āA hugely impressive achievement.ā ā Hadley Freeman, author ofHouse of Glass
At 8.00am on Monday 18th June 2001, Danielle Jones left home dressed in her school uniform ā and promptly vanished.
The 15-year oldās body was never recovered, but Danielleās parents soon learned that her āUncle Stuartā, 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 Danielleās 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 heās your own flesh and blood?
In , Stuartās older brother Alix Sharkey chronicles the violent childhood and troubled teens that helped shape a bright and handsome little boy into one of Britainās most notorious killers, and led to one of the UKās 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 Danielleās remains?My Brother the Killer
A devastating hybrid of true crime and family memoir, examines the true cost of keeping dark family secrets.My Brother the Killer