The Brothers — Hughes Chronicles Book 7, a South African family mystery adventure book cover
The Hughes Chronicles  ·  Book Seven

The Brothers

For the child in all of us

Johannesburg, 1964. Daphne's four sons — Patrick, Whitney, Robert and DuGallan — grew up in the long shadow of a grandfather who disappeared before they were born. Now the trail passes to them. Four brothers. Four very different men. One unresolved mystery that has waited eighteen years.

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Johannesburg, 1964. Eighteen years have passed since the letter that read Not yet. Wait. — and the search for ST has quietly become something the next generation grew up around without ever being told the whole truth. Patrick, Whitney, Robert and DuGallan know fragments: a trunk, a map, a valley in Wales their mother visited once and never spoke of again, and a name — ST — that nobody in the family says out loud.

Now, for the first time, the brothers start comparing what each of them actually knows — and discover that Daphne told each of her sons a slightly different version of the story. Four brothers, four versions of the truth, and one trail that's about to become very real again.

The Hughes Chronicles is based on a true family story. ST Hughes was real. Daphne was real. The trail is real. The locations are rooted in real history. Where the story needed wings to fly — it was given them. The mystery at its heart has never been solved.

Continues Series One’s story from Book 6 — Not Yet · Leads directly into Book 8 — The Barnard Son →

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A grandfather on the West Coast of South Africa. A grandchild in London. Both looking at the same page on a video call, arguing about where ST went and why he left the clues he did.

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"Where did ST go next?
I think it was Wales."
The trail brings people together
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First Reader Review
"This is not just a good book. It's a masterful, atmospheric thrill ride that left me breathless, haunted, and desperately craving more. The way ST plants clues — subtle, brilliant, and perfectly paced — means you find yourself piecing things together alongside the characters, heart racing as the bigger picture slowly emerges from the shadows. The tension is exquisite."
★★★★★
Ina Blignaut
Book 1 — Start Where The Horses Ran
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Reader Review
"The chapters are short enough to retain one's attention and detailed enough to feel like an investigation without overwhelming the reader. The imagery and the way the story flows makes it impossible to put down."
★★★★★
Kalyn Jankowitz
Book 1 — Start Where The Horses Ran
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