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.