"Even if it means two innocent boys get in trouble?" Laney ground her teeth in frustration. "Doesn't it mean something that every time there's a fire, they've clearly been somewhere else? By process of elimination, they're about the only two people in town who can't be setting the fires."

"You're right." Marla gave her a solemn nod. "We need to start cross-referencing things. But in the meanwhile, what you're doing, keeping them with solid alibis? If it were me, if it were my ...