dec 16, 2012
Mysterious Ed
rated it
2 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
crime,
law-enforcement
#10 in the Maggie O'Dell series about the FBI profiler.She actually does no profiling in this sub-par series entry. In my rating I run counter to most of those I have read, which have raved about the book - although two of them cribbed the review from the dust cover. The book start of with 90 pages of angst about Maggie's last case Hotwire (2011) that had her injured in the Nebraska Sandhills. The mystery arsonist in the current novel goes out of his way to announce himself. A huge clue was give...more
I Enjoyed this book and completed it in a day
Yes in this book there wasn't a lot of profiling done and for an arsonist they are all fairly similar.
the book did discuss maggie's personal issues and how she is strugling and is seeming to set up for the next in the series. This is not neccessarily a bad thing as how can one person have all the things occur to her and have no personal issues and I think this book allowed her to address or realise her issues and thus make the character more believa...more
Yes in this book there wasn't a lot of profiling done and for an arsonist they are all fairly similar.
the book did discuss maggie's personal issues and how she is strugling and is seeming to set up for the next in the series. This is not neccessarily a bad thing as how can one person have all the things occur to her and have no personal issues and I think this book allowed her to address or realise her issues and thus make the character more believa...more
Not nearly as entertaining as the previous Maggie O'Dell stories.
Julia Racine and news photographer Samantha were actually more fully developed than the protagonist. I could see the wry, worldly-wise, hard-shelled but intuitive Racine as the lead in her own series of stories, maybe with backing from the gutsy character of Sam?
The plot-line was a bit thin, and not really worthy of over 300 pages, and with too much padding. The constant reminders of Maggie's teetering career, her self-doubts, her...more
Julia Racine and news photographer Samantha were actually more fully developed than the protagonist. I could see the wry, worldly-wise, hard-shelled but intuitive Racine as the lead in her own series of stories, maybe with backing from the gutsy character of Sam?
The plot-line was a bit thin, and not really worthy of over 300 pages, and with too much padding. The constant reminders of Maggie's teetering career, her self-doubts, her...more
I have read all of Alex Kava's Maggie O'Dell books and this latest doesn't disappoint. Maggie is an FBI agent who is called in to investigate a series of arson crimes. In the latest fire, two victims are discovered although the media are not given that information. Maggie's own father died in a fire he was fighting when Maggie was 12 years old so arsons have a personal interest. Jeffery Cole, an investigative journalist always seems to be at the scene even before the police are called. Again, we...more
Maggie O’Dell is an FBI profiler who is trying to hide the fact that she’s still having issues from being shot in the head in a prior book when she is sent to the scene of a blazing warehouse. This isn’t the first, but one of a string of fires, although it’s the first one where a body is found. And it’s obvious the person didn’t die from the fire.
This is my first Alex Kava novel and it sucked me in right away not only from the FBI’s point of view as they work the case, but also of the perp, the...more
This is my first Alex Kava novel and it sucked me in right away not only from the FBI’s point of view as they work the case, but also of the perp, the...more
Fireproof by Alex Kava is another in the Maggie O’Dell series. It is a quick read with a similar format as I found in one of her previous books in this series, Damaged, with several story lines growing parallel and not intersecting. One will be the preparation for the next book. In this story we have the police force finding similarities in a string of fires. Jeffery Cole is a local reporter trying to get that one story that will make him famous.
Maggie is struggling with a head injury and inste...more
Maggie is struggling with a head injury and inste...more
On a cold winter night in D.C. a building bursts into flames. Investigators
see this as just another fire in the string that has been happening around
the area. Special Agent Maggie O'Dell of the FBI is brought in and everything
that she sees leads her to believe that this is the work of a calculating
criminal. The only difference in this fire is that they now have a human
casualty. Jeffery Cole a reporter is at the fire and looking to advance
his career decides to make Maggie a part of his news piec...more
see this as just another fire in the string that has been happening around
the area. Special Agent Maggie O'Dell of the FBI is brought in and everything
that she sees leads her to believe that this is the work of a calculating
criminal. The only difference in this fire is that they now have a human
casualty. Jeffery Cole a reporter is at the fire and looking to advance
his career decides to make Maggie a part of his news piec...more
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Special Agent Maggie O’Dell is that familiar tough female survivor, more and more featured in crime novels. In “Fireproof,” Alex Kava’s 10th series novel, O’Dell gets drawn into an investigation of serial arson when bodies are discovered in the wake of a warehouse fire in Washington, D.C. Soon there are more fires with more murders.
