Burn
- ISBN-10
- 030748260X
- ISBN-13
- 9780307482600
- Series
- Burn
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 368
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-12-24
- Publisher
- Dell
- Author
- Sean Doolittle
Description
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 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... “An exceptionally well-crafted and well-told tale of arson, police work, misplaced zeal, bad relationships, good relationships, family bonds and, oh yes, exercise videos. Quirky, compelling, intelligent, and funny ... If you like Elmore Leonard, do yourself a favor and pick up BURN.”–Lincoln Journal Star “A cult writer for the masses–hip, smart and so mordantly funny that the casual reader might be laughing too hard to realize just how thoughtful Doolittle’s work is. Get on the bandwagon now.”–Laura Lippman, author of By a Spider’s Thread “Sean Doolittle combines wit, good humor, and a generosity of spirit rare in mystery fiction to create novels that are both engrossing and strangely uplifting. He deserves to take his place among the best in the genre.”–John Connolly, author of The White Road “An estimable addition not only to the publisher’s list but also to crime fiction ... Doolittle delivers a briskly plotted, hard-boiled mystery that has its roots in the Elmore Leonard school of dark comedy.”–South Florida Sun-Sentinel ·Gold medal winner for mystery in ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Award ·A Best Crime Fiction of 2003 pick from January Magazine
Get the book
Other editions
-
- 2021-03-04
- 176 pages
- Ebook
- John Wiley & Sons
Similar books
-
Suri's Burn Book: Well-Dressed Commentary from Hollywood S Little Sweetheart
By Allie HaganBased on the blog, this clever book of snarky commentary is told from the imagined world of "Suri Cruise."
-
Burn Unit: Saving Lives After the Flames
By Barbara RavageBarbara Ravage has fashioned an enlightening, invaluable book.” —Stewart O'Nan, author of The Circus Fire: A True Story of an American TragedyThough each of us is just a spark away from being a burn victim, the public knows little and ...
-
Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge
By Richard Ovenden239–44 Poole, Reginald Lane, A Lecture on the History of the University Archives (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1912) Posner, Ernst, 'The Effect of Changes in Sovereignty on Archives', American Archivist, 5 (1942), pp.
-
Burns: A Practical Approach to Immediate Treatment and Long Term Care
By Robert L. SheridanSood R, Roggy D, Zieger M, et al. Cultured epithelial autografts for coverage of large burn wounds in eightyeight patients: the Indiana University experience. J Burn Care Res 2010;31(4):559–68. Stiefel D, Schiestl C, Meuli M. Integra ...
-
Burning
By Ginger LazarusSynopsis: It’s 2008, at the height of the second Gulf War, and Don’t Ask Don’t Tell still bans LGBTQ service members from revealing their truth.
-
Burn Book
By James HuntBurn whomever you'd like in this blank journal in the style of the Burn Book from the hit comedy Mean Girls.
-
Burn-In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution
By P. W. Singer, August Cole"An FBI agent teams up with the first police robot to hunt a shadowy terrorist in this gripping technothriller-and fact-based tour of tomorrow-from the authors of Ghost Fleet"--
-
Burn
By James Patrick KellyWalden's only hope may lie with a third option: a very unlikely alien intervention. In Burn, James Patrick Kelly (Think Like a Dinosaur) delivers an innovative, entertaining, and morally-complex vision of the perils of idealism.
-
Mean Girls Hardcover Ruled Journal
By Insight EditionsGet your pink on with this totally “fetch” hardcover journal inspired by the 2004 hit Mean Girls.
-
Burn: A Novel
By Bill RansomWhen the world's most devastating artificial virus, GenoVax, is created in 2015, the entire human race faces painful destruction after the virus, which makes people feel as if they are burning to death, is released. Reprint.