Book description
Simon Serrailler's story began in The Various Haunts of Men
(about a serial killer) and continued with The Pure in Heart
(about a kidnapped schoolboy) Susan Hill is not afraid to tackle
difficult issues, nor to face up to the realities of stress in an
ordinary English police station. Her third crime novel, The Risk of
Darkness, even more compulsive and convincing, follows up the
child abduction and explores the crazy grief of a widowed husband, a
derangement which turns to obsession and threats, violence and terror.
Meanwhile, handsome, introverted Simon Serrailler, whose cool
reserve has broken the hearts of several women, finds his own heart
troubled by the newest recruit to the Cathedral staff: a feisty female
Anglican priest with red hair ...
The Risk of Darkness is packed with action and adventure.
Like Various Haunts, it hinges on a terrific twist which comes
as a complete surprise to the reader; and like The Pure in Heart ,
it deals in depth with complex daily problems.
Susan Hill is an award-winning novelist. She wrote
Mrs de Winter
, the bestselling sequel to
Rebecca
, and the ghost story
The Woman in Black
, which was adapted for the stage and has been running in the West End
for 18 years. Her most recent books are a collection of exquisite short
stories,
The Boy
Who Taught the Beekeeper to Read
, and the highly successful crime novels,
The Various Haunts of
Men
and
The Pure in Heart
. She lives in Gloucestershire where she runs her own small publishing
company, Longbarn Books.
