Los Angeles homicide detective Elouise "Lou" Norton arrives at the scene of a tragic house fire, to find the bodies of a mother and two children. Left behind is grieving husband Christopher Chatman. Unless, of course, he's the one who killed them. Or was the fire sparked by a serial arsonist known as The Burning Man? Searching for justice through the ashes of a picture-perfect family, Lou doesn't know if she will catch an arsonist or be burned...

Seventy-three-year-old Eugene Washington appears to have died in an unremarkable way but LAPD homicide detective Elouise "Lou" Norton is positive that something isn't right.