In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s novels, legendary detective Sherlock Holmes is often asked by London police to help investigate some of their trickier cases.
Holmes and his partner, John Watson, are known for their keen investigative minds, which allow them to suss out new clues in cases that have left even London’s most seasoned detectives bewildered.
Yakima County Fire Marshal Chris Pedersen is the local equivalent to Sherlock Holmes, with two key differences: She investigates fires, not crimes; and she doesn’t have a Watson – at least, not an official Watson. Pedersen is the only certified fire investigator in her office, which means she alone is tasked with overseeing the investigation into any fire that starts in an unincorporated area of Yakima County.