[Dr Anne Vernon 01] • Burn Out (Dr. Anne Vernon Book 1)

Is it worth the risk?

Dr. Anne Vernon has recently taken a job as the only woman in an all-male prison.

Her role there is twofold: She must cater to the physical well-being of the prisoners and also investigate their mental problems - a job description that is as challenging as it is dangerous.

Within minutes of arrival, the new doctor is thrown her first case: a suicide risk who has been charged with attempted rape of a schoolgirl. To her surprise, Dr. Vernon recognizes the man as Jason Newman, a former international tennis star.

His situation does look particularly bad: Two young girls have recently disappeared from the neighbourhood and the police are desperate to find a suspect.

But Dr. Vernon believes that he could be innocent and takes a more than medical interest in his case. As she investigates his problems, Dr. Vernon begins to uncover a turmoil of suppressed passions that will eventually erupt to put her own life in danger.

Will she survive in her new career?

Praise for Alan Scholefield…

‘An excellent police novel: tough, tense and all too human.’ – Gary Dobbs

‘Scholefield retains his place in the front rank of English crime writers’ – Publishers Weekly

Alan Scholefield was born in 1931 in Cape Town, South Africa. He studied English Literature at Oxford. After leaving university he became a journalist and travelled widely in southern and central Africa, Europe, and America. Most famous for his Macrae and Silver series, Scholefield has also written other novels, including Venom , which was made into a film in 1981. He is now a freelance editor and lives in Hampshire with his wife and has three daughters.