Simon Serailler is back in this pulse pounding, wrenching novel of action, love and loss. Haunting and truthful, gripping and convincing, it is a thrilling achievement. There are no easy answers in The Pure of Heart, a magnificent novel about the realities of police work and the sometimes desperate humanity of family. But there is terror and evil in their very midst. In Lafferton, Serralier’s town, Susan Hill has brilliantly created a community with detail so sharp and true to life that readers feel that these people are their own neighbors and friends. The Pure in Heart is a crime novel arising from character and circumstances, about the psychology of crime, something more enthralling than plain thrillers or whodunits. And an ex con finds it impossible to go straight. A severely handicapped young woman hovers between life and death. A little boy is snatched as he stands with his satchel at the gate of his home, waiting for his lift to school.
The Various Haunts of Men met with such a response that Overlook is publishing this second Simon Serralier mystery as quickly as possible to satisfy Susan Hill’s new fans and to attract even more readers to her particular brand of ghastly enterprise. But soon a telephone call summons him home. Simon is on vacation in Venice, trying to come to terms with the brutal murder of a young woman who had been in love with him. The Pure in Heart continues the story of Simon Serrailler, the Detective Chief Inspector to whom readers were introduced in The Various Haunts of Men. James The Various Haunts of Men is an enthralling journey into the heart of a wonderfully developed town, and into the very mind of a killer. Written with intelligence, compassion, and a knowing eye in the tradition of the fabulous mysteries of Ruth Rendell and P.D. Alongside the enigmatic detective Chief Inspector Simon Serrallier, she must unravel the mystery before events turn too gruesome. When fresh faced policewoman Freya Graffham is assigned to the case, she runs the risk of getting too invested too involved in the action.
Then a 22 year old girl never returns from a walk. As the story begins, a lonely woman vanishes while out on her morning run.
Now out in paperback, Hill’s intricate and pulse pounding novel will reach an even wider audience. When it was released in hardcover, The Various Haunts of Men was named a BookSense Pick and was immediately on the must read list of every mystery fan. When Susan Hill first introduced us to the city of Lafferton, to its meticulously crafted cast of characters, and to its chief police inspector Simon Serrailler, readers went wild.
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