Hip Slick and Dead — Doug Richardson

It never rains in Southern California. It burns like hell.
An arsonist's ploy to distract from his real crime turns into a series of deadly wildfires that summon Lucky Dey back into the uniform of a Los Angeles sheriff's deputy. As an emergency first responder, Lucky is sworn to serve and protect. But in doing his duty he tips over a boiling cauldron of criminal behavior -- from practiced assassins to the dangerously stupid. Add to the mix a ghost from the past, hell-bent on satisfying a thirst for revenge, and it's not just Lucky who's in mortal danger.