Nothing but ash remains of the victim. Can Cat Caliban solve the case before more lives go up in smoke?

Cat’s menopause has her feeling extra crabby lately. Her latest attempt at distraction from hot flushes — a pottery class — isn’t exactly going as planned.

After a few days, Cat feels comfortable enough to face her nemesis — the kiln.

But nothing prepares her for what she finds inside.

Charred human remains. Nothing but ash, bones — and a mystery hotter than Cat’s mood.

With her blood pressure soaring and her detective instincts kicking in, Cat’s convinced the killer’s is among them – hiding in plain sight.

Every clay-covered person is more suspicious than the last. But did someone in Cat’s pottery class have a motive to reduce the victim to dust?

Perfect for fans of Steve Higgs, Dorothy Cannell, Lucy Connelly, Ellie Alexander and Richard Osman.

Please note this is a revised edition of Five-Alarm Fire.