After the storm

**DON'T MISS INTO THE FIRE, THE NEXT BOOK FROM G.D. WRIGHT, AVAILABLE NOW** 'So compelling and tightly plotted I couldn't put it down' CLAIRE DOUGLAS 'Tense and emotional...A dark beating heart of a novel' GILLIAN McALLISTER 'Totally addictive. One of the most tense and gripping thrillers I've read in ages' LISA JEWELL ------------------ Don't miss the gripping debut crime novel in which a child's tragic drowning rips a small community apart with devastating consequences... ------------------ TWO CHILDREN WENT INTO THE SEA. When Andrew and Sophie take their daughter and her friend to the beach on a stormy day, they are momentarily distracted and both children are washed out to sea. Andrew dives in, but comes back ashore with only one child - Maria, his own daughter. Joe, the son of his best friend and local police officer, Chris, has drowned. But it was just a tragic accident...wasn't it? ONLY ONE CAME OUT ALIVE. As Sergeant Mike Adams and DS Sue Willmott investigate what really happened in the water that afternoon, the ripple effects of the tragedy tear the community apart. The detectives must discover the truth before their colleague - bereaved and desperate father, Chris - takes the investigation into his own hands... BUT WHO IS TO BLAME? ------------------ 'Tense and emotional...A dark beating heart of a novel' GILLIAN MCALLISTER 'Totally addictive. One of the most tense and gripping thrillers I've read in ages' LISA JEWELL 'So compelling and tightly plotted I couldn't put it down' CLAIRE DOUGLAS 'An absolute rollercoaster ride of a book' JENNIE GODFREY 'Compelling and accomplished, I raced through it' B. A. PARIS 'Relentlessly wild in pace with fierce rage. A brilliant debut' L.V. MATTHEWS 'Cleverly written and filled with tension...kept me gripped' D.S. BUTLER 'An all-consuming beast of a book. Unforgettable' CHARLIE GALLAGHER 'Made me cry; gripping, haunting, devastating' JACKIE KABLER 'A tense narrative that pulls you in like the tide, dragging you out to sea' MORGAN GREENE 'Terrific right to the very end. Thrilling. Bravo!' BRENDA BLETHYN