Firetrap by Earl Emerson

Firetrap is about Captain Trey Brown, a black man in a Seattle fire department where the color of his skin keeps him largely on the outside looking in. As a child, Trey was adopted by a wealthy white family. Because of somthing that happens one summer, Trey is exiled from the family. After a fire at the Z Club, Trey and Jamie Estevez, a beautiful, ambitious reporter are assigned to a task force to investigate the fire. This forces Trey to be in contact with his former family, a brother who is now mayor of Seattle. Suddenly, two mysteries--one of passion and family, the other of fire and murder--are unraveling around Trey. I enjoyed this book. It took a little getting used to. It's written in first person, but from different people. You have to read at the beginning of each chapter who that person is. Once you get used to doing that, it's interesting to read what each character says about what's going on around them. I would recommend this book. I have read some of his other books and enjoyed them. PatM