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    Kill the Father

    By Sandrone Dazieri

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    In this fascinatingly complex thriller, two people, each shattered by their past, team up to solve a series of killings and abductions—unspeakable crimes that turn out to be merely the surface of something far more sinister.

    When a woman is beheaded in a park outside Rome and her six-year-old son goes missing, the police arrest the woman’s husband and await his confession. But the city’s Chief of Major Crimes has his doubts and assigns two of Italy’s top analytical minds to the case: Deputy Captain Colomba Caselli, a fierce, warrior-like detective still reeling from a horrific mass killing she survived, and Dante Torre, a man who spent his childhood trapped inside a concrete silo. Fed through the gloved hand of a masked kidnapper who called himself “the Father,” Dante emerged from his ordeal with crippling claustrophobia but, also, with an unquenchable thirst for knowledge.

    All evidence suggests that the Father is back at work and wants a reunion with Dante. But when Colomba and Dante begin unraveling the truth, they find themselves wanted for murder. Now Dante and Colomba must travel down a number of dark tunnels, both literal and figurative, as they confront the question that may solve it all: what lies beneath the water in a remote Italian quarry? And what might that revelation mean for ten children who have recently gone missing?

    Kill the Father boasts a brilliantly layered plot that offers new and more haunting revelations at every turn. Not since Thomas Harris’s The Silence of the Lambs has there been as intriguing a pairing of hard-charging female detective and “damaged” savant, and not since Jo Nesbo has there been a foreign thriller talent as promising.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster
    Release dateJan 10, 2017
    ISBN9781501157967
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    Sandrone Dazieri

    Sandrone Dazieri is the bestselling author of numerous novels and screenplays. Kill the Father, the first novel in his series featuring Colomba Caselli and Dante Torre, was an international bestseller and received spectacular praise for its highly unconventional detective duo. Kill the Angel was also a bestseller, and Kill the King is the third and final novel in the series. You can follow him on Twitter @SandroneDazieri.

