The Betrayal of Trust
Discover book 6 in the bestselling Simon Serrailler series
1st Edition
Published on 6. October 2011
496 pages
978-1-4481-1353-8 (ISBN)
Description
'Serrailler, Hill's brilliant detective, is the central character in the great writer's crime fiction novels' CAMILLA, DUCHESS OF CORNWALL
Heavy rain falls on Lafferton. As the rain water slowly drains away, a shallow grave - and a skeleton - are revealed.
It doesn't take long to identify the remains as those of missing teenager, Harriet Lowther, who was last seen sixteen years ago.
But a cold case isn't a priority: if Detective Inspector Simon Serrailler is to solve the case, he will have to do it alone.
Heavy rain falls on Lafferton. As the rain water slowly drains away, a shallow grave - and a skeleton - are revealed.
It doesn't take long to identify the remains as those of missing teenager, Harriet Lowther, who was last seen sixteen years ago.
But a cold case isn't a priority: if Detective Inspector Simon Serrailler is to solve the case, he will have to do it alone.
Reviews / Votes
Hugely enjoyable... This is a satisfying crime story and a fearless examination of controversial issues surrounding terminal illness * Daily Mail * The Betrayal of Trust isn't only a page-turner - though it certainly fulfils that expectation - it's also a thought-provoking novel about those who suffer and those who care for them * Guardian * A page-turner * Guardian * Hugely enjoyable * Daily Mail * Hugely enjoyable... This is a satisfying crime story and a fearless examination of controversial issues surrounding terminal illness * Daily Mail * The Betrayal of Trust isn't only a page-turner - though it certainly fulfils that expectation - it's also a thought-provoking novel about those who suffer and those who care for them * Guardian * Hill can't write a bad sentence and her characters are all completely convincing - no more so than her long-serving detective Simon Serrailler * Daily Mirror * Her intellectual stance is engaging, her plot unpredictable and her detective a likeable presence * Scotland on Sunday * Far more than a whodunit...written with a novelist's flair, in that the characters, however fleeting, are carefully drawn and believable * Country Life * A crime series that specialises in sidestepping conventions, always to exhilarating effect... These books succeed in harnessing all the genre's addictive power while maintaining a complexity and fascination entirely their own * Independent *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
File size
1,13 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4481-1353-8 (9781448113538)
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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.
