If You Play With Fire

Returning from late-night revels, small-town reporter Tracy Quinn and her detective boyfriend stumble upon a burning farmhouse. A body is discovered inside and the fire is ruled arson. In search of clues, Tracy attends a midnight bonfire where teenagers in Goth attire enact an odd ceremony. Her boyfriend Frank is deer hunting when he takes a bulletbut it doesnt come from a deer rifle. Who is after Frank, and why? Tracy is at a Christmas party with the village manager when he collapses from cyanide poisoning. In the ensuing investigation, no one can decide just who the intended victim might have been. But it is a casual comment, overheard in the beauty parlor, that sends Tracy racing to a deserted building where she finds the killer holding a gun on her best friend. Will Tracy be able to outwit the shooteror will she become the next victim?