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Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 Burn Patterns
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'To her clients and colleagues, Iris is a therapist in a city psychology practice. But to the police and fire services, she is the Fire Lady – a profiler of arsonists. After a troubled young man burns down her office, Iris just wants a quiet life. But her peace is shattered when a bomb goes off at a local school. Called in to help, Iris meets James, delusional and dangerous, and Chuck, a lone investigator tracking a serial arsonist he calls Zorro. As public attacks become more orchestrated and brazen, Iris is soon embroiled in the investigation – as a profiler and as a suspect, and in serious doubt about her own sanity.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Book Club notes available from publisher's website.

  • Dedication: Michelle Johnston without whom.

  • Epigraph: For I have sworn thee fair and thought thee bright, Who art as black , as dark as night. - Shakespeare, Sonnet 147

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,: Fremantle Press , 2016 .
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      Extent: 320p.
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      • Published June 2016
      ISBN: 9781925163476
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Works about this Work

[Review] Burn Patterns Shelley Orchard , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 20 August 2016; (p. 40)
— Review of Burn Patterns Ron Elliott , 2016 single work novel
Scorched and Stressed 2016 single work interview
— Appears in: Good Reading , June 2016; (p. 20) 'WA author Ron Elliott's new novel, Burn Patterns, tells the story of Iris Foster, an arsonist profiler and psychologist who is trying to put her life back together after being targeted by an arsonist. We asked Ron about his literary influences, the type of people who like to light fires and what motivates them.'
Burn Patterns : Review Barry Dick , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier Mail , 16 July 2016; (p. 35)
— Review of Burn Patterns Ron Elliott , 2016 single work novel 'Foster is a therapist in a psychology practice who assists police and fire services in the profiling of arsonists. They call her the “Fire Lady”, and she has a good strike rate of identifying fire-setters until her own office is set alight and she takes a step back from police work. ...'
Burn Patterns : Review Kerryn Goldsworthy , 2016 single work
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2 July 2016; (p. 22)
— Review of Burn Patterns Ron Elliott , 2016 single work novel 'The aptly named Iris Foster, a lover of bright colours and a nurturer of hurt minds, is a psychologist and a profiler of arsonists. Dubbed "the Fire Lady" by the media, she has tried to distance herself from this role in the wake of a particularly traumatic and tragic fire. ...'
Slow Burn First Thriller Has Author All Fired Up. William Yeoman , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 7 June 2016; (p. 1, 6) 'Author Ron Elliott turns his fascination with fire into his first thriller, writes William Yorman.'
Burn Patterns : Review Kerryn Goldsworthy , 2016 single work
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2 July 2016; (p. 22)
— Review of Burn Patterns Ron Elliott , 2016 single work novel 'The aptly named Iris Foster, a lover of bright colours and a nurturer of hurt minds, is a psychologist and a profiler of arsonists. Dubbed "the Fire Lady" by the media, she has tried to distance herself from this role in the wake of a particularly traumatic and tragic fire. ...'
Burn Patterns : Review Barry Dick , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier Mail , 16 July 2016; (p. 35)
— Review of Burn Patterns Ron Elliott , 2016 single work novel 'Foster is a therapist in a psychology practice who assists police and fire services in the profiling of arsonists. They call her the “Fire Lady”, and she has a good strike rate of identifying fire-setters until her own office is set alight and she takes a step back from police work. ...'
[Review] Burn Patterns Shelley Orchard , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 20 August 2016; (p. 40)
— Review of Burn Patterns Ron Elliott , 2016 single work novel
Slow Burn First Thriller Has Author All Fired Up. William Yeoman , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 7 June 2016; (p. 1, 6) 'Author Ron Elliott turns his fascination with fire into his first thriller, writes William Yorman.'
Scorched and Stressed 2016 single work interview
— Appears in: Good Reading , June 2016; (p. 20) 'WA author Ron Elliott's new novel, Burn Patterns, tells the story of Iris Foster, an arsonist profiler and psychologist who is trying to put her life back together after being targeted by an arsonist. We asked Ron about his literary influences, the type of people who like to light fires and what motivates them.'
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