Caitlin Wahrer-The Damage

THE DAMAGE from lawyer turned novelist Caitlin Wahrer is an edgy, propulsive read about a small-town family pushed to the brink questions what we will do in the name of love and blood. Tony has always looked out for his younger brother, Nick. So when he’s called to the hospital bed where Nick is lying battered and bruised after a violent sexual assault, his protective instincts flare, and a white-hot rage begins to build. As a small-town New England lawyer, Tony’s wife, Julia, has cases involving kids all the time. When Detective Rice gets assigned to this one, Julia feels they’re in good hands. Especially because she senses that Rice, too, understands how things can quickly get complicated. Very complicated. After all, one moment Nick was having a drink with a handsome stranger; the next, he was at the center of an investigation threatening to tear not only him, but his entire family apart. And now his attacker, out on bail, is disputing Nick’s version of what happened. As Julia tries to help her brother-in-law, she sees Tony’s desire for revenge, to fix things for Nick, getting out of control. Tony is starting to scare her. And before long, she finds herself asking; does she really know what her husband is capable of? Or of what she herself is? About the Author: Born to two hippies in a small town in Maine, Caitlin Wahrer left the state for college but returned to attend law school and practice law, where she worked on cases involving some of the broad issues she writes about in The Damage. She lives in southern Maine with her husband. The Damage is her debut novel.  Follow her online: Twitter: @CaitlinWahrer Instagram: @caitlinwahrer Photo Credit: Justine Johnson