Fatal Burn

Written by Lisa Jackson

Narrated by Christina Traister

“A TIGHT, TWISTY PLOT CATAPULTING TOWARD A FIERY CONCLUSION WILL PLEASE FANS AND SHOULD EARN JACKSON NEW ONES.” –Publishers Weekly

He’s been waiting for this moment. With every kill, he can feel her getting closer. Very soon—just a few more victims to go. All he needed was the girl, Dani, and now that he has her, his plan is in motion, and no one can stop it…

“A BOOK THAT’S HARD TO PUT DOWN.” –Times Record News

The police don’t believe Shannon Flannery when she says someone is out there, watching her, trying to kill her. The only person on her side is Travis Settler. The former Special Forces agent is convinced Shannon’s dark past has something to do with the disappearance of his daughter, Dani—a child whose connection to Shannon is just the beginning of a nightmare…

“ONE OF JACKSON’S BEST.” –RT Book Reviews

Secrets have been kept from Shannon. Dark, dangerous, and very fatal secrets. Now, with no one to trust but a man who has every reason to doubt her, Shannon’s determined to discover the shocking truth, even if it brings her face to face with a serial killer whose slow burn for vengeance will not be denied…

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Release date: Nov 24, 2020
• ISBN: 9781713507185

Lisa Jackson

LISA JACKSON is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than seventy-five novels, including Paranoid: Liar, Liar; One Last Breath; You Will Pay; After She’s Gone;Close to Home;Tell Me; Deserves to Die;You Don’t Want to Know;Running Scared; and Shiver. She has over thirty million copies of her books in print in nineteen languages. She lives with her family and three rambunctious dogs in the Pacific Northwest. Readers can visit her website at www.lisajackson.com and find her on Facebook.

Reviews for Fatal Burn

[Nneamaka M. Payne · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This has been a great and exciting book. But the stories of the families within the stories are very sad. The actions of their father was such that brought bad feelings into the small town. Then the next generation went on with their kind of justice over their brother in law. For this reason another member of their families was lost. This route went on until the third generation.

[Samantha Fitzgerald · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Tough to follow at times, but overallworth the listen! Love this narrator!

[jenniferrobb · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

A late client of mine recommended this author to me. His granddaughter had recommended the author to him, bringing him a book from the library, and at the time I spoke to him, he was enjoying the book. So when I saw this book on the free rack at the library, I thought I'd take a chance.The plot was very convoluted, but I did guess who the perpetrator was before it was revealed. The prologue scene seems unrelated at first but does contain key elements to figuring out what happened. I didn't guess the star and how the numbers laid out until Paterno figured it out.The book has a lot of action: there's arson, murder, kidnapping. There are also lots of secrets: Travis doesn't reveal what he knows of Dani's birth mother to her so she starts searching on her own, making her a prime target for deception; the Flannery brothers have a pact; at least one Flannery brother has leads on the Stealth Torcher that he hasn't shared with law enforcement; Nate Santana seems to have a secret life. The plot was compelling most of the time, keeping me turning the pages. I do admit though that the sections with Dani dragged for me, especially the time she was being held by her abductor and trying to work the nail from the board. Don't get me wrong--I admire her ingenuity and her spirit and applaud her for not being a "helpless victim"--she's trying what she can to find a weapon or a way to get away--she's observing as much as she can around her to find ways to escape and clues to lead the police to him if she gets away. I admire all that, but I still felt her sections halted the flow of the plot and the build up of suspense. I do wish the author hadn't included the (what seems to be obligatory for this genre) sex scenes in the book. I could forgive the dream sequence one--not that the author had to include it, but dreams were a part of Shannon's character--because to the character, it was a dream, and not something she could fully control. And I might even have forgiven the first scene because they were tired, discouraged, and in a situation where they turned to each other--if it hadn't been so graphic. They came so late in the book that I was kind of hoping I was wrong and that they wouldn't be included at all.

[gerigraves · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Her books always present something new. Not same ole, same ole.Good plot, held my attention.

[catmommie_1 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

This was another recommended author. It took me two months to read it, and I kept plodding through it, only because I wanted to see how it ended and who the arsonist/stalker/kidnapper was.I overlooked the chicky parts and the occasional inconsistencies because the storyline was pretty good.It picked up in the second half and had a twist in the ending. Overall a good story, but I probably won't be reading any more of this author unless she has a bigger publisher with better proofreaders.

[bellafoxx · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is the second Lisa Jackson book I have read, and I have to say, I am a fan. I read this one in a day.A killer is stalking Shannon Flannery, a serial killer that likes to kill with fire. And Shannon's family is obsessed with fire, her father and brothers were all fire fighters. Her late husband and his family were also fire fighters. They also all had secrets that they kept from Shannon. Shannon has her own secrets, problem is, the killer knows everybody's secrets. He has a plan, a deadly plan that involves a girl with a connection to Shannon, those close to her and ends with Shannon's death, can she figure it out before its too late, will she survive?Lisa Jackson once again had me fully engrossed in the plot, she throws suspicion all around, hints at dark secrets, shifts from one to scene to another in a manner that kept me involved. I literally could not figure out who did it until she revealed it, one person I suspected, I was kind of relieved it wasn't him, because that was too obvious too early in the book and I would have been disappointed in Lisa. Once again it was a wild, twisty ride to a unexpected conclusion that didn't disappoint.