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Tales of the Notorious Hudson Family #7
Hidden Sin: When the past comes back to haunt you
The explosive sequel to #1 Sunday Times bestseller Bad Blood.
Set 18 years later, Hidden Sin is the story of Joey, his girlfriend Paula and Rasta Mo, the man he is to discover is his dad.
Joey Parker is a young man with big dreams. Almost eighteen, he’s desperate to escape the shackles of his window cleaning round, so when’s offered the chance to try out as a drummer in a local Blondie tribute band he jumps at the chance. But it isn’t just the music that moves him. It’s also the fact that Paula Foster is the lead singer. The daughter of his mum’s old mate, Josie, she was once a childhood friend. They’ve not seen each other in years, and their mutual attraction is immediate.
Meanwhile, notorious local drug overlord, Rasta Mo, has recently returned to Bradford after a spell inside and years in Marbella. He is instantly enamored with the good-looking drummer he discovers is his son. He decides that his new club is in need of a house band – and so begins his attempts to woo him.
This book charts a journey between two men into a future neither visualized. And, in Joey’s case, into a dangerous criminal world he’s never known. And, while his mother and step-father can only look on in horror as Joey potentially becomes the one thing she’s always dreaded – his father’s son.
Joey is oblivious to who Mo is. The truth has always been hidden from him. All he cares about is that his and Paula’s dreams are all starting to come true. But will the cost of achieving them be too high to pay?
Set 18 years later, Hidden Sin is the story of Joey, his girlfriend Paula and Rasta Mo, the man he is to discover is his dad.
Joey Parker is a young man with big dreams. Almost eighteen, he’s desperate to escape the shackles of his window cleaning round, so when’s offered the chance to try out as a drummer in a local Blondie tribute band he jumps at the chance. But it isn’t just the music that moves him. It’s also the fact that Paula Foster is the lead singer. The daughter of his mum’s old mate, Josie, she was once a childhood friend. They’ve not seen each other in years, and their mutual attraction is immediate.
Meanwhile, notorious local drug overlord, Rasta Mo, has recently returned to Bradford after a spell inside and years in Marbella. He is instantly enamored with the good-looking drummer he discovers is his son. He decides that his new club is in need of a house band – and so begins his attempts to woo him.
This book charts a journey between two men into a future neither visualized. And, in Joey’s case, into a dangerous criminal world he’s never known. And, while his mother and step-father can only look on in horror as Joey potentially becomes the one thing she’s always dreaded – his father’s son.
Joey is oblivious to who Mo is. The truth has always been hidden from him. All he cares about is that his and Paula’s dreams are all starting to come true. But will the cost of achieving them be too high to pay?
288 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 17, 2018
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About the author
Julie Shaw
62 books25 followersPen name for author Lynne Barrett-Lee:
Born in London and now based in Wales, Ghostwriter Lynne Barrett-Lee has been a full time author since the mid nineties. Having enjoyed several years of success as a short story writer, with her fiction appearing in almost all of the UK’s leading women’s magazines, she had her first novel, the acclaimed Julia Gets a Life, published by Bantam in 2000. She has since written seven further novels, including her 2006 work, Barefoot in the Dark, which was shortlisted for the inaugural Melissa Nathan Award. Lynne was also approached to write one of the first titles in the Quick Reads series for emergent readers, and went on to ghost a further title for TV presenter Fiona Phillips.
Lynne began ghostwriting full length non-fiction in 2007, when approached to co-author paraplegic Melanie Davies' incredible story, Never Say Die, and since that successful collaboration has been ghostwriting full time. Her 2010 title, for Faith Scott, I Won’t Forgive What You Did, enjoyed seven weeks in the UK Sunday Times Bestseller list, as did the 2012 memoir The Baby Laundry. She also ghosted the acclaimed memoir Giant George: life with the World’s Tallest Dog a bestselling title in both the UK and US.
More recently, Lynne ghosted two bestselling titles which were published in the spring of this year. The first, Mum’s Way, is the story of mum of eight, Angie Millthorpe, who died of breast cancer, aged 48, in 2010. The second, The Girl With No Name, was published in May 13, and relates the story of a young girl abandoned in the jungles of Colombia, and has already been sold in eighteen countries, with film rights being negotiated and a National Geographic documentary being shown in December 13.
Lynne also co-writes a major non-fiction series for one of the world's leading publishers, under a pseudonym. The first seven titles have also all been Sunday Times bestsellers, with three more being published in 2013/14. The series was launched in the USA in 2013, and the first ebook in the series was a NY Times bestseller.
Lynne also writes about writing, as she teaches the craft weekly, at Cardiff University - her ebook NOVEL being the written distillation of her popular novel writing course.
