Simon Serrailler Bundle: The Pure in Heart/The Various Haunts of Men

Susan Hill

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Published by Vintage Digital, part of Vintage Publishing

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EAN: 9781448138968
Published: 15 Mar 2012

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Synopsis

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...

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What the critics say

The Various Haunts of Men: This is the first of what promises to be a splendid series
- Daily Mail

The Various Haunts of Men: This book must be judged as a potential successor to the great sequences of detective writing by PD James and Ruth Rendell...excellent
- Daily Telegraph

The Pure in Heart: All the ingredients for the perfect English crime novel are here
- Daily Mail

The Pure in Heart: Beautifully drawn characters...a tantalising mystery
- Sunday Telegraph

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About the Author

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

Susan Hill