Opens with a shock for fans... Serrailler's struggle to come to terms with the recent past is thoughtfully done
Sunday Times
Susan Hill offers something different... fans cherish Hill's work for its judicious mix of the professional and personal... one of the most richly drawn coppers in the field
Guardian
Hill paints a powerful picture of a proud but damaged man trying to remake his role in the world
Mail on Sunday
'Serrailler, Hill's brilliant detective, is the central character in the great writer's crime fiction novels' CAMILLA, DUCHESS OF CORNWALL
A deadly new threat awaits Simon Serrailler in this compulsive thriller from Susan Hill, the bestselling author of The Woman in Black
DC Simon Serrailler's devastating last case was nearly the death of him.
Recovering on a remote Scottish island, his peace doesn't last long. When a woman's body is washed ashore, Simon is pulled in to a murder inquiry by the overstretched local police who are desperate for help.
But it's when Simon returns to Lafferton and a cold case is reopened that things start to get dangerous...
'Modern crime writing with a dark, fierce edge' Daily Mail
Discover the bestselling crime series that over ONE MILLION readers have devoured.
A deadly new threat awaits Simon Serrailler in this compulsive thriller from Susan Hill, the bestselling author of The Woman in Black
DC Simon Serrailler’s devastating last case was nearly the death of him.
Recovering on a remote Scottish island, his peace doesn’t last long.