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PUBLISHER: McNidder & Grace

FORMAT: Paperback

ISBN: 9780857161161

RRP: £7.99

PAGES: 256

PUBLICATION DATE:
February 28, 2015

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The Father

Tom Keenan

Mental illness, alcohol abuse, and the tedium of pursuing typical killers, leave Sean Rooney a pathetic man, a failed forensic profiler, a bit of a loser and definitely retired. DCI Jacqueline Kaminski has other ideas. Faced with a multiple murder – and some headless corpses – she needs Rooney back on the case. ‘There’s a psycho out there’, she pleads.

Reviews of The Father

'A wonderful and gritty debut novel.' Tony Black 'Scottish noir at its best.' The Crack

Tom Keenan

Born and raised in Glasgow this is Tom’s critically acclaimed debut novel. His experience as an independent worker in the mental health field, writing expert reports for solicitors and Glasgow Sheriff Court informs and underpins his writing. Tom is now working on the second Sean Rooney crime novel.

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