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    • 5/5
      I have had this book in my tbr pile since its paperback release on the 10th August 2017 and it is now the 26th July 2018 so I am really late getting to it but, “better late than never” as the saying goes and now i just want to kick my own arse for leaving it so long!! However, on the plus side, I don’t have to wait a year for the second book in the series – Kill the Angel, which was published on the 3rd May 2018. The wait would have been pretty shite due to the cliff-hanger of an ending!I purchased the second book whilst half way through this one as it was so good, it is by far one of my top reads of 2018 so far.The two main characters, Deputy Police Commissioner Colomba Caselli and Dante Torre were equally brilliant, not always likeable but very memorable and I can’t wait to find out where they are now after such a devastating case and by the sounds of it they are about to be thrown back into another grizzly case. The only slight issue I found was that I struggled with some of the other minor characters names, there are two names that were very similar but polar opposites of characters so a few times i was trying to work out why the good guy was with the bad guys!! But I should imagine that it’s just me and my inability to remember people’s names!There are some fairly gruesome scenes in parts but not over the top gore fest but I honestly think that makes Kill the Father such a standout novel balancing out the police procedurals, back story and character building. But I do love a good gory serial killer thriller I am going to keep this review fairly brief as I NEED to get stuck into book two asap!!So to summarise – A brilliant fast paced crime thriller with plenty of twists and turns that simply don’t let up. And the old cliche genuinely applied to this book, I honestly couldn’t put it down! (I am writing this at 04:25am because i had to finish the book!)I cant recommend it enough and i can see why it was a Richard and Judy 2017 Bookclub pick. If you are a fan of this genre you won’t want to miss this one, if it’s still in your tbr pile I’d suggest moving it right to the top of it!!
    • 4/5
      This is the story of Dante Torre who was held hostage as a young boy he is now an adult.He is asked to help solve a missing child case by Deputy Captain Columba Caselli
    • 4/5
      Kill the Father is Italian author Sandrone Dazieri's North American debut.When a woman is beheaded in Rome and her six year old son taken, the major crimes Chief calls in an unexpected duo to secretly track the killer and find the boy. Deputy Captain Colomba Caselli is still recovering from her last case or catastrophe, depending on your viewpoint. She is joined Dante Torre, a man who spent his childhood trapped inside a concrete silo fed by the gloved hand of a masked kidnapper who called himself 'the Father'. He escaped but has been irreparably damaged by his horrific ordeal.I thought this was an excellent premise. The two leads were well drawn and I am always attracted to the 'walking wounded' protagonists. Kill the Father is listed as the first book in the Columba Caselli series. So, a great introduction to this character and her back story. Torre is of course, horribly affected by his ordeal as a child, but I found that his reactions to situations etc. became somewhat repetitive as they were described over and over again.The plot is intricate and complex, but I found it started to drag over the course of the 500+ pages and I found my attention wandering.I chose to listen to Kill the Father. I do find when I read a book vs. listening to it, that it's a different experience. Repetitive descriptions that I may have glossed over in physical book format are more pronounced in audio. The character seem more 'real' when they have an actual voice.The reader of Kill the Father was Cassandra Campbell - one of my favourite audio book presenters. Her performance was excellent. She has such a smooth voice that is so pleasant to listen to. There's a melodic undertone that makes her voice sound so polished and effortless. I liked her interpretation of the Columba character. It fit the mental image I had created for the character. Her pacing of the narrative is good, as are the inflections she gives to dialogue and action. She handles the Italian phrases used in the book admirably. Great audio performance, but overall, Kill the Father was just an okay book for me.
    • 4/5
      First in a series, translated from Italian, I have to admit I was enthralled. Not necessarily for the storyline, thought I thought is was well dome with multiple layers and new revelations, the requisite twists and turns that we don't see coming.It was the characters I found extremely interesting. The young woman detective suffering from anxiety, on leave at present, but brought into the case as a favor to her mentor and friend. Then there ids Dante Torres, kidnapped as a six year old, for eleven years living out of society. Suffering crippling effects from his years of imprisonment, he is nevertheless, capable of pitting things together, noticing things others often don't. Can read the signals and facial ticks, tells that often go unnoticed, he has worked on various cases finding lost children. He is so interesting and unique.Definitely looking forward to more from this duo, a very good police procedural and much more.
    • 3/5
      A great concept but way to wordy for me. This book could have been cut in half and been much more enjoyable. The characters are very well written as well as the crime committed. I liked the interaction between Colomba and Dante, very intriguing and very unusual. The crime that happened to Dante was very interested; I just felt that the story became so convoluted after awhile that I started skimming some of the chapters. Had high hopes for this one, it just did provide.
    • 5/5