Maggie “chase[s] killers for a living,” and sometimes to catch them she has to “crawl inside their heads, walk around in their skin.” To maintain her own sanity she’s...more
Maggie “chase[s] killers for a living,” and sometimes to catch them she has to “crawl inside their heads, walk around in their skin.” To maintain her own sanity she’s...more
Let me begin by addressing my bias - I love Alex Kava's books and in particular the Maggie O'Dell series. That out of the way, let me give a brief but glowing biased opinion.
Maggie O'Dell is an FBI profiler, recently her half-brother Patrick has come to live with her. She has two dogs - Harvey and Jake; a male friend Benjamin Platt - but they're not a couple; her former partner R.J. Tully makes a return in this book; Washington DC police detective Julia Racine plays a major role in this book. I...more
Maggie O'Dell is an FBI profiler, recently her half-brother Patrick has come to live with her. She has two dogs - Harvey and Jake; a male friend Benjamin Platt - but they're not a couple; her former partner R.J. Tully makes a return in this book; Washington DC police detective Julia Racine plays a major role in this book. I...more
Aug 14, 2012
S.D.
rated it
3 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
mystery,
mystery-thriller
Another in the Maggie O’Dell series. The FBI is called in to investigate a possible arson case with one fatality. Maggie is still suffering from injuries she incurred in a previous case where she was shot in the head. Her brother, Patrick, now lives with her and is a firefighter with a private company. The deceased is tough to identify since her face has been bashed in. A head is found inside the building but the rest of the body is missing. When Maggie spots a homeless man hanging around the si...more
Assigned to investigate a serial arsonist, FBI Agent Maggie O’Dell and her former partner RJ Tully are baffled by why this case was assigned to them. Battling raging headaches from her recent head injury, nightmares of her father’s death when she was 12, and anxiety about her younger brother who is working as a fire fighter, Maggie struggles to investigate this case. Then when two mutilated bodies are found in the ruins of the next fire, Maggie suspects that they may be looking for two separate...more
Story Description:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group|July 10, 2012|Hardcover|ISBN: 978-0-385-53551-9
New York Times bestselling author Alex Kava returns in a blaze of glory with a gripping, action-packed thriller featuring special agent Maggie O’Dell, who is leading the search for a serial arsonist whose crimes threaten Maggie dangerously close to home.
When a building bursts into flames on a cold winter night in D.C., investigators see a resemblance to a string of recent fires in the area. There is...more
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group|July 10, 2012|Hardcover|ISBN: 978-0-385-53551-9
New York Times bestselling author Alex Kava returns in a blaze of glory with a gripping, action-packed thriller featuring special agent Maggie O’Dell, who is leading the search for a serial arsonist whose crimes threaten Maggie dangerously close to home.
When a building bursts into flames on a cold winter night in D.C., investigators see a resemblance to a string of recent fires in the area. There is...more
May 27, 2012
Mysterytribune
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
mystery-tribune-must-reads
Alex Kava (born Sharon M. Kava in Silver Creek, Nebraska) is the popular American author of psychological suspense novels. Alex Kava is a member of the Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and International Thriller Writers. Her books have sold over 3 million copies worldwide. She is published in 22 countries and has made the Best Selling Lists of the following countries: Poland, Australia, Germany,the United Kingdom, and Italy. Her latest book, Fireproof: A Maggie O'Dell Novel, is sche...more
FIREPROOF
By Alex Kava
I first met Alex Kava a few years ago at a BookExpo in New York City, at the time she was writing the Maggie O’Dell thrillers for Harlequin. When I heard the publisher Harlequin I automatically associated anything from them as romance and fluff…
I now stand corrected.
Even though she has since changed publishers, Ms. Kava’s novels are anything but high caliber, tough as nails storytelling..
At the center of all of her thrillers is Special Agent Maggie O’Dell operating out of...more
By Alex Kava
I first met Alex Kava a few years ago at a BookExpo in New York City, at the time she was writing the Maggie O’Dell thrillers for Harlequin. When I heard the publisher Harlequin I automatically associated anything from them as romance and fluff…
I now stand corrected.
Even though she has since changed publishers, Ms. Kava’s novels are anything but high caliber, tough as nails storytelling..
