Book info

• Title The Sins of the Father
• Author Jeffrey Archer
• Year 2012
• Genre Historical

Only days before Britain declares war on Germany, Harry joins the Merchant Navy, unable to face long-held family secrets and the fact he will never be able to marry his true love Emma Barrington. But when his ship is sunk mid-Atlantic, Harry takes the opportunity to assume the identity of one his deceased rescuers and begin a new life. Landing in America, he quickly discovers he has made a mistake and without any way to prove his true identity, Harry is now chained to a past that could be far worse than the one he had hoped to escape...

Thoughts

The second in the Clifton Chronicles trilogy picks up exactly where the previous book left off, and follows a similar pattern: tracking the movements of each character before moving onto another, revisiting some previous events before moving the story along.

Just as before, the book is riveting in its drama, and I was glad to see characters dipping in and out that we have heard of before. I was so sure we’d see Fisher again, I just didn’t think it would be quite so soon! It’s great that some of these characters are fallible, that they can be cowardly before doing the right thing - it would be tedious if they were all like Harry and Emma, headstrong and brilliant, independent and determined.

But, now, we’re left with another cliffhanger, and so I must leave off writing this review to dive straight into book three.

Rating: 4 / 5