After The Fire Av Karen Campbell

<p><b><font> PERFECT FOR FANS OF SUSIE STEINER</font> </b><br><br> <b><i>Someone is dead because of Jamie. Yesterday they were alive. </i></b><br><br><b>Jamie Worth</b> is a newly qualified as a firearms officer and is called to a domestic disturbance. Events get out of hand, and he shoots and kills a teenaged girl who appears to have been unarmed. <br><br>Already wracked with guilt, he is horrified when, with the media baying for blood, he is accused of murder. <br><br>How can a police officer survive in prison when he suddenly finds himself on the wrong side of the law? And how can his wife <b>Cath</b> and ex <b>Anna </b>come to terms with what has happened? <br><br><b>From the author of THE TWILIGHT TIME, AFTER THE FIRE is a chilling glimpse of the flipside of life as a law enforcer, written in ''stiletto-sharp prose'' (The Herald) by one of the most exciting new voices in crime fiction.</b><br><br> <b><font> <u>Praise for Karen Campbell</u></font></b><br><br> ''Gritty as all hell, shot through with black humour and with enough pace and atmosphere to give the likes of Denise Mina a run for their money. All this and the chutzpah to create a seedy and unpleasant superintendent named Rankin!'' <br> <b>font size="+1">Mark Billingham</font></b><br><br> ''The plot is wonderful, the characterisation of a family in crisis is both sharp and sympathetic, and the author does not shy away from examining the less palatable aspects of relations between the police and the public'' <br> <b><font><i>Guardian</i></font></b><br><br> ''I loved it . . . Anna is a great, original character and Karen Campbell has a great way with images''<br> <b><font><i>Kate Atkinson</i></font></b><br><br> ''Karen Campbell deserves to be admitted to membership of what''s becoming a very large club - Scottish crime writers of excellence . . . As to be expected from a former police officer, Campbell portrays her milieu with harsh authenticity, and Anna Cameron is wholly believable in her unheroic role. Glasgow and its citizens are described with vivid passion'' <br> <b><font><i>The Times</i></font></b></p>