The Next Rainy Day

by Philip David Alexander

Grant McRae has a loving wife, a healthy son, and a new career with the local police department. Bert Commerford has a pretty good life too, as the proud owner of Commerford & Sons Auto Service. But Bert's sons are polar opposites: Travis is a budding junior hockey star, and Russell is a thug loaded with resentment for Bert. When tragedy befalls the Commerfords, Bert finds himself too haunted by his murky past to stop his life from buckling. Russell leaves home and almost immediately finds disaster as his path intersects with Constable McRae's.

Told from alternating perspectives, The Next Rainy Day is a fast-moving exploration of loss and of finding hope in the wake of personal disaster.

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Philip David Alexander's short fiction has appeared in various magazines and journals, including Storyglossia, Front & Centre and Hardboiled.

He is the author of four novels: Skyward (2016); Peacefield (2014), North of Here (2012), and The Next Rainy Day (2005).

He lives in Burlington, Ontario, Canada

Reviews

[E.R. Yatscoff · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an interesting read surrounding tragedies in the lives of two men; on a cop and the other a mechanic. Well written story. Vengeance and healing and dealing with the tragedies bring the two mens' lives together. Worth a read.