The Sins of the Father

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Pub Date 28 Sep 2022 | Archive Date 12 Oct 2022
The Book Guild | Book Guild Publishing

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Description

Halle Jacobs has just landed her dream job as an investigative reporter for an up-and-coming TV production company. She is immediately thrust into an investigation about an unusually high number of childhood cancer cases on an East London housing estate.

Ably assisted by her researcher Todd, she is confronted by a community that, rather than pulling together under these distressing circumstances, is torn apart by intolerance and racism.

Halle progresses the investigation, identifying two family firms that were involved in the construction of the housing estate back in the 80s. Both firms are run by strong patriarchal figureheads. As she delves deeper into the two families, Halle comes across a mother in prison for murder, a set of ruthless business men, a suspicious money trail and a daughter determined to find out what is going on between the two firms.

Will Halle crack this case and expose The Sins of the Father?

Halle Jacobs has just landed her dream job as an investigative reporter for an up-and-coming TV production company. She is immediately thrust into an investigation about an unusually high number of...


A Note From the Publisher

Colin Wade previously worked as a full-time programme manager with Thames Valley Police for thirteen years. He is currently working in admin at Oxford High School and does some exam invigilation for Oxford Sixth Form College. With more time on his hands, he turned to writing in 2016 and has published three books, The Lost Years (Matador), Plutus (Matador) and Deadly Connections (The Book Guild). He lives in Oxford with his wife and two grown-up children.

Colin Wade previously worked as a full-time programme manager with Thames Valley Police for thirteen years. He is currently working in admin at Oxford High School and does some exam invigilation for...


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ISBN 9781915603296
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PAGES 392

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This was a great book. I loved every paragraph, every sentence and every word of this masterpiece! I read it in 12 hours, which is a lot for me to do! It had everything and more laid out in the novel! I sure hope he writes more! I am totally hooked!

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The Sins of the Father by Colin Wade.
Halle Jacobs has just landed her dream job as an investigative reporter for an up-and-coming TV production company. She is immediately thrust into an investigation about an unusually high number of childhood cancer cases on an East London housing estate.
Ably assisted by her researcher Todd, she is confronted by a community that, rather than pulling together under these distressing circumstances, is torn apart by intolerance and racism. Halle progresses the investigation, identifying two family firms that were involved in the construction of the housing estate back in the 80s. Both firms are run by strong patriarchal figureheads. As she delves deeper into the two families, Halle comes across a mother in prison for murder, a set of ruthless business men, a suspicious money trail and a daughter determined to find out what is going on between the two firms. Will Halle crack this case and expose The Sins of the Father?
Really enjoyable read. Couldn't put it down. 5*.

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I have really been Into Thrillers, murder and crime type books lately, So this book took me a little while to get to ! Now that I've read IT OMG this book was so inspiring and interesting I was glued to my kindle! The storyline was just so very interesting! It was heartfelt, it had heartache and heartbreak! But what a book! I highly recommend reading this book! It was so worth reading! Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for sharing this book with me!

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I thought this book had such an interesting premise and so I was keen to read and review it and I loved it. It was dark, tense and atmospheric with a gripping story that kept me hooked until the end. Twisty and unpredictablr and very hard to put down.

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This was a book that I devoured in the span of a day because I couldn't put it down. The plot twists were incredible and I loved the story/character development. It's definitely a page-turner and the antagonists are so unlikeable and thoroughly obnoxious (very well-written!) that you really want to keep reading in hopes they get their just dues. Now it's up to you to read it and see what happens...

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Colin Wade's novel is an explosive thriller. The plot is the sort of story that would have made headlines in the 'News of the World' a few years ago. It is also an exposé of one of this country's greatest failings at the moment: to provide safe housing in a safe environment for its inhabitants.
Edward Allcock and his sons are characters written in vinegar: misogynistic, racist, crooks, risking lives with their greed and dishonesty.
The story is complex and clever, twisting and turning through four decades, until three women decide to fight back against the Allcock brothers.
It would be a lie to say there is a killer twist at the end, because there are two!

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