The Risk of Darkness: A Simon Serailler Mystery - Hardcover

Hill, Susan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1585679275 ISBN 13: 9781585679270

Publisher: Overlook Pr, 2009

Synopsis

We met Simon Serailler first in The Various Haunts of Men and got to know him better in The Pure in Heart. Susan Hill is not afraid to tackle difficult themes, always prepared to face up to the dark realities in everyday lives-and even the terrors of the real world. Her third crime novel, The Risk of Darkness, perhaps even more compulsive and convincing than its predecessors, explores the crazy grief of a widowed husband, a derangement that turns into obsession and threats, violence and terror. Meanwhile, handsome, introverted Simon Serrailler, whose cool reserve has broken the hearts of several women, finds his own heart troubled by the newest recruit to the Cathedral staff: a feisty female Anglican priest with red hair. With the complexity and character study that got raves for The Pure in Heart, and with the relentless pacing and plot twists of The Various Haunts of Men, The Risk of Darkness is truly the work of a writer at the top of her form.

About this title

Review:

" These books succeed in harnessing all the genre's addictive power while maintaining a complexity and fascination entirely their own. The Risk of Darkness" "reminds us that risk-taking, in fiction, as in life, sometimes pays off brilliantly." "
- Independent
"" Not all great novelists can write crime fiction, but when one like Susan Hill does, the result is stunning." Ruth Rendell
" Hill has a genius for tackling controversial issues while paying tribute to the detail of ordinary people's lives... The Risk of Darkness" "is an almost flawless novel." "
- Spectator"
" For the first time in years P.D. James has serious competition"
"- Literary Review"
Praise for Susan Hill:
" I loved this book. Masterly and satisfying. The result is stunning."
- Ruth Rendell
" This book must be judged as a potential successor to the great sequence of detective
writing by P.D. James and Ruth Rendell... excellent."
- "Daily Telegraph "(UK)
" Gripping... and subtle."
- "Daily Mail "(UK)

"From the Hardcover edition."

"These books succeed in harnessing all the genre's addictive power while maintaining a complexity and fascination entirely their own. The Risk of Darkness" "reminds us that risk-taking, in fiction, as in life, sometimes pays off brilliantly." "
-Independent
""Not all great novelists can write crime fiction, but when one like Susan Hill does, the result is stunning." Ruth Rendell
"Hill has a genius for tackling controversial issues while paying tribute to the detail of ordinary people's lives...The Risk of Darkness" "is an almost flawless novel." "
-Spectator"
"For the first time in years P.D. James has serious competition"
"-Literary Review"
Praise for Susan Hill:
"I loved this book. Masterly and satisfying. The result is stunning."
-Ruth Rendell
"This book must be judged as a potential successor to the great sequence of detective
writing by P.D. James and Ruth Rendell...excellent."
-"Daily Telegraph "(UK)
"Gripping...and subtle."
-"Daily Mail "(UK)

"From the Hardcover edition."

Praise from the U.K. for "The Risk of Darkness"

"Crime fans on the look out for intelligent examples of the genre will enjoy "The Risk of Darkness"."-"Time Out"

"Of its sort "The Risk of Darkness"is an almost flawless novel." -"Spectator"

"This is a crime series that specialises in sidestepping conventions, always to exhilarating effect."-"The Independent"

"A page-turner. Watch out for the twist in the tail, it'll take you by surprise." -"Choice"

"A compulsive and compelling story...packed with action and adventure." -"At Home"
Praise from the U.K. for "The Risk of Darkness"
"Crime fans on the look out for intelligent examples of the genre will enjoy "The Risk of Darkness.""-"Time Out"
"Of its sort "The Risk of Darkness"is an almost flawless novel." -"Spectator"
"This is a crime series that specialises in sidestepping conventions, always to exhilarating effect."-"The Independent"
"A page-turner. Watch out for the twist in the tail, it'll take you by surprise." -"Choice"
"A compulsive and compelling story...packed with action and adventure." -"At Home"

From the Publisher:

Simon Serrailler in love at last ... the third crime novel about Susan Hill's fictional Detective Chief Inspector, Simon Serrailler, continues the story of a busy police station in a small English Cathedral town. 'For the first time in years P.D. James has serious competition' Literary Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Overlook Pr
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1585679275
• ISBN 13: 9781585679270
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 374