num_pages: 344
description: An unforgettable tale of mystery and obsession by Barbara Vine (pseudonym of Ruth Rendell, winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement)This is the utterly absorbing story of best-selling novelist Gerald Candless, whose sudden death from a heart attack leaves behind a wife and two doting daughters. To sort through her grief, one of his daughters, Sarah, decides to write a biography of her internationally celebrated father.        Within hours of beginning her research, Sarah comes across the first of what will be many shocking revelations. As her life is slowly torn apart, a terrible logic finally emerges to explain her mother's remoteness, her father's need to continually reinvent himself in his work, and a long-forgotten London murder.        
language: English
title: The Chimney Sweeper's Boy
titlecomplete: The Chimney Sweeper's Boy
characters: Gerald Candless, Sarah Candless, Adam Foley, Hope Candless, Sam Fleming, Ursula Candless, Jason Thague
genres: Fiction, Family, Mystery, Thriller, British Literature, LGBT, Mystery Thriller, Crime, Audiobook, Suspense
ratings_count: 5542
places: London, England, Devon, England
publisher: Harmony