Where to Buyĭid you enjoy this review? Check out my other reviews here. To make matters worse, Evan’s own troubled past is back with a vengeance as his nemesis, the degenerate child-killer Carl Hendricks, feeds his festering hatred from his prison cell, sending a killer intent on Old Testament-style retribution after Evan and his family. How can he stop himself from becoming an unwilling pawn, his dogged tenacity turned against him as he leads the ruthless mobsters to the one person who stands between them and Hanna’s fortune? Did she have the baby? And if so, what happened to it?Īs Evan searches for somebody who might never have existed, peeling back fifty years of lies and betrayal to uncover the tragic story hidden underneath, he faces a terrible dilemma: the closer he gets to the truth, the more he puts his quarry in danger. Desperate to atone for his sins, Hanna hires maverick PI Evan Buckley to investigate, to find answers to the questions that haunt him. Now he’s dying with nobody to inherit his fortune – apart from his weak-willed daughter and her bullying lover, a gambler in over his head with the Russian mob, willing to do anything to save his own skin. Book Descriptionįifty years ago, pharmaceuticals magnate Frank Hanna got a girl pregnant. If you enjoy edge-of-your-seat thrillers with an outstanding cast of characters, check out Sins of the Father. But, though the story’s driving force is a direct path, there’s nothing straight about it when it comes to the twists and turns Evan must navigate to get to the truth. You could poke your eye out.Īll of the characters in this book are well defined. But isn’t that what literary PIs are supposed to do? Sometimes, though, I wish he’d think first before leaping into the festering maw of the unknown. Good thing he has that cop, Kate Guillory, to keep him in line.ĭespite his shortcomings, Evan is dogged when it comes to solving a mystery.
And often, the investigator lets his emotions get in the way instead of doing the sensible thing. Sins Of The Father Author: Jeffrey Archer Publisher: Pan Macmillan Pages: 384 pages Price: Rs350 The Sins Of The Father is the sequel to Jeffrey Archer’s Only Time Will Tell and the second in his ambitious series of five books spanning 100 years.If you haven’t read the first part, the sequel won’t make much sense, as the story of Sins. I’ll also add that Evan Buckley is not the sharpest tool in the shed. Sins of the Father is a crime thriller worthy of Walter White.