Sins of the Father

Name: Sins of the Father
Brand: Hachette UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Graham Hurley
ISBN: 9781409159490

Author: Graham Hurley

Narrator: Jonathan Keeble

Unabridged: 11 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orion

Published: 11/20/2014

Categories: Fiction, Crime, Mystery & Detective, Police Procedural, Traditional British, Hard-boiled, Suspense & Thriller

Synopsis

A rich old man, Rupert Moncrieff, is beaten to death in the silence of his West Country waterside mansion, his head hooded and his throat cut. His extended family are still living beneath his roof, each with their own room, their own story, their own ghosts, and their own motives for murder. And in this world of darkness and dysfunction are the artefacts and memories of colonial atrocities that are returning to haunt them all.

At the heart of the murder investigation is DS Jimmy Suttle who, along with his estranged journalist wife Lizzie, is fighting his own demons after the abduction and death of their young daughter, Grace.

But who killed Rupert Moncrieff? And what secrets is the house holding onto that could unravel this whole investigation?

The enquiry takes Suttle to Africa and beyond as he slowly begins to understand the damage that human beings can inflict upon one another. Not simply on the battlefield. Not simply in the torture camps in the Kenyan bush. But much, much closer to home.

Read by Jonathan Keeble

(p) 2014 Isis Publishing Ltd

About Graham Hurley

Graham Hurley is an award-winning TV documentary maker who now writes full time. He is married and has grown up children. He lived in Portsmouth for 20 years but now lives in Exmouth, Devon.www.grahamhurley.co.uk

About Jonathan Keeble

Jonathan combines his audio work with a busy theatre and TV career. He is very proud to have appeared more times (11) at Manchester's prestigious Royal Exchange Theatre than any one else of his age. He has featured in over 500 radio plays for the BBC appearing in everything from Shakespeare to Sherlock Holmes to Dr Who and is also the evil Owen in The Archers. Much in demand for his voicework, this ranges from playing Sir Christopher Wren in St. Paul's Cathedral to The Angel of Death in the film Hellboy 2, with stops at all points in between. An award-winning reader, Jonathan has recorded over 100 audiobooks.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Liz

This is my first introduction to the Jimmy Suttle series and indeed my first introduction to the author and I have to say that it will definitely not be the last book I read from him, this was terrific top notch crime fiction. This is one of those books that grips you from the outset even if you can’......more

Goodreads review by Suzan

This is the 3rd of the DS Jimmy Suttle series and there is enough back information included for this to be read stand alone. The plot centres around the murder of an elderly man. Running alongside this is a very personal investigation (any more about this would spoil it for the reader) being carried......more

Goodreads review by Margaret

If I say this is a good holiday read, it's not meant to be a put-down. What I do mean is that it's a good page-turner. I enjoyed Hurley's Joe Faraday series, and his Jimmy Suttle novels are not proving to be a disappointment. As is usual with Hurley, two linked plots run side by side, in this case i......more

Goodreads review by Wendy

I like a series such as this with good plots, characters with whom you become engaged, and on top of that, information to make you think about various social issues. When it comes to Jimmy Suttle’s love-life, i can’t decide if I want him to get back with Lizzie or settle down with one of the other w......more

Quotes

Superior crime fiction Sunday Times

Hurley's DS Jimmy Suttle thrillers are my favourite British crime series right now... Hurley's a master of plotting and superb characterisation... A terrific and tantalising read." PETERBOROUGH EVENING TELEGRAPH

One of the best of the two dozen or so novels he's written....the book is as much a story of Suttle and Lizzie's emotional battles as it is a police who-dunnit, but as it happens the detective element is first class....past atrocities mingling cleverly with present injustice. THE TIMES

'A clever, complex story, harnessing the dark secrets of a dysfunctional family to the disbelief and despair of a family torn apart by a cruel and senseless killing.' LANCASTER GUARDIAN