Under Fire
A Novel
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4.4 • 7 Ratings
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Publisher Description
A Boston firefighter is shot and killed in the line of duty while rescuing Amina Diallo and her fifteen-year-old son, Malick, from their burning store. Diallo, a Senegalese Muslim immigrant, is arrested for arson and murder, and will likely be convicted in record time.
Attorneys Sarah Lynch and Buddy Clancy face more than racial and religious prejudice in this impossible courtroom battle. Diallo is targeted by a gunman in open court, a key defense witness is attacked, and documents are stolen. Someone is trying to stop Sarah and Clancy from winning the case. They must find out who and why. A dangerous pursuit of the truth becomes Amina's only chance in Margaret McLean's Under Fire.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
At the outset of McLean's clich -ridden debut, a legal thriller, Boston firefighter Jack Fogerty gets fatally shot in the stomach while rescuing the owner of the Senegalese Market, Amina Diallo, and Amina's 15-year-old son from a blaze that destroys the store. The authorities quickly charge Amina, who, behind in her mortgage payments, appears to have torched her own property for the insurance, then shot Fogerty, the first firefighter on the scene, to cover her act of arson. Buddy Clancy, a notorious criminal defense attorney, persuades his ex-prosecutor niece, Sarah Lynch, who's still haunted by the shooting death of her lover four years earlier, to return to the courtroom to defend Diallo. The high-profile case, in which the governor of Massachusetts takes an active interest, pits Sarah, a former Olympic silver medalist hockey player, against her former colleagues. Numerous improbabilities burden the trial scenes, and the author telegraphs the unlikely truth behind the fire early on.
Customer Reviews
An excellent read
This fast paced thriller is a must-have download. With colorful characters and a fantastic plot, this page turning mystery is one of the greatest books I've read in the past year. Under fire highlights racial issues pertaining to the Muslim faith, arsony, and the tragic murder of a beloved fireman. This who done it novel will keep you up all night.