About "The Smoke Room"

I am giving "The Smoke Room" by Earl Emerson 3 stars.  This is the story of a fire fighter who has a ton of bad luck fall on him, coupled with his inability to act in a stand-up manner quickly.  His coworker has stolen $12 million dollars in bonds from a house they were called out to, and this begins a spiral of bad deeds as he tries to do the right thing, but never tries too hard.  Does he finally straighten it all out?  You'll have to read the book to find out!  If you're curious about the inner workings of the fire business, you'll love all the detail in this book.  I thought it was a little much and skimmed some of those parts.  The author is a real fire-fighter, so he knows his stuff when it comes to fire-fighting details.