Mental issues, alcohol abuse, and the tedium of pursuing psychopathic killers, leaves Sean Rooney a pathetic man, a failed forensic profiler, a bit of a loser and definitely retired. The Father, the first in a crime thriller series by critically acclaimed author Tom O. Keenan, introduces troubled retired profiler Sean Rooney. DCI Jacqueline Kaminski, faced with multiple murders - and some headless corpses - has other ideas. Jackie needs psychosleuth Rooney back on the case.