At the center of all of her thrillers is Special Agent Maggie O’Dell operating out of...more
I was a bit disappointed with this Maggie O'Dell novel. I know it's been about a year since the last installment, but we spend too much time going over old territory and exploring how badly Maggie is "damaged" without getting on with the story in this novel, and I became irritated with the protagonist. Maggie was shot in the head in a previous book, and is trying to fake her way through the headaches, nightmares and flashbacks that crop up on a daily basis. Her friends are concerned for her, whi...more
Alex Kava is back and thrilling her readers with another installment in the Maggie O’Dell series. Set for release July 10, 2012, Kava’s loyal readers will agree this is the best in the series yet giving them the action they crave.
Back to work after a brush with death Maggie O’Dell, Special Agent with the FBI, is thrown into a case to find a serial arsonist that will bring up haunting memories of the past. The latest blaze has O’Dell and her partner in a borough of Washington D.C. where the home...more
Thank you to Lauren Weber for a great book! Alex Kava hits it again with her loved series Maggie O'Dell, can't wait to see what's next!
This was intense ride to say the least. Agent Maggie O'Dell is suffering for all sorts of things in this book. Having traumatic nightmares from being shot at previously, her new found half brother staying with her, her mother's craziness, and on top of it someone is burning up Washington, D.C. conveniently or not that the media is one step ahead namely Jeffrey Co...more
This was intense ride to say the least. Agent Maggie O'Dell is suffering for all sorts of things in this book. Having traumatic nightmares from being shot at previously, her new found half brother staying with her, her mother's craziness, and on top of it someone is burning up Washington, D.C. conveniently or not that the media is one step ahead namely Jeffrey Co...more
Jul 12, 2012
Debra
rated it
3 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
audiobooks,
mystery-thriller-suspense
I have really enjoyed the Maggie O'Dell series, featuring FBI profiler, screwup, and generally interesting character. I snagged this audiobook on release day, fer cryin' out loud. However, it may have run its course.
First of all it is another serial killer novel. Yawn. Rare in real life, most novels now seem to be covering old ground with recycled plots. There are only so many variations.
Secondly, about a third of the way through, the bad guy and motivations became too predictable.
Finally, Magg...more
First of all it is another serial killer novel. Yawn. Rare in real life, most novels now seem to be covering old ground with recycled plots. There are only so many variations.
Secondly, about a third of the way through, the bad guy and motivations became too predictable.
Finally, Magg...more
Alex Kava - amazing - but was just a tad disappointed with this one - it did not keep you on the edge of your seat through every page and awake at night until finished. Still I enjoyed it and thank you Alex Karva for all your wonderful books. I certainly would not be easy to be perfect every time - and that is the wonder of books - TV should be banned from all homes and books Rule. Not on Kindle(whatever that is) or ebooks(HUH) but a book - paper - smell of a new book - the feel of the paper - t...more
Jan 27, 2013
Schnaucl
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
fiction,
library,
glbt,
read_2013,
series,
mystery_crime,
last_in_currently_following_series
It was okay. The whole broken person pushing people away thing is starting to be irritating though. And I don't remember how old this character is supposed to be but she feels like late 30's at the absolute earliest and she's dating a doctor so you'd think the health risks of pregenancy at that age might come up as long as they're discussing children. Of course we don't actually see that conversation so maybe it did.
The main plot was sort of intersting but Kava explicitely shows the reader that...more
The main plot was sort of intersting but Kava explicitely shows the reader that...more
Mar 03, 2013
Kristen
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
2013,
series-thriller
Best-selling Alex Kava brings FBI Agent Maggie O'Dell back into her toughest case yet. Maggie's recovering from her injuries in the past case and has a lot to deal with at home. A serial arsonist is talking the homeless, leaving a trail of dead bodies in its wake. It's up to her and Julia Racine to find out who he is. And on the scent of the trail, she's after him. But he's not who you expected, when you're this close to the fire. He has a particular interest in her and trying to ruin her family...more
Aug 26, 2012
Helena Ferrell
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
08-first-reads,
thriller
I received this book from a First Reads giveaway.
I realy enjoyed this book. It pulled me in right off the bat, and even though I started it fairly late, I was up until the wee hours of the morning reading. I just couldn't put it down. It was very well written, and it was obvious that the author did their research on how fires can affect not only buildings, but the human body.
