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What Burns Within

What Burns Within, May 2008
Canadian Constables #1
by Sandra Ruttan

Leisure
Featuring: Ashlyn Hart; Constables Craig Nolan; Tain
384 pages
ISBN: 0843960744
EAN: 9780843960747
Paperback
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"Great start to a new police procedural mystery series sure to be a success."

Fresh Fiction Review

What Burns Within
Sandra Ruttan

Reviewed by Lenore Howard
Posted April 14, 2008

Mystery | Mystery Police Procedural | Thriller Police Procedural

The law officers in the Vancouver community of Coquitlan are frantically working to solve not only a series of rapes, but also a series of child abductions and arsons. Constables Craig Nolan, Ashlyn Hart, and Tain (who goes by only the one name) are each assigned one of the cases but soon find themselves working together as some disturbing connections begin to emerge from the separate investigations. The three have worked together before and still deal with painful memories of the previous case. This provides some rather uncomfortable moments as they are reunited. Now they must push aside the personal feelings stirred up by seeing one another again and focus on solving these new, horrific crimes. The investigation takes a physical and emotional toll on the entire department as the officers race against time, chasing a criminal or criminals who seem to leave no evidence in their wake.

This story features a triple mystery and three main characters, who are interesting not only for their tangled group dynamic but also as individuals. Some other complex relationships come into play as well throughout the book. The subject matter obviously is very grim, but the occasional banter between the constables helps to take the edge off.

I did feel that too many people were introduced too quickly at the beginning of the book, and it was a bit confusing to me as far as who was who, but that certainly did not affect my enjoyment of the story. The details of that previous case are left tantalizingly vague, but I'm sure Ms. Ruttan will fill us in at some point. This is a good start to a new series I think will appeal to a variety of mystery lovers.

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SUMMARY

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....


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1 comment posted.

Re: Great start to a new police procedural mystery series sure to be a success.

Sandra, you got my attention.
(Susan Whitfield 1:52pm April 14, 2008)

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