Laura Lippman 
Five Fires [EPUB ebook] 
A Short Story

Everyone in small-town Bellville is talking about a series of mysterious fires disrupting the typically tranquil summer. The authorities attribute them to heat lightning, but some Belleville residents are not so sure High-school student Beth, like everyone else in Belleville, has been following the fires she has plenty of time between her monotonous day job at the deli and solitary nights at home while her mom works late. The fires arent the only unusual occurrence Beths old friend Tara, who left town the year before after a mysterious incident, returns with no real explanation. Circumstances only get stranger when Beth unwittingly discovers clues as to what or who is the cause of the fires.