Born in London and now based in Wales, Ghostwriter Lynne Barrett-Lee has been a full time author since the mid nineties. Having enjoyed several years of success as a short story writer, with her fiction appearing in almost all of the UK’s leading women’s magazines, she had her first novel, the acclaimed Julia Gets a Life, published by Bantam in 2000. She has since written seven further novels, including her 2006 work, Barefoot in the Dark, which was shortlisted for the inaugural Melissa Nathan Award. Lynne was also approached to write one of the first titles in the Quick Reads series for emergent readers, and went on to ghost a further title for TV presenter Fiona Phillips.
Lynne began ghostwriting full length non-fiction in 2007, when approached to co-author paraplegic Melanie Davies' incredible story, Never Say Die, and since that successful collaboration has been ghostwriting full time. Her 2010 title, for Faith Scott, I Won’t Forgive What You Did, enjoyed seven weeks in the UK Sunday Times Bestseller list, as did the 2012 memoir The Baby Laundry. She also ghosted the acclaimed memoir Giant George: life with the World’s Tallest Dog a bestselling title in both the UK and US.
More recently, Lynne ghosted two bestselling titles which were published in the spring of this year. The first, Mum’s Way, is the story of mum of eight, Angie Millthorpe, who died of breast cancer, aged 48, in 2010. The second, The Girl With No Name, was published in May 13, and relates the story of a young girl abandoned in the jungles of Colombia, and has already been sold in eighteen countries, with film rights being negotiated and a National Geographic documentary being shown in December 13.
Lynne also co-writes a major non-fiction series for one of the world's leading publishers, under a pseudonym. The first seven titles have also all been Sunday Times bestsellers, with three more being published in 2013/14. The series was launched in the USA in 2013, and the first ebook in the series was a NY Times bestseller.
Lynne also writes about writing, as she teaches the craft weekly, at Cardiff University - her ebook NOVEL being the written distillation of her popular novel writing course.
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May 17, 2018
Hidden Sin.......the past will always haunt you...'
"Hidden Sin" is a gritty real life tale that I enjoyed reading from start to finish. I was drawn into the story completely from the opening prologue and with being quite a quick read I flew through this book in a day.
Although there's quite a bit of bad language in its content, the story does come across as more 'family friendly' than a lot of the gangland books out at the moment and for that reason it was a pleasure to read and highly entertaining.
Julie Shaw is the best selling author of the Tales of the Notorious Hudson Family series and "Hidden Sin" is the seventh book and the explosive sequel to "Bad Blood" set eighteen years later.
The author is also the only surviving member of the thirteen Hudson siblings, born to Annie and Reggie Hudson on the infamous Canterbury Estate in Bradford giving her all the inside knowledge she could need to know and desire to write such real life stories.
Family loyalty is everything in these books and they have great characters in them too that you can't help but endear to - they are likeable and relatable and although local drug overlord Rasta Mo is arrogant and has a checkered past, him and Nico make excellent 'love to hate' characters.
I have every intention on catching up with previous books in this series as I liked how the stories seem to centre around a central character and I'd without doubt recommend this instalment "Hidden Sin", its entertaining, intriguing and keeps you turning the pages until the compelling end.
4 stars
"Hidden Sin" is a gritty real life tale that I enjoyed reading from start to finish. I was drawn into the story completely from the opening prologue and with being quite a quick read I flew through this book in a day.
Although there's quite a bit of bad language in its content, the story does come across as more 'family friendly' than a lot of the gangland books out at the moment and for that reason it was a pleasure to read and highly entertaining.
Julie Shaw is the best selling author of the Tales of the Notorious Hudson Family series and "Hidden Sin" is the seventh book and the explosive sequel to "Bad Blood" set eighteen years later.
The author is also the only surviving member of the thirteen Hudson siblings, born to Annie and Reggie Hudson on the infamous Canterbury Estate in Bradford giving her all the inside knowledge she could need to know and desire to write such real life stories.
Family loyalty is everything in these books and they have great characters in them too that you can't help but endear to - they are likeable and relatable and although local drug overlord Rasta Mo is arrogant and has a checkered past, him and Nico make excellent 'love to hate' characters.
I have every intention on catching up with previous books in this series as I liked how the stories seem to centre around a central character and I'd without doubt recommend this instalment "Hidden Sin", its entertaining, intriguing and keeps you turning the pages until the compelling end.
4 stars
July 4, 2022
I listened to this on audiobook.
This is the 6th book to the series, but I’d definitely say that these books can be read as stand alone as each story is individual with no continuing characters from previous books.
It was a enjoyable and entertaining story, from start to finish and very well written. I enjoyed getting to know all of the characters, most of whom were very likeable but there was one who you automatically dislike, but pretty sure that was the author’s intention. There was lots of drama and emotions throughout the story.
My only gripe with this book is that is ended all to suddenly and abruptly for my liking, I mean don’t get me wrong, there were no unanswered storylines or anything, but I guess I just expected more of an ending that what I got.
This is the 6th book to the series, but I’d definitely say that these books can be read as stand alone as each story is individual with no continuing characters from previous books.
