Under Fire: A Novel

A Boston firefighter is shot and killed in the line of duty while rescuing Amina Diallo and her fifteen-year-old son Malick from their burning store. Diallo a Senegalese Muslim immigrant is arrested for arson and murder and will likely be convicted in record time. . Attorneys Sarah Lynch and Buddy Clancy face more than racial and religious prejudice in this impossible courtroom battle. Diallo is targeted by a gunman in open court a key defense witness is attacked and documents are stolen. Someone is trying to stop Sarah and Clancy from winning the case. They must find out who and why. A dangerous pursuit of the truth becomes Aminas only chance in Margaret McLeans Under Fire.