Set in Glasgow, The Father is the critically acclaimed debut novel of Tom O Keenan and the first in a series of crime thrillers featuring troubled forensic profiler Sean Rooney. The Father was shortlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger in 2014.

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Mental illness, alcohol abuse, and the tediom of pursuing psychopathic killers, leave Sean Rooney a pathetic man, a failed forensic profiler, a bit of a loser, and definitely retried. DCI Jacqueline Kaminski has other ideas. Faced with a multiple murder - and some headless corpses - she needs Rooney back on the case.

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Born and bred in Hamilton, Tom moved to Glasgow for much of his adult life, where his experience as a social worker in the mental health field informed and underpinned his writing. He now lives in Morar where, as well as writing crime thrillers, he runs a guest house.