"After Claire" is an ambitious, suspense-filled novel that taps into the gritty heart of psychotherapy. By adding a psychological twist to the standard crime genre, author John Wallis takes readers on a unique, page-turning journey. The novel begins with a routine trip to a grocery story that turns out to be not routine at all. Paul Mason's wife, Claire, unexpectedly tells him she wants a divorce. Alarmed and confused, Paul runs a red light - resulting in an accident that kills Claire. As Paul tries to resume his life as a psychotherapist and father to nine-year--old Allie, he finds that nothing will ever be the same - especially after Allie finds out just how her mother died.

John Wallis was a psychotherapist and relationship counselor for more than forty years. His short story, "Helen's Birthday," taken from the first chapters of "After Claire", was a finalist in the 2013 Short Story America contest and was published in 2015. A United Methodist minister, he has also been published three times in the journal, Lectionary Homiletics.