The River Trail Jogger - Gang-raped and discarded for dead near the Orange County stadium where the Angels sometimes play, the ex-wife of detective Pete Pinel begs him to honor an old promise and end her hopeless suffering. Unable yet to let go, Pinel charges first into the savage place of California street-gangs. Fever-fired by a souring bullet wound, he hounds El Tigre and the Fallen Angels to an apocalyptic climax at a hideout called The Pit. Returning finally to Veronica's bedside - to a last goodbye haunted by echoes of a first hello - Pinel discovers what she really wants ... but can he give it? Killing Rain, Killing Fire is Orange County psychiatrist-playwright Joseph Hullett's first novel. His dramas - staged from New York to Los Angeles - have earned numerous awards including the Julie Harris Award, the Ventana Play Award, Silver Medal in the Pinter Review Prize, and finalist selection for both the Arts and Letters Drama Prize and the Heideman Award. A collection of his short stories, Men with Women, is available in paperback and Kindle editions.