We’re happy to announce the release of the eagerly awaited new novel by Graham Wright.
Shooting at Strangers is a tense psychological drama. It follows the aftermath of a terrorist attack in central Manchester, through the eyes of one of the survivors. The central character, Amber Jennings, is a charismatic and self-confident mother of two young children. But witnessing the attack leaves her traumatised, and her life is turned upside down as characters from her past come back to haunt her.
One bright, spring morning in Manchester City centre, a terrorist pulls out a gun and starts shooting indiscriminately. Among the panicking crowd, one woman recognises the gunman. Surviving the attack, weighed down by trauma and survivor guilt, Amber Jennings sets out to discover how Jameel – the shy, rather awkward young man she knew in her late teens – could have become a mass murderer.
The complicated relationships of Amber’s earlier life interweave with and inform the contemporary narrative. Central to the story is Amber’s relationship with the MI5 officer whose suspicions are aroused by her investigative activities. When the press become interested in her story, Amber’s troubles increase still further. Operating beneath the radar of both MI5 and the media, Amber’s eyes are opened to the troubling role she herself played in her friend’s tragic downward spiral.
Shooting at Strangers looks beyond the simplistic, black and white, good and evil representations of terrorism, to explore the complexities and contradictions of the characters involved.
Shooting at Strangers can be ordered from all good book stores, by mail order from the books page on this site, or as an Amazon Kindle ebook.
