C.T. Ferguson has a case. Just one. It’s how he works.Then devastating personal news leaves him shattered.Now he’s burning the candle at both ends. His new investigation is one he never wanted and couldn’t imagine. It emerged from a lie over a decade old.The original client demands his time, also. She’s a young woman who needs help. How much time can C.T. spare her when he’s consumed by something … woman who needs help. How much time can C.T. spare her when he’s consumed by something personal?
His dual cases will take him from Baltimore’s seediest neighborhoods to the real seat of city power. If C.T. is good enough, he’ll figure out both. He’ll get justice for the living and the dead.
If he’s not good enough, he won’t live to see his upcoming thirtieth birthday.
You’ll love Daughters and Sons because it’s a hard-boiled mystery overlaid with cyber intrigue, family tragedy, and plenty of wisecracks.
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Daughters And Sons is the fifth book in the C.T. Ferguson Mystery Novel series by Tom Fowler. Another great read and I’m enjoying the series. C.T. is working a case for a private investigator friend, finding out who is stalking, Ruby, a hooker. At the same time, his parents tell him that his sister, Samantha, was actually murdered thirteen years earlier. C.T. delves into that cold case and becomes focused like never before.
As lighthearted as C.T. usually is, this is not him. Tom Fowler has outdone himself with this 5th book. I’ve read them all and have enjoyed them all, but this hits his main character so deeply that his personality takes a big hit. I feel it was his best novel to date in this series. If you haven’t read any of these books yet, do yourself a favor and start. If you’ve already been a fan, you’re in for a treat
A good thriller with many twists and turns along the way with the protagonist trying to solve two cases at the same time, one of which is the murder of his sister 13 years ago. I could do with less food porn by the author.
Very Good Read. Didn’t want to lay this book down.
Lorene Means
DAUGHTERS.& SONS….Tom.Fowler
C.T.Ferguson is a unique and interesting person, he takes cases for free. The cost on him personally is huge, broken bones, to even killing, to working non stop to figure out and solve. A friend needs help on a case, a prostitute has a stalker. A family secret hits him hard, devastated a 13 old cold case.There is humor, his personal life with Gloria, all is put to the side. Another good plot to the end, with more of C.T.
I really like the C T Ferguson series, he is a great character, albeit rather annoying with his huge ego and entrenched opinions about food, fashion, cars and really just about everything else! but somehow he is still rather engaging and fun, and his heart is definitely in the right place..
This book is a little darker than the others in the series as it deals with C T investigating a major personal loss, and so we see a more vengeful side of his personality, at the same time he is trying to help a young woman who is living in the dark underbelly of Baltimore society. Despite this darker aspect, the book still contains some great humorous ‘one liners’ from C T.
I really like the little details which make the story realistic and believable, both in terms of location descriptions, and also character actions.
For me this is the best book in the series as it reveals a different side to C T, but also has the usual clever plot and some well written action sequences. As with all the novels/novellas in this series it can very easily be read as a stand-alone story, but is more rewarding if the previous stories have been read.
I received an advance copy of this book, but have voluntarily written this honest review.
The new C.T. Ferguson book, Daughters and Sons is one of the most exciting mysteries/thrillers that I have read in the last couple of months. Mr. Fowler is a talented author. The story is so well written that I became engrossed in the book and had a hard time putting it down. Unlike most of his other cases, C.T.Ferguson finds himself personally and emotionally involved with a 13 year old cold case. Rage, pain, confusion, aggravation, and frustration explode from the pages. Even Gloria, C.T.’s girlfriend, is unable to sidetrack him for long. The plot twists and turns, going from one case to the other. I really enjoyed reading this book. I think that anyone who reads James Patterson, Lee Child, Michael Connolly and/or Stewart Woods would enjoy reading Daughters and Sons.
A dark and twisted path for C.T.
C.T. Ferguson, everyone’s favorite reluctant detective, is in the soup again in this latest case to help Ruby get rid of a stalker. As the case progresses he is once again given little to work with but continues to do his thing and digs further with his wily ways to uncover the truth. He does all this while dealing with some harsh, formerly hidden truths himself in another case. Tom Fowler takes C.T. down a dark and twisted path in solving both cases, leaving the question up to the very end on the outcome.
I received a free copy of the book from the author. I had the opportunity to review or not.