      Weighing in at over five hundred pages, Kill the Father could have used some judicious trimming, but the two main characters are so mesmerizing and the story so convoluted and compelling that the book's length was something I had to admit was a minor quibble. If you're looking for a mystery filled with the food and wine and ambiance of Italy, look elsewhere. Kill the Father is tough and gritty and all about character and story. The mystery keeps readers off-balance with its twists and turns that are all based on a real-life event. Just as you think you know what's going on, you hit a speed bump, get tossed into the air, and find yourself landing and heading off in another direction. (Prepare yourself for several "speed bumps".) I love stories that can keep me guessing, and this one certainly does. What raises this book up to a whole different level is its characterizations. Caselli and Torre are two very flawed people, but they are also very strong, very intelligent, and very determined. With the horror of his childhood, Torre often takes center stage and rightly so. As the investigation progresses, Torre has to confront his past and wonder if what he remembers is really what happened or if he has false memories. It's been a long time since I've been so impressed with two characters as I am with Caselli and Torre.One warning for potential readers: If you really can't stomach any harm coming to children, you might want to skip several paragraphs from time to time or decide not to read the book at all. I will say that the scenes are not graphic and that they really serve to illuminate Torre's character.The third book in the series, Kill the King, will be released in May. I already have the second, Kill the Angel and am fighting the urge to dive right in. When you find the right combination of story and character, it's magic, and in the case of Caselli and Torre, Sandrone Dazieri is the magician.
    • 3/5
      This was a fun mystery/thriller, more thriller than mystery. I most liked the language; either the original or the translation was always just awkward enough to give flavor without going bad. The story is propulsive, and never slows down. The weaknesses, I felt, were the length (too long), the over-the-top plot, and the shifting viewpoints. I've been appreciating more Tana French's steady narrative voice, and I felt that this book's shifting between good guys, bad guys and other characters gives up some suspense. Dazieri credits a friend for describing SCUBA diving to him, and unfortunately that scene was off, for me.> She rotated to light up the wall next to her, which was covered with nudibranchs and tiny clams, then in the other direction, toward the center of the lake, which vanished into darkness.
    • 4/5
      This was one of the better thriller/mystery novels I have read so far this year. Wow. It was well written, filled with lots of twists and turns and the way everything is tied together is fantastic and makes the writing flow to keep you engaged and the pages turning.The characters speak for themselves. They’re heavily flawed and are dealing with horrible pasts. I like both of them and Dante and Colomba do make a great team. Dante certainly has his quirks and his mannerisms due to his being a previous kidnapping victim. It feels like they certainly complement each other and they have an amazing chemistry when working together. They’re both very strong characters, no doubt.If any of you have read The Monster’s Daughter by Michelle Pretorius I found some similarities between Colomba and Alet in the fact they both don’t take crap and go beyond their limits to solve things and they’re certainly not afraid to take a swing or kick to make their point across (Colomba has a good share of that throughout the book)The plot was really good and what I really enjoyed reading the most was the way everything was seamless and how it was put together. Everything that happened to Colomba and Dante was related and well explained. The explanation as to the origins of Colomba’s situation was very well done! I enjoyed that aspect of the plot. The only thing is, the book is rather long and the plot a bit on the slow side but it’s nevertheless a great read and going through the twists and turns was completely worth it.And yes, there’s a cliffhanger ending. I can’t wait to read the second one.
    • 4/5
      This intricate Italian thriller introduces one of the oddest couples in crime fiction. Neither one is a poster child for mental health and with good reason. The real question lurking behind their present case is not whether they’ll get their man but if they can survive what they discover.Deputy Captain Colomba Caselli is officially on leave. She was a rising star in Rome’s major crimes unit until “the Disaster”. Now she’s trying to decide whether she still wants to be a cop & her panic attacks might be a sign it’s time for a career change. Dante Torre is a bit of a train wreck. But after being abducted as a child & squirrelled away in an abandoned silo for 11 years, who can blame him. That would give anyone a few ticks. More than 30 years later, he struggles with social skills & crippling claustrophobia. The experience left him with an uncanny ability to “read” people through their every glance, word, tone & gesture. Now he makes his living as a human lie detector for select clients.Then another little boy goes missing. Chief Alfredo Rovere hears of the puzzling case & has his doubts about the cop leading the investigation. He contacts Colomba & asks her to discretely look into the death of a woman whose 6 year old son has vanished. There’s just one catch….she must convince Dante to help her.And they’re off. Right from the start, you crave information about these characters & their pasts. They’re well defined & through the effective use of flashbacks we learn what happened to turn them both into fragile yet resilient people. They’re surrounded by a large cast & it’s clear some have private agendas. At times, we know more than Colomba & Dante & this adds to the rising tension.The pace picks up considerably in the second half as Colomba & Dante race around Italy trying to stay one step ahead of a shadowy figure known as the Father. The author does a great job of providing a slow drip of clues that reveal & misdirect, leading to some surprising twists. One of my pet peeves is when a major revelation comes out of the blue. It leaves me feeling cheated because I never had a chance to suss it out. That’s not the case here. There are several jaw droppers along the way but the hints were all there & I just missed their significance. Well done, Mr Dazieri.The literal sprint to the finish leaves you reeling as the pieces all fit together to reveal the horrific scale of everything that’s happened. It’s a compulsive read with an intriguing couple I hope we’ll see again.Kudos to Antony Shugaar whose translation provides a smooth narrative that allows the characters to shine.