After the Fall

A family is torn apart when their son, Danny Magill, a handome, athletic, studious teenager, is arrested for a shocking crime, in a stunning psychological novel that explores the issues of guilt and innocence and the ties that bind a family together. Reissue.

"After The Fall is a page-turner about every parent's worst nightmare. It is a disturbing and suspenseful read." -- Phillip Margolin, bestselling author of The Undertaker's Widow

Judith Kelman is the author of numerous highly regarded novels of psychological suspense. Now she offers us her most ambitious -- and chilling -- tale to date. After The Fall is a gripping novel about a family and a town ripped apart by a sensational crime.

Daniel Magill is just about a perfect kid. He has everything going for him: looks, Graves, athletic ability, and a practically guaranteed admission to the college of his choice. Then the police come pounding at the Magill's door and arrest Danny for a shocking crime, shattering his family's apparently perfect world. But his Danny's mother, Jess, probes more deeply into the circumstances of his arrest, she discovers that things may not have really been "perfect" for quite some time. How could this nightmare be happening to this boy? This family? This town? And how will they all survive? Judith Kelman's gripping psychological novel goes beyond question of guilt or innocence to explore what the ties that bind are really made of.