What Came Before He Shot Her

This bleak bit of crime fiction from bestselling mystery author Elizabeth George focuses on the preternaturally doomed Joel Campbell, a pre-teen boy with a singularly awful home life who takes it upon himself to save everyone in his family. Salvation inevitably turns to disaster, and his psychotic mother, teenaged sister, and eight-year-old brother are no help as they stumble through a world filled with abuse, drugs, and sex. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.