Fire Damage

Doctor Jessie Flynn is an interesting and complex protagonist, and working as she does for the Defense Psychology Service, she comes into contact with fragile and vulnerable army personnel who have been damaged in the line of duty. 

Jessie seeks to help a four year-old boy, whose father has been badly injured by a bomb. Nothing is quite what it seems at first and there are a number of twists to the story. The one constant is the little boy's trauma as he tries to make sense of the problem people around him.

Jessie comes into contact with Captain Ben Callan of the Military Police Special Investigation, and gets drawn into a separate ongoing inquiry which is both perplexing and time consuming.  Jessie Flynn‘s world as a clinical psychologist is expertly explained, and I especially liked the idea that she is just as flawed, and has almost as many hang ups, as the people she attempts to counsel. Her relationship with Ben Callan is intriguing; they have an interesting connection, a shared history which hovers on the professional but there is a lingering intimacy between them which is as intriguing.

It’s a fascinating read to have a crime novel told from the perspective of a clinical psychologist without it being encumbered by too much police procedure.  The criminal aspect of the story takes on a sharper meaning, and having a damaged child at its centre, allows Fire Damage to show the vulnerabilities of those people and families who get caught up in events beyond their control.



Note : Kate Medina was previously published as KT Medina

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