After The Fall

A fall. A death. A story that almost makes sense.When Eleanor Whitmore is found dead after a fall at Halcyon House, the first explanation seems simple enough: an accident, perhaps made tragic by age, circumstance, and bad luck.But forensic investigator Rebecca Danner is uneasy with simple explanations-especially when the evidence refuses to behave.As Rebecca reconstructs Eleanor's final movements, competing stories begin to emerge. A troubled marriage. A compromised witness. A man whose actions invite suspicion. A woman whose presence seems ordinary until it no longer does. Each version fits part of the evidence. None fits all of it.The deeper Rebecca looks, the more dangerous certainty becomes.Because a persuasive story is not the same thing as a true one.After the Fall is a forensic mystery about evidence, memory, motive, and the cost of getting the story wrong.