AFTER THE STORM BY G. D. WRIGHT
Paperback published by Avon Books 1st August 2024
ISBN 9780008702403
TWO CHILDREN WENT INTO THE SEA.
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 police officer, Chris has drowned. But it was a tragic accident wasn’t it ?
ONLY ONE CAME OUT ALIVE.
As Sergeant Mike Adams and DS Sue Wilmott 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?
MY REVIEW
My heart was in my stomach leaving my mouth dry, in this heart-breaking story as it unfolds. I gasp at the fact this is the authors Gary D Wright’s first novel. It triggers a warning to parents never take your eyes off children in the sea, or in any water. Little Maria, has a best friend Joe, they are more like brother and sister. With their blonde hair and matching orange wetsuit, they both could be like twins. Maria‘s parents often take them both to the beach. Andrew and Sophie look after Joe while his dad has a long day as a policeman. At the beach Maria and Joe jump around in the little sea, with no tide, no current. But waves whipped up by the wind in a frenzy out of control situation. Andrew and Sophie are distracted, on the beach by an out of control dog off the lead, jumping up at pregnant Sophie. By the time the dog is put back on the lead, Andrew and Sarah, realise that they can’t see their young daughter or Joe in the sea. Andrew saves Maria, but Joe is missing, Sergeant Mike Adams, and DS Sue Willmott start an investigation in what happened in the water in that fateful afternoon. Joe’s dad has to be informed that his son, is missing in the sea. Distraught Chris races to the beach to look for his son. This story is going to get even more harrowing. I felt so sad and emotional for Chris and his wife Linda to lose their child by drowning, while being looked after by friends. This story is very well written, with grief stricken parents with the a question hanging in the air, who is to blame for what happened that fateful afternoon at the Beachbrook sea? After The Storm is definitely a big call out for a film. I recommend all bloggers, readers put this down as a must buy must read.
About author Gary Wright
My name is Gary (pen name G.D. Wright) and I live on the south east coast of England with my wife and two young children.
I joined Kent Police at the age of 18, working on the front line in a variety of uniformed roles until the age of 29 when, completely out of the blue, I suffered two cardiac ‘events’, and was subsequently diagnosed with a hereditary and incurable disease of the heart (arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy if you’re being fussy!). As a result, I had an internal defibrillator implanted in me, and I had to retire from the police aged 30.
One door closed, but another opened, and my wife and I bought a coffee shop in Ramsgate Harbour. We spent eight of the happiest years of our lives there but, when the kiddies came along, it just wasn’t sustainable. Family comes first, every single time (a theme in my books…), and the simple fact was that we knew our summers should be spent with the kids, not working seven days a week. In 2022, we sold our ‘third baby’ (the coffee shop, not an actual baby – although… what a plot line for the future… making a mental note…), and I took to writing full time.
Fast forward to now. I’ve signed a two book deal with Avon UK (part of the Harper Collins family), and my debut is coming to you all in August 2024. It’s called AFTER THE STORM, and it’s a police procedural with a twisty, emotional hook. https://www.instagram.com/gdwrightwrites https://www.Twitter.com/GDWrightWrites https://authorgdwright.com/
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