One year ago, a brutal case almost destroyed three cops. Since then they"ve lost touch with one another, avoiding painful memories, content to go their own ways. Now Nolan is after a serial rapist. Hart is working on a string of arsons. And Tain has been assigned a series of child abductions, a case all too similar to that one. But when the body of one of the abduction victims is found at the site of one of the arsons, it starts to look like maybe these cases are connected after all.... "Ruttan is talented in the way that a natural musician is talented, making all the notes seem effortless." --Crimespree Magazine "A taut, crackling read with switch-blade pacing." - Rick Mofina, internationally best-selling author of A PERFECT GRAVE "Sandra Ruttan writes with utter ferocity. Twists and turns that stun and dialog that absolutely crackles with wit and authenticity. With each page, Ruttan delivers the goods. WHAT BURNS WITHIN is a nonstop chiller of a mystery that keeps you turning the pages." - GREGG OLSEN, New York Times Bestselling Author of A WICKED SNOW "Ruttan combines devilishly clever plots with genuinely empathic characters..." - Russel D. McLean, Crime Scene Scotland