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The Risk of Darkness

Discover book 3 in the bestselling Simon Serrailler series

Susan Hill author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:3rd Sep '09

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The Third Simon Serrailler Case

Children are vanishing.

The village of Lafferton is shattered.


There are no witnesses and no leads – just a kidnapper at large.

Then Detective Chief Inspector Simon Serrailler receives a call: a child has been snatched in Yorkshire.

'Serrailler, Hill's brilliant detective, is the central character in the great writer's crime fiction novels' CAMILLA, DUCHESS OF CORNWALL

Children are vanishing.

The village of Lafferton is shattered.


There are no witnesses and no leads - just a kidnapper at large.

Then Detective Chief Inspector Simon Serrailler receives a call: a child has been snatched in Yorkshire. Has the abductor struck again? And will they find this child alive?

'Not all great novelists can write crime fiction but when one like Susan Hill does the result is stunning' Ruth Rendell

Discover the third edge-of-your seat novel in the bestselling Simon Serrailler series that over ONE MILLION readers have devoured.

Stunning * Ruth Rendell *
Exhilarating...addictive...fascinating * Independent *
A master storyteller * Sunday Telegraph *

THE VARIOUS HAUNTS OF MEN
1. 'I loved this book. Masterly and satisfying. The result is stunning' Ruth Rendell
2. 'This book must be judged as a potential successor to the great sequence of detective writing by P.D. James and Ruth Rendall ... excellent' Daily Telegraph
4. 'Gripping ... and subtle' Daily Mail

* reviews *
Fans of Hill's earlier work like The Woman in Black will appreciate that she can still weave a jolly good story... Minor characters acquire an extra dimension in Hill's experienced hands... Crime fans on the look out for intelligent examples of the genre will enjoy The Risk of Darkness * Time Out *

ISBN: 9780099535027

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 29mm

Weight: 341g

496 pages