Book description
Heavy rain falls on Lafferton, flooding the cathedral town and
causing a landslip out on the moors. As the rain water slowly drains
away, a shallow grave - and a skeleton - are revealed.
It doesn't take long to identify the remains as those of missing
teenager, Harriet Lowther, who was last seen sixteen years ago. But a
cold case isn't a priority for a police force already struggling with
staff shortages and cuts: if Detective Inspector Simon Serrailler is
to solve the case, he will have to do it alone.
Meanwhile, his sister, Dr Cat Deerbon, is fighting for funding to
prevent the closure of the local hospice that offers respite to so
many of her patients.
Susan Hill's novels and short stories have won the Whitbread,
Somerset Maugham and John Llewellyn Rhys awards, and the Yorkshire
Post Book of the Year, and been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
She is the author of fifty six books. The play adapted from her famous
ghost story, The Woman in Black, has been running in the West
End since 1989; it is also a major feature film. Her crime novels
featuring DCS Simon Serrailler are currently being adapted for TV.
Susan Hill was born in Scarborough and educated at King's College
London. She is married to the Shakespeare scholar Stanley Wells, and
they have two daughters. Susan Hill was appointed a CBE in the Queen's
Diamond Jubilee Honours.
