American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land

This started as a feature article in the Washington Post and might have been best left that way. I'm not sure there was enough interesting material to warrant a full book. A clear picture emerges of the arsonists, but the numerous sheriffs, fire investigators and criminal profilers all blurred together in my mind. In the end, the reason for the fires wasn't very surprising, and the author's attempt to link the crimes to the decline of small town America was a little far-fetched. Quick read but not truly memorable.