Environmental engine
Wildfire mapping, land records, acquisition pressure.
Book 2 · The Environmental Crimes Files
The Burn Zone
The fire line knows exactly where to turn.
Wildfires tear through the American West, but the burn pattern appears to follow ownership and valuation lines more faithfully than the weather.
Why this case matters
Expands the series from contamination into engineered loss and land speculation.
What is at stake
Disaster is converted into a faster market for damaged land and emergency leverage.
Explore the series
Get to know the recurring investigators, or explore the other cases in reading order.