"A Tom Doherty Associates book"--title page.

Los Angeles homicide detective Elouise "Lou" Norton and her partner, Colin Taggert, are called to the scene of a tragic house fire. Juliet Chatman and her two children perished in the blaze. Left behind is grieving husband and father Christopher Chatman, hospitalized after trying to rescue his family. Neighbors and friends insist the Chatmans were living the dream. But Lou quickly discovers that the flames of adultery, jealousy, scandal, fraud, and disease had all but consumed the Chatmans' marriage before it went up in smoke. Lou's own marriage hangs by a thread. Soured by the men in her life, Lou is convinced that Chatman started the fire. Searching for justice through the ashes of a picture-perfect family, Lou doesn't know if she will catch an arsonist or be burned in the process. --,from back cover.