Book description
Introducing Detective Simon Serrailler... in the first two cases in
Susan Hill's gripping crime series
In
The Various Haunts of Men Detective Chief Inspector Simon
Serrailler and a new member of the station, Detective Sergeant Freya
Graffham investigate the disappearance of a local woman from the
peaceful cathedral town of Lafferton. As more people vanish, Simon and
Freya are forced to embark on a complicated mission to unravel the
mystery and enter the mind of a killer.
In
The Pure in Heart Simon Serrailler is nursing a broken
heart while trying to deal with a new and worrying case: the
kidnapping of a young boy on his way to school. As the family of the
missing boy falls apart, and more children are taken, the station -
and Simon - begin to lose hope...
Susan Hill's novels and short stories have won the Whitbread,
Somerset Maugham and John Llewellyn Rhys awards and been shortlisted
for the Booker Prize. She is the author of over forty books, including
the Simon Serrailler crime series. The play adapted from her famous
ghost story, The Woman in Black, has been running on the West
End stage since 1989 and the film adaptation, starring Daniel
Radcliffe, was released in 2012.
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. She lives in Gloucestershire, where she runs
her own small publishing company, Long Barn Books.
Susan Hill's website is www. susan-hill. com
