{"id":1935,"date":"2013-03-18T16:54:17","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T23:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/?p=1935"},"modified":"2013-11-17T15:00:32","modified_gmt":"2013-11-17T22:00:32","slug":"coming-soon-first-degree-burn-a-brand-new-edition-of-peter-lances-best-selling-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/?p=1935","title":{"rendered":"Kindle and paperback editions of Peter Lance&#8217;s film-noir thriller FIRST DEGREE BURN available now"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Kindle%20and%20paperback%20editions%20of%20Peter%20Lance%27s%20film-noir%20thriller%20FIRST%20DEGREE%20BURN%20available%20now\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>FOR A LINK TO ORDER THE PAPERBACK: \u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"paperback of First Degree Burn\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/First-Degree-Burn-Eddie-Thriller\/dp\/0615782809\/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1366350467&amp;sr=8-7&amp;keywords=%22First+Degree+Burn%22\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK:<\/a><br \/>\nTO PREVIEW THE FIRST FOUR CHAPTERS <a title=\"First Degree Kindle Edition link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B00C76KIPC#reader_B00C76KIPC\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FIRST DEGREE BURN<\/strong> was published by Berkley-Penguin on July 1st, 1997. The first and only printing was 55,000 copies\u2014a large run for paperback original. Two months later, the book had sold so well that it ranked No. 35 on The Ingram A-List\u2014The Top 50 Requested Titles in Mystery\/Detective Fiction.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/First-Degree-Burn-cover1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-1937\" title=\"First Degree Burn cover\" src=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/First-Degree-Burn-cover1-184x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"147\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/First-Degree-Burn-cover1-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/First-Degree-Burn-cover1.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The A-List, compiled by the nation\u2019s largest whole-saler of books, was a true best-sellers list of the top\u00a0authors in the genre from Agatha Christie, John Grisham, Robert B. Parker and James Lee Burke, to Patricia Cornwell, Stuart Woods, Lisa Scottoline, Donald Westlake, Faye Kellerman and Tony Hillerman.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, without any promotion from the publisher, beyond the mailing of galley proofs to reviewers,<em>\u00a0First Degree Burn <\/em>succeeded in ranking right behind the trade paperback edition of James Ellroy\u2019s extraordinary mystery<em> L.A. Confidential<\/em>, the week the film adaptation of Ellroy\u2019s <em>New York Times<\/em> best-seller hit theaters.<\/p>\n<p>The \u00a0film-noir thriller tracing the exploits of FDNY fire marshal Eddie Burke even got a starred review in <em>Publisher\u2019s Weekly<\/em>, a rare feat for a paperback original.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A NEW UP-DATED EDITION<\/strong> will be available as a trade paperback on amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com and as an ebook <strong>April 8th.<\/strong>\u00a0It&#8217;s been entirely rewritten and updated with multiple new chapters. What follows is a description of the novel and the critical reaction that followed its first printing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It happens every day in the City. Gas is poured. A match is lit. Building, bodies and dreams go up in flames. FDNY Fire Marshal Eddie Burke walks among the wreckage. A different kind of detective for a different kind of crime.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>When a fire rages in SoHo a priceless mural from the 1930s is destroyed and a young woman lies dead in the ashes. After the victim&#8217;s abusive ex-boyfriend is killed resisting arrest the NYPD closes the case. But Eddie Burke, son of the former NYPD Chief of Detectives can&#8217;t let it go. He knows the arsonist was a pro and he&#8217;s still out there.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/First-Degree-Single-cover-Small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1939\" title=\"First Degree Single cover Small\" src=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/First-Degree-Single-cover-Small-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/First-Degree-Single-cover-Small-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/First-Degree-Single-cover-Small.jpg 269w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a>CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR FIRST DEGREE BURN:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Eddie Burke is a fascinating new hero. He blisters the pages. Smell the \u00a0 \u00a0smoke.\u00a0Feel the heat. First Degree Burn is a winner.&#8221;\u00a0<strong>Edna Buchanan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;First Degree Burn should catch fire at bookstores everywhere.&#8221; <strong>Wall Street Journal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Eddie Burke comes at you like Popeye Doyle in &#8216;The French Connection.'&#8221; \u00a0\u00a0<strong>Sonny Grosso, NYPD Detective. (retired)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;First Degree Burn is a superlative, fast-paced roller-coaster, off-beat mystery featuring Fire Marshal Eddie Burke who is called upon to find an arsonist in a big, impersonal city populated with the good, the bad, and the deadly!&#8221; <strong>Midwest Book Review<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Eddie Burke leads a dangerous life. Rough around the edges, trying to keep himself going after his wife has divorced him, he lives in the shadow of his father, Big Eddie, a decorated hero retired from the NYPD. In his family FDNY is only second best. When a young art restorer dies in a suspicious fire in her loft, Eddie is drawn into a series of fatalities involving a WPA mural, a web of secrets and an aristocratic blonde from Sutton Place who may hold the answers.\u00a0Lance, a former Emmy-winning ABC journalist, paints a picture of the city that is rich in detail and variety. The colliding worlds of rich and poor, parents and children, cops and criminals, all come crashing together as he closes in for the finish of this smashing debut. There&#8217;s no question &#8212; Eddie Burke is here to stay.&#8221; <strong>Publisher&#8217;s Weekly &#8211; Starred review<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Kindle%20and%20paperback%20editions%20of%20Peter%20Lance%27s%20film-noir%20thriller%20FIRST%20DEGREE%20BURN%20available%20now\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>FOR A LINK TO ORDER THE PAPERBACK: \u00a0\u00a0CLICK: TO PREVIEW THE FIRST FOUR CHAPTERS CLICK: &nbsp; FIRST DEGREE BURN was published by Berkley-Penguin on July 1st, 1997. 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