Sins of the Fathers (Thackeray & Ackroyd S.) [Paperback]

Patricia Hall (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2005 | Series: Thackeray & Ackroyd S.

A young boy running for his life through the snow, his sister hovering between life and death in intensive care: it seems that another father has been driven to the edge and turned on his family when DCI Michael Thackeray reluctantly enters a family home turned blood-stained charnel house. But as he and his lover Laura Ackroyd dig deeper the tragedy becomes darker and much more dangerous. While Thackeray seeks to find where the children's father has gone, Laura begins to ask just who he is. This seems to have been a family with no past long before its future was so brutally taken away. Who is Gordon Christie? Who is he hiding from? Is it only the police who are looking for him? Where has he gone with a loaded gun and his son in tow? And who seems to be obstructing Thackeray's inquiry at every turn, driving him to the brink of resignation and Laura to despair? As things fall apart, the tangle of violence they uncover turns lethal and their lives hang in the balance as the police eventually uncover the full tragedy of the elusive Gordon Christie.

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'A Patricia Hall novel combines the best elements of mystery detection and thriller in one novel... Her storylines are complex, but not hard to follow. They entertain with good detection, people to care about and a heroine of great courage and intellect' Deadly Pleasures 'Hall's style is refreshingly clean and uncluttered, and her narrative achieves a powerful momentum' Times Literary Supplement

About the Author

Patricia Hall is the pen-name of journalist Maureen O'Connor. She was born and brought up in West Yorkshire, which is where she has chosen to set her acclaimed series of novels featuring reporter Laura Ackroyd and DCI Michael Thackeray. She is married, with two grown-up sons, and now lives in Oxford.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Allison & Busby (September 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0749082895
• ISBN-13: 978-0749082895
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #383,424 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Patricia Hall remembers telling stories to her little sisters when she was six years old, and by the time she was in her early teens she was sure that she was going to be a writer one day. She gained a a degree in English before becoming a journalist and working for The Guardian and the BBC in London, amongst others.
On 1991 her first crime novel, The Poison Pool, was published in London and New York and this was followed by a book a year. Most feature her feisty heroine, reporter Laura Ackroyd and her on-off lover DCI Michael Thackeray. They are set in the decaying industrial towns of West Yorkshire and the nearby countryside of the Yorkshire Dales. In 2011 she launched a new series with Dead Beat, casting a sceptical eye on "Swinging London" in the 1960s. The sequel, Death Trap, will be published in 2012.
Patricia is married and now lives in Oxford. She has two grown up sons and a grand-daughter.
Visit Patricia's web-site at www.patriciahall.co.uk

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5.0 out of 5 stars Another Patricia Hall at her best, January 21, 2009

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This review is from: Sins of the Fathers (Thackeray & Ackroyd S.) (Paperback)

Spine thrilling. Another great mystery from a great writer. Can't put the book down, and read it late into the night and could barely get up the next morning to get to work.