The characters were well developed to the point where I wanted to reach through the pages and throttle a character or two....more
I realy enjoyed this book. It pulled me in right off the bat, and even though I started it fairly late, I was up until the wee hours of the morning reading. I just couldn't put it down. It was very well written, and it was obvious that the author did their research on how fires can affect not only buildings, but the human body.
The characters were well developed to the point where I wanted to reach through the pages and throttle a character or two....more
I didn't realize that Alex Kava wrote 12 books with Maggie O'Dell as the main character. I think I read all of them and each was as good as the one before. In this book, her 1/2 brother Patrick is a firefighter for hire. There is an arsonist in the Washington D.C. area that has been burning buildings pretty frequently. Tully and Maggie are sent to help with the investigation even if their boss doesn't give them much to go on.
I would recommend reading this book. Sounds like there is going to be...more
I would recommend reading this book. Sounds like there is going to be...more
I loved the two part storyline and where Alex took the multiple characters. Diverse and intense..... Rock on Alex and kudos to no Ben this time. ;o) I'm not suggesting anyone, just that his character is lacking for Maggie's needs.... I will be waiting in withdrawals till the next Maggie O'Dell and the Highway Serial Killings Initiative cases. It was spectacular to see Alex Kava in Omaha, Ne and listen to her chat. I know I could listen to her all day long and have at the Midlands Mystery Convent...more
I love the Maggie O'Dell series, I can't remember why I decided to pick them up and read them from the beginning. I think a patron of the library recommended them to me, so because I can't read a series from the middle I had to start from the beginning.
Since then there have been some that I've really enjoyed reading and then there's been others that have been very so so. This one is one of the better ones. I know a lot of people are complaining that Maggie O'Dell hasn't done much profiling in t...more
Since then there have been some that I've really enjoyed reading and then there's been others that have been very so so. This one is one of the better ones. I know a lot of people are complaining that Maggie O'Dell hasn't done much profiling in t...more
This is the 10th book in the Maggie O'Dell series, and the first I've read. (normally I try to read series in order.) Ms. Kava did a very good job of giving us information about the characters and how previous events in their lives affected the person they are today. It may have a detrimental effect on my enjoyment of those books when I get to them - I have 3 in my TBR pile - but that's my problem I suppose. It was my choice (influenced by receiving this as a giveaway).
There was a lot about the...more
There was a lot about the...more
Of the recent Alex Kava books I've read, I thought this was one of her better ones because she follows 2 concurrent storylines which may or may not merge by the end of the book, and she leaves you guessing. When a body is found next to a burning building by a homeless man, profiler Maggie O'Dell has to figure out whether the serial arsonist she has been tracking has upped his or her game by adding human casualties or whether there is a murderer out there who coincidentally left a victim near an...more
Sep 10, 2012
Shelley aka Gizmo's Reviews
rated it
3 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
2012-releases,
genre-mystery
*Genre* Mystery, Suspense
*Rating* 3.0
*Review*
FBI profiler Maggie O'Dell is back on the job four months after taking a bullet to the head and nearly dying after stumbling into bizarre investigation in Nebraska. For O'Dell this isn't an uncommon occurrence. She's been shot, contaminated with a virus that killed her boss, tortured, held as hostage, and watched as her friends, and neighbors were targeted by a vicious killer(s). This time she's not the target of anyone except for perhaps a bit of adm...more
*Rating* 3.0
*Review*
FBI profiler Maggie O'Dell is back on the job four months after taking a bullet to the head and nearly dying after stumbling into bizarre investigation in Nebraska. For O'Dell this isn't an uncommon occurrence. She's been shot, contaminated with a virus that killed her boss, tortured, held as hostage, and watched as her friends, and neighbors were targeted by a vicious killer(s). This time she's not the target of anyone except for perhaps a bit of adm...more
It was a little thin, but still a good read. Part of a series, and that tends to mean that you don't actually get to read some of what makes a character do what she does because those who read the others already know. But then again, I prefer that when reading a series to reading little mini-summaries of the previous books so that the late-comers can catch up.
It wasn't awesome enough to make me pull up all of Alex's previous book, but it was good enough that I'd give another one a shot.
It wasn't awesome enough to make me pull up all of Alex's previous book, but it was good enough that I'd give another one a shot.
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Alex Kava is a member of the Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime. She lives in Omaha, Nebraska with her two dogs Miss Molly and Scout.
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