Crime and thrillers June 2012

Bernard Carpinter’s monthly roundup of crime and thrillers.

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20th June, 2012

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A television news flash tells Dr Paul Allen that Senator Jay Seagram – expected to be the next President of the United Sates – has been shot at a public rally. A little later, a picture of the alleged gunman reveals he is Paul’s son Daniel, from his first marriage. Noah Hawley’s THE GOOD FATHER (Hodder & Stoughton, $36.99) then follows two strands: Paul turns detective in a desperate effort to show his son is innocent, and he agonises over what he and his first wife did wrong in their upbringing of Daniel. How could such a gentle soul turn into a killer? Such a story ...

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