It was a enjoyable and entertaining story, from start to finish and very well written. I enjoyed getting to know all of the characters, most of whom were very likeable but there was one who you automatically dislike, but pretty sure that was the author’s intention. There was lots of drama and emotions throughout the story.
My only gripe with this book is that is ended all to suddenly and abruptly for my liking, I mean don’t get me wrong, there were no unanswered storylines or anything, but I guess I just expected more of an ending that what I got.
October 16, 2019
OMG I love Julies books and this was as gripping as the ones before. I think she’s a brilliant author and a lovely person who with Lynne BarrettLee knocks out some right books all about her notorious ‘Hudson’ family back in Bradford ‘
Hidden sin is the the sequel to Bad Blood and centres around Joey and how a chance encounter of him auditioning for local band ,with his soon to be girlfriend Paula, in the local pub leads to him meeting a man who opens up new adventures for them, they think he must be music agent but he turns out to be someone else and so much more! Read Julies books there bloody brilliant.
Hidden sin is the the sequel to Bad Blood and centres around Joey and how a chance encounter of him auditioning for local band ,with his soon to be girlfriend Paula, in the local pub leads to him meeting a man who opens up new adventures for them, they think he must be music agent but he turns out to be someone else and so much more! Read Julies books there bloody brilliant.
May 27, 2018
Another great read by Julie. My only problem with her books are they always leave you wanting more. I recommend this whole series following the lives of the Hudson family in Bradford.
May 28, 2018
Thoroughly enjoyable.
I couldn't put this book down. It kept me gripped from start to finish. Looking forward to the next one.
I couldn't put this book down. It kept me gripped from start to finish. Looking forward to the next one.
June 15, 2018
Fabulous as always involving the Hudson family
July 17, 2018
Excellent
December 1, 2020
Another book I could't put down. Cannot wait for the next episode
July 5, 2018
Hidden Sin
Julie Shaw
****
Julie Shaw has written a series of books about the notorious Hudson family who live on an infamous Bradford housing estate. This is the seventh book in the series, set 18 years after its predecessor. Joey Parker is the central character, a keen drummer who is desperate to make his name in music and eventually escape the tedium of his window cleaning round. When he is offered a place in a local Blondie tribute band, it is his dream come true, especially as Paula is the lead singer. Enter Rasta Mo, a local drug overlord who has just returned to Bradford after a spell inside and a few years break in Marbella. When he opens up a local music venue, Joey and Rasta’s paths cross for the first time. This is the story of what happens next.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It is a great story and the characters are all well developed and believable (if not necessarily likeable). It is a real page-turner and very easy to read. I had read Bad Blood (no. 6 in the Hudson family series) and although I was glad I had read it, the lifestyles depicted were so far out of my sphere of experience that I couldn’t really relate to it on any level. Although dealing with the same sorts of issues, this book is much more accessible for some reason. I felt a connection with some of the characters and the traumas and emotions that they were going through.
My only real gripe is that the ending didn’t really tie up all the loos ends, and I felt as though I was left hanging. This is good in one sense as there is obviously a sequel on the way but whilst I don’t necessarily want everything handed to me on a plate, I do like the book to be a stand-alone entity in its own right.
Julie’s books are fast-paced and gripping. I do not think it is necessary to read them in sequence (I haven’t), but can’t comment on whether this would enhance their enjoyment as I have not done it. I will certainly be looking out for more of her books.
Julie Shaw
****
Julie Shaw has written a series of books about the notorious Hudson family who live on an infamous Bradford housing estate. This is the seventh book in the series, set 18 years after its predecessor. Joey Parker is the central character, a keen drummer who is desperate to make his name in music and eventually escape the tedium of his window cleaning round. When he is offered a place in a local Blondie tribute band, it is his dream come true, especially as Paula is the lead singer. Enter Rasta Mo, a local drug overlord who has just returned to Bradford after a spell inside and a few years break in Marbella. When he opens up a local music venue, Joey and Rasta’s paths cross for the first time. This is the story of what happens next.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It is a great story and the characters are all well developed and believable (if not necessarily likeable). It is a real page-turner and very easy to read. I had read Bad Blood (no. 6 in the Hudson family series) and although I was glad I had read it, the lifestyles depicted were so far out of my sphere of experience that I couldn’t really relate to it on any level. Although dealing with the same sorts of issues, this book is much more accessible for some reason. I felt a connection with some of the characters and the traumas and emotions that they were going through.
My only real gripe is that the ending didn’t really tie up all the loos ends, and I felt as though I was left hanging. This is good in one sense as there is obviously a sequel on the way but whilst I don’t necessarily want everything handed to me on a plate, I do like the book to be a stand-alone entity in its own right.
Julie’s books are fast-paced and gripping. I do not think it is necessary to read them in sequence (I haven’t), but can’t comment on whether this would enhance their enjoyment as I have not done it. I will certainly be looking out for more of her books.
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