The Pure in Heart: A Simon Serrailler Mystery (Simon Serrailler Crime Novels (Paperback)) - Softcover

Hill, Susan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1590200853 ISBN 13: 9781590200858

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, 2008

Synopsis

A little boy is snatched as he stands with his satchel at the gate of his home, waiting for his lift to school. A severely handicapped young woman hovers between life and death. And an ex-con finds it impossible to go straight. The Pure in Heart is a crime novel arising from character and circumstances, about the psychology of crime, something more enthralling than plain thrillers or whodunits. In Lafferton, Serrailler's town, Susan Hill has brilliantly created a community with detail so sharp and true to life that readers feel that these people are their own neighbors and friends. But there is terror and evil in their very midst. There are no easy answers in The Pure of Heart, a magnificent novel about the realities of police work and the sometimes desperate humanity of family. Haunting and truthful, gripping and convincing, it is a thrilling achievement.

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Review:

"For the first time in years, P.D. James has serious competition" (Philip Oakes Literary Review)

"She draws us so far into her fictitious community that for the duration of the book (and some time afterwards) we too are living there" (Daily Mail)

"Beautifully drawn characters...a tantalising mystery" (Sunday Telegraph)

"Captures sinister atmosphere brilliantly...her characters are drawn with loving detail" (Spectator)

"Highly unsettling" (Daily Telegraph)

From the Publisher:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1590200853
• ISBN 13: 9781590200858
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384