Tunnel Visions by Kurt Kamm, A Review
Being a fan of Kurt Kamm’s writing, I was
delighted to have the opportunity to read his latest. You can always count on
his books to be accurate when it comes to anything that has to do with public
safety and the fire department.
In this latest offering, Kamm takes on
one of the biggest threats to Southern California, a terrorist attack on
Southern California’s water supply. If you aren’t familiar with the major
source of Southern California’s water, you need to read this book. Kamm has all
the facts, and when you read how vulnerable the water supply is, you’ll realize
how realistic and scary this book is.
This is Kamm’s best offering to date.
Having grown up in Los Angeles, I know the area and one of the chilling scenes
is how difficult it can be for emergency vehicles to get through traffic when
there is a bad situation going on.
The chilling history of the Sylmar
Tunnel Disaster of 1971 is skillfully woven into this most compelling thriller.
Kamm has done it again, he’s written a
page turner that is steeped with the realization that what unfolds in this
novel could happen all too easily.
For a gripping read, I highly recommend Tunnel Visions.
Author, Kurt Kamm |
Bio:
Malibu resident
Kurt Kamm has used his contact with CalFire, Los Angeles County and Ventura
County Fire Departments, and the ATF, as well as his experience in several
devastating local wildfires, to write fact-based (“faction”) firefighter
mystery novels. Kurt has attended classes at El Camino Fire Academy and trained
in wildland firefighting, arson investigation and hazardous materials response. He is also a graduate of the ATF Citizen's
Academy and the DEA Citizen’s Academy. Recently he rode with Los Angeles County
Fire Department's famed Urban Search & Rescue Task Force while completing work
on Tunnel
Visions, a USAR mystery in which terrorists threaten the
Southern California water supply.
Kurt has built
an avid fan base among first responders and other readers. Each of his
firefighter mysteries features a firefighter skilled in a particular discipline
(wildland, arson investigation, paramedic, hazardous material response, and
search and rescue). His first novel, One
Foot in the Black (2008) has become a favorite of the men on the
fire lines. Subsequent novels, Red
Flag Warning: A Serial Arson Mystery (2010) and Code
Blood (2012) have won numerous fiction awards. Hazardous Material,
released in 2013, received the Hackney Award for best novel of the year.
In 2006, one of
the infamous Malibu wildland fires, the 60 mile-per-hour Santa Ana wind-driven
Canyon Fire, burned to Kurt’s front door and destroyed the homes of several
neighbors. Kurt said the lessons he learned from the County Fire Department
while writing his first book helped him save his home.
A graduate of
Brown University and Columbia Law School, Kurt was previously a financial
executive and semi-professional bicycle racer. He was also Chairman of the
UCLA/Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Foundation for several years and is a
supporter of the Wildland Firefighter Foundation.
Visit Kurt
Kamm's first responder/author
website www.kurtkamm.com to see
stunning fire pictures, and for information about his novels.
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