BURN by Sean Dolittle

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In California, the hills are on fire. Not a good sign for Andrew Kindler, who just came from back east to get away from his past—as an arsonist. In fact, almost from the moment he sets foot in his cousin's Santa Monica beach house, the heat starts swirling around him. First there's the cop who thinks Andrew might know something about a murder suspect. Then there's the suspect's beautiful sister, who is willing to pay Andrew $5,000 for the same information.

But Andrew is really uninformed. And with a sensational murder case burning a hole in the gut of the LAPD—as well as the star-studded L.A. fitness industry—ignorance is dangerous. Now Andrew must solve a murder he knows nothing about, find a killer he's never met, and unravel a family's explosive secret. His reward for success? To live another day: one step ahead of his burning past.

About the Author

Photo credit: Jessica Doolittle

Sean Doolittle's short fiction has appeared in a variety of publications, including The Year's Best Mystery Stories 2002 (James Ellroy, guest editor), and his first novel, DIRT, was a BookSense.com "Book of the Day," and named one of the 100 Best Books of 2001 by the editors of Amazon.com. He lives in Omaha, Nebraska, with his wife and daughter, and is at work on his next novel. [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive]