The Comforts of Home
Discover book 9 in the bestselling Simon Serrailler series
Published on 4. October 2018
416 pages
978-1-4481-3756-5 (ISBN)
Description
'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. 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.
Reviews / Votes
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 *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
File size
6,75 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4481-3756-5 (9781448137565)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
03/2019
Vintage
€13.00
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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.
