No Clues in the Ashes
About this ebook
Mike Flanagan was a young man, fresh out of high school and off his parents Minnesota farm, when he made his way to Minneapolis to find his role in life. Mired in a factory job he hates, he is on his way home one day when he comes upon a house on fire, and learns that there are kids trapped upstairs. In a daring recue he saves their lives, not knowing that they are the kids of a Minneapolis fire fighter named Deacon Crawford. With Deacon's help and encouragment, Mike joins the Minneapolis Fire Department.
He finds a career filled with danger and adventure, and he also finds Laura Evans, who steals his heart, and then disappears. Mike turns from firefighting to investagation, and the pursuit of a pyromaniac named David Bennett. He is as obsessed with catching Bennett, as Bennett is with destroying Mike. Always, though, there is a flame in his heart he can't put out. Her name is Laura.
About the author
Mike Holst has been activley writing for the last ten years and is one of North Central Minnesota's most prolific writers. He writes a weekly newspaper column and has previously published, 'A long Way Back,' and 'Nothing to Lose.' He has written many essays, short storys, and novels. Mike lives and writes where his heart is, close to nature on a Minnesota lake, where he and his wife are retired. They are the parents of three grown children and eight grandchildren. Being a retired fire fighter, this book was very personal and dear to his heart.
