W serii o Simonie Serraillerze, oddanym inspektorze, odkrywamy mroczne zakamarki pozornie spokojnego angielskiego miasteczka. Każda część to złożone śledztwo, które ujawnia ukryte sekrety i skomplikowane relacje międzyludzkie, wystawiające na próbę jego determinację i bystrość. Atmosferyczne tło i wnikliwe studia postaci wciągają czytelników w świat, gdzie sprawiedliwość jest trudna do osiągnięcia, a psychologiczne konsekwencje są namacalne.
A lonely woman of fifty-three vanishes in fog; a fat twenty-two-year-old never returns from an early morning walk . . . Experienced policemen know that most missing persons either turn up or go missing on purpose. But fresh young D.S. Freya Graffham won’t drop it — until she discovers what links the people who disappear on “The Hill,” young and old, men and women, even a little dog. Susan Hill writes with compassion, humour and a unique understanding of the details of daily life.
Nagły telefon przerywa urlop inspektorowi Serraillerowi. Wraz z nim powracamy
do sennego Lafferton, które w powieści W labiryncie ulubionych miejsc ukazało
swoje drugie, złowrogie oblicze. Teraz pozorny spokój miasteczka pryska wraz
ze zniknięciem kilkuletniego chłopca. Poszukiwania są bezowocne, śledztwo nie
daje rezultatów. Rozpacz, strach i podejrzliwość zaczynają rządzić Lafferton.
Atmosfera zagrożenia i niepewności opanowuje myśli i uczucia ludzi
naznaczonych zbrodnią - jako ofiary i ich bliscy, jako sprawcy i stróże prawa.
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 st
In the peaceful cathedral city of Lafferton, a gunman is terrorising young women. What if anything links the attacks? Is the marksman with a rifle the same person as the killer with a handgun or do the police have two snipers on their hands?Detective
Two local prostitutes are found brutally strangled. Serrailler is called back urgently from his sabbatical but by the time he reaches Lafferton another girl has vanished. Then the wife of the Dean at the Cathedral goes missing – has the killer widened their net or is there more than one murderer at large?
Freak weather and flash floods all over southern England. Half of Lafferton is afloat. A landslip on the Moor has closed the bypass and, as the rain slowly drains away, a shallow grave - and a skeleton - are exposed. The remains are identified as those of missing teenager, Harriet Lowther, last seen 16 years ago.
The seventh Simon Serrailler crime novel. How do you find a killer who doesn't exist? One snowy night, an old lady is murdered - dragged from her bed and strangled with a length of flex. DCS Simon Serrailler and his team are aware of bizarre circumstances surrounding her death - but they keep some of these details secret, while they desperately search for a match. All they know is that the killer will strike again, and will once more leave the same tell-tale signature.
From the outside, the cathedral town of Lafferton seems idyllic, but in many ways it just like any other place. It suffers from the same kinds of crime, is subject to the same pressures from a rapidly changing world, has the same hopes and fears as any number of towns up and down the land.When one day DC Simon Serrailler is called in by Lafferton's new Chief Constable, Kieran Bright, he is met by two plainclothes officers. He is asked to take the principal role in a difficult, potentially dangerous undercover operation and must leave town immediately, without telling anyone - not even his girlfriend Rachel, who has only just moved in with him. Meanwhile, Simon's sister Cat is facing difficult choices at work, as Lafferton's hospice closes its bedded units; and at home, as her daughter is presented with a glittering opportunity that they would struggle afford. And all is not well with Simon and Cat's step-mother, Judith, either. To complete his special op, Simon must inhabit the mind of the worst kind of criminal. This takes its toll on Simon and, as the op unfolds, also on the town and some of its most respected citizens.
DC Simon Serrailler's last, devastating case was nearly the death of him and
left him confronting a new reality Recovering on a remote Scottish island, his
peace doesn't last long. In this gripping new Serrailler thriller, Simon's
personal and professional lives intertwine in more complex and demanding ways
than ever before.
In this, the tenth Simon Serrailler crime novel, Simon must engage with his own demons as Lafferton struggles to cope with a series of crimes that threaten the sanctity of hearth and home. On the face of it DCS Simon Serrailler has had time to recuperate after the violent incident that cost him his arm, and nearly his life. He is back in harness at Lafferton CID, but is spending his spare time high up in the cathedral roof, making drawings of some medieval angels which are being restored. Lafferton is apparently going through a quiet patch, so far as crime is concerned, until one night two local men open their front door to a distressing scene. Simon makes a serious error of judgment when handling the incident. The stress of this, combined with the fact that he refused all offers of counselling after the loss of his arm, takes its toll. In her new role as a private GP, Simon's sister Cat's medical and counselling skills are tested by terrible and unexpected events at the homes of two very different Lafferton women. Their unreliable father, Richard, has returned to live nearby, in a luxury apartment for the well-heeled over sixties. It's not long before he's up to his old tricks.
