American Fire

By Monica Hesse,

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

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Shocked by a five-month arson spree that left a Virginia county reeling, reporter Monica Hesse drove to Accomack to cover the trial of Charlie Smith who pled guilty to 67 counts of arson. But Smith wasn't lighting fires alone: his crimes were galvanised by a twisted love story. Hesse uncovered…

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