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My Brother the Killer
- Narrated by: Alix Sharkey
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
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Summary
At 8.00 a.m. on Monday 18th June 2001, Danielle Jones left home dressed in her schoolgirl uniform - and promptly vanished.
The 15-year old’s body was never recovered, but Danielle’s parents soon learned that her ‘Uncle Stuart’, a close family friend, had concealed a decades-long history of sexual violence against teenage girls. Despite the absence of a body, Stuart Campbell was sentenced to life in prison for Danielle’s abduction and murder. But what set him on his path as a violent sexual predator? And how do you come to terms with his actions if he’s your own flesh and blood?
In My Brother the Killer, Stuart’s older brother, Alix Sharkey, chronicles the violent childhood and troubled teens that helped shape a bright and handsome little boy into one of Britain’s most notorious killers and led to one of the UK’s most unusual murder trials. Sharkey also poses several terrifying questions: what happens when you discover a deadly sexual predator in your family? Is it possible to trace the root of his heinous crimes? And with the clock ticking towards his possible parole, can Stuart Campbell be convinced to reveal the location of Danielle’s remains?
A devastating hybrid of true crime and family memoir, My Brother the Killer examines the true cost of keeping dark family secrets.
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"A hugely impressive achievement." (Hadley Freeman, author of House of Glass)
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- Anonymous User
- 13-10-21
,A rare insight into a terrible tragedy
I couldn't put this down. Alix is obviously a talented writer and I could feel the turmoil seep through the pages. Every Brit will know who Danielle is and the story of this poor girl and family. This book will evoke a rollercoaster of emotions,highlight the far reaching extent and carnage of these type of evil deeds to then also show how a loving brother with the same upbringing tries to come to terms with the events that unfolded.
These days we are saturated with true crime from TV, books and podcasts, many just exploitative, offering rubberneckers the sordid details. Thankfully this book is not one of them. Instead, it offers a rare, real insight into the background of his family and those whose lives have been irrevocably affected and is written very well indeed.
Just like My Sister Milly, A TC book I shall definitely recommend.
RIP Danielle . .......
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- Amazon Customer
- 17-10-21
Not just another Murder Book
An incredibly moving book. Alix manages to inject emotion and humanity into true shocking events. It's so well written, I just hope he doesn't stop here. He's lead an interesting life, I'd love to hear more.
Neil H
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- crochetdiva
- 29-04-22
A very well written true story
Although this story has horrific undertones, it's good to see someone punished for this terrible crime. It is a well told story that needs to be told. Brilliantly narrated by the author .
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- Anonymous User
- 07-02-23
A bit jumpy and wordy!
Really interesting story and I get the back and forth but sometimes it seemed to jump around so much I had to keep rewinding it. I’m sure a couple of characters popped up with no previous reference so had to work it out. Overall I enjoyed it though and would probably recommend
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- Cyril Bunt
- 28-02-22
How a family member becomes a killer!
A very honest and open account of what it feels like to be related to a murderer. very well written and very well performed for Audible.
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- Jackie
- 25-07-21
Painful, honest and raw journey...
Answers are not always simple and understanding often multi-layered...hard. The story of how people are raised in the same home but take such opposite paths is a subject researched by many but Alix lived and lives it and shares his own mixed feelings while sharing the family journey. It is a brave, personal story that, in many ways, won't have a real ending but a story with so many lessons on how children absorb and reflect dysfunction they grow up within.....thanks for sharing and i hope he gives up the location....
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- Jan Stone
- 25-11-21
Excellent in every way
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and highly recommend it to anyone, whether you are interested in true crime or just human beings
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- Charlie T
- 17-10-21
brilliant
amazing book. couldn't stop listening. written so well and really interesting how it dips back and forth from past to present. Really Really thought provoking and let's you see how the actions of one person can affect so many around them.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-09-21
very interesting book
I live close to the area that Danielle went missing so I have always followed this story so listening to Stuart's brothers account was interesting. It's such a tragedy what happened and it has always made me so sick that he never shared where her body is and when I drive around Grays this young lady is always on my mind of possible places he could have left her. I hope one day her family have peace and he tells her them. This book was a good listen, good to hear things that I've never heard about this tragic story before.
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- Robin
- 10-08-21
A memoir of our times.
This is an exceptional book, well written and appropriately narrated by the author. In writing this book as a long "letter" to his brother Stuart, Alix Sharkey is seeking a truth, an admission and a revelation of facts pertinent to the disappearance of Danielle Jones, which would allow her parents the chance bury and grieve for their daughter, lost through Stuart's crimes so many years before.
Alix portrays his own life in detail and how it has been affected by his relationship with his brother over many decades. Set against the backdrops of his ever changing world, from grim poverty in London's East End in the sixties to his life as a fashion journalist in London and Paris in the nineties and two-thousands, his reluctance to accept the dark nature of his brother, and the gradual coming to terms with the reality of it are sensitively and descriptively written, touching and engaging.
I thoroughly enjoyed it!
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