Tom Fowler always writes books with interesting story lines that keep you interested. Very enjoyable reads.
Difficult to get into.
Good story. A little romance, interesting characters.
A satisfying read!
I was actually bored reading this book about a well to do PI. Did not find any characters to like.
A couple of twists in the plot made it interesting.
I liked it enough to get the previous three and resd them
Not too happy with this one, but if you can get through my following critiques it’s actually an interesting story line.
Too many long descriptions of things, places and people. Okay I got it the first time so lets move on. The girlfriend added nothing to this story. He could cook breakfast and she couldn’t cook anything. All they did was go out to eat and on occasion sleep together because he was too involved in his clients. I quickly became bored with the descriptive food talk over and over…….., thankfully there were no descriptive love scenes.
I only got past the first chapter because I really dislike anything to do about spotlighting the girls going to bed with each other and all the pouting that goes with it if one is ‘too busy’. Stick with the point of the mystery!
Daughters and Sons #5 – I enjoy reading this series. Even though I have not read all of them, I have not missed anything due to the author’s talent for storytelling. The past is not thrown at the reader to figure out or reminisce over.
C.T. continues to develop as more of his personality appears. He has good supporting characters, which is perfect to go along with the intriguing and interesting storylines. There is enough detail to make the reader a fly on the wall without the Hollywood dramatics or the usual stupidity found in this genre.
Realistic with storylines, dialog and actions while immersed with good humor and quite a bit of smart mouth from C.T. I contacted the author to review his books. 5*
The Reluctant Detective #1 – This is my first read by this author and I like it. This story fits into one of my all-time favorite genres with plenty of humor, action and investigations. The storylines are good and realistic, and I like that the PI is a privileged person instead of a Mickey Spillane stereotype.
C.T. also has an interesting past that plays a large part in this introduction. Add in his parents, his older police Detective cousin and a good supporting cast, which all make it difficult to put the book down. I read it in one sitting and then went on to another book in this series. The pace is steady without any boring bits. This is one of the better edited books I’ve seen from an Indie author. 4*
Already Guilty #4 – I could not put this book down. Well written, fasted paced, and intriguing with great storylines and characters, a real page-turner. Bits reminded me of Lithgow and Denzel’s revenge movie, but the author does well making this his work.
There are plenty of good characters, old and new, and the storylines merge well with the story’s plot and the past books. Of course, there is always something or someone to mess up the flow, but that is what makes the series interesting. C.T. is C.T. and you cannot help but respect him and his efforts, and he has a hard row to hoe this time with his special case.
I do not know how the previous books flowed since I have only read the first of this series, but I want to read all the books, including anything else this author has written past or future. 5*
CT Ferguson is a PI who helps people for free, but it does have a cost to him personally. He’s taken a lot of bruises, many broken bones, some hits to the ego, and a gunshot wound or two.
He has been forced to killed, either in self defense, or to save the life of another, but he’s not a stone cold killer.
He had started a case to help a prostitute with a stalker problem, when another case found him – a very personal one. His parents had told him the death of his sister when he was sixteen was due to a heart defect – sadly very much not true.
This book unravels how CT deals with the truth of his sister’s case, and finding the man behind her death. It details how he helps the hooker find and unwind the connections and troubles with her family that led to her career path, that might lead to a new beginning for her, and for at least some of her remaining family.
It is also the story of how CT himself unravels, faced with sad and horrible facts about the death of his sister, and the damage his relationship with his parents suffers.
I have heard it said that there is no growth without pain – CT garners ore than his fair share of pain in this story – enough to foster hectares of growth.
True to his characters in the other CT Ferguson books, CT does what he can to find his own brand of justice, and hold onto his own tattered self: a battered and tarnished hero / fighter for the underdog.
Love for his sister might move him to seek justice for her death, yet it might also move him to try to prevent his own death.
An awesome KU read!
‘Daughters and Sons’, book 5 for CT Ferguson, pro bono PI and my favorite, is another excellent read by Tom Fowler. A cold case brought to light by the revelation of a secret his parents kept from him makes this book his best. CT worked the cold case with a vengeance and the thought of committing murder. Exciting to the end and another must read CT Ferguson book. Author, Tom Fowler and his character, CT Ferguson are tops on my goodreads favorite shelf.