A Question of Identity
Discover book 7 in the bestselling Simon Serrailler series
Published on 26. September 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-0-09-955487-5 (ISBN)
Description
'Serrailler, Hill's brilliant detective, is the central character in the great writer's crime fiction novels' CAMILLA, DUCHESS OF CORNWALL
How do you catch a killer who doesn't exist?
One snowy night in the cathedral city of Lafferton, an old woman is dragged from her bed and strangled with a length of flex.
DCS Simon Serrailler and his team search desperately for clues to her murderer. All they know is that the killer will strike again, and will once more leave the same tell-tale signature.
Then they track down a name: Alan Keyes. But Alan Keyes has no birth certificate, no address, no job, no family, no passport, no dental records. Nothing.
Their killer does not exist.
'As addictive as Rankin' Scotsman
How do you catch a killer who doesn't exist?
One snowy night in the cathedral city of Lafferton, an old woman is dragged from her bed and strangled with a length of flex.
DCS Simon Serrailler and his team search desperately for clues to her murderer. All they know is that the killer will strike again, and will once more leave the same tell-tale signature.
Then they track down a name: Alan Keyes. But Alan Keyes has no birth certificate, no address, no job, no family, no passport, no dental records. Nothing.
Their killer does not exist.
'As addictive as Rankin' Scotsman
Reviews / Votes
Not all great novelists can write crime fiction but when one like Susan Hill does the result is stunning Eagerly awaited by all aficionados of crime fiction The real joy of the Serrailler series is Serrailler himself...rich in incident and intrigue * Express * Arguably one of the UK's best crime fiction writers * Pride Magazine * Hill is, as ever, a true writer and a true storyteller... Her writing, never fancy or over-elaborate, is sweet and and clear and true, lifting the story above mass-market mass-killer lit * Spectator * This is a crime series that specialises in side-stepping conventions, always to exhilarating effect.. The books succeed in harnessing all the genre's addictive power while maintaining a complexity and fascination all their own * Independent * The crime part of the novel...is very good. But as in all these books, we are also engaged in the continuing story of the Serrailler family... All this gives the novel a much richer texture than is usual in crime fiction...(Susan Hill) writes as an honest and disturbing witness to our times * Scotsman * Hill has a keen eye for description, an accurate ear for conversation and an innateunderstanding of relationships * Washington Post *
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 131 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
267 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-09-955487-5 (9780099554875)
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10/2012
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10/2012
Chatto & Windus
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Person
SUSAN HILL has been a professional writer for over fifty years. Her books have won awards and prizes including the Whitbread, the John Llewellyn Rhys and a Somerset Maugham, and have been shortlisted for the Booker. Her novels include Strange Meeting, I'm the King of the Castle, In the Springtime of the Year and The Mist in the Mirror. She has also published autobiographical works and collections of short stories as well as the Simon Serrailler series of crime novels. The play of her ghost story The Woman in Black is one of the longest running in the history of London's West End. In 2020 she was awarded a damehood (DBE) for services to literature. She has two adult daughters and lives in North Norfolk.