Told in the genre of the supernatural in keeping with most of Deric Shaw"s novels, Sins of the Father seeks to throw some light on the secretive attitude of the Catholic Church when, as has occurred so often over the years, it is faced with sexual involvement of members of its clergy with young people in their care, it covers up such happenings and moves the offender to another parish rather than surrender the priest to the police. Diana and Geoffrey Peterson along with their two children Ryan and Sophie have recently moved from the North of England down to Berkshire where the father has been appointed headmaster of a local comprehensive school in the mythical town of Broadlake settling in a local property known as the Big House. Strict Catholics themselves, Diana and Geoffrey enrol their children in the nearby Saint Vincent"s Catholic school. Shortly after moving into the Big House Diana has a disturbing experience when a young schoolboy appears on the landing one afternoon and...