The Soul of Discretion

DC Simon Serrailler is faced with his worst crimes yet, and Lafferton is left reelingThe eighth in the Simon Serrailler crime series'Serrailler, Hill's brilliant detective, is the central character in the great writer's crime fiction novels' CAMILLA, DUCHESS OF CORNWALLSimon Serrailler faces his most dangerous challenge yet in the edge-of-your-seat thriller from Susan Hill, the bestselling author of The Woman in Black.Going undercover, he must leave town immediately, change his identity and sever all contact with friends and family.And, more importantly, he must inhabit the mind of the worst kind of criminal.But can he do so without losing everything?'Crime writing with a dark, fierce edge' Daily Mail'Keeps the reader gripped until the last page' Sunday ExpressDiscover the bestselling crime series that over ONE MILLION readers have devoured.

“"What you know about human nature is simultaneously being enlarged and improved upon thanks to Hill's almost Shakespearean insights into what it is to be." --Christopher Bray, Daily Express”

A wonderful storyteller… she is also one of those rare crime writers whose books invite a second reading Scotsman
Hill's Serrailler novels have developed into a series whose appeal stretches beyond their genre... The secret of Hill's narrative style is that she forces the readers to invest emotionally in her characters