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'Tense and gripping…A dark beating heart of a novel' GILLIAN McALLISTER Don't miss the gripping and emotional debut crime novel in which a child’s tragic drowning rips a small community apart with devastating consequences…

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Two children went into the sea. Only one came out alive.

Introducing Sergeant Mike Adams and DS Sue Willmott, Beachbrook’s best investigators.

When local couple Andrew and Sophie take their daughter and her friend to the beach on a stormy day, they are momentarily distracted leading both children to get washed out to sea. Andrew dives in, but comes back ashore with only one child – his own daughter, Maria. Joe, the son of his best friend and local police officer, Chris, has drowned. But it was just a tragic accident…wasn’t it?

As Sergeant Mike Adams and DS Sue Willmott investigate what really happened in the water that afternoon, the ripple effects of the tragedy start to 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…

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AFTER THE STORM is the gripping debut crime drama novel, perfect for fans of Karin Slaughter, Gillian McAllister, Ann Cleeves and shows like Broadchurch, Happy Valley and The Bay.

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'A dark beating heart of a novel, a murder mystery but also an examination of the pressures of the police and justice system: those who come up against it, but, more importantly, those who work in it and bear the consequences of that trauma…' GILLIAN MCALLISTER

'Cleverly written and filled with tension, After the Storm is an emotional and compelling read. Fantastic writing that kept me gripped until the last page. I loved it.' D.S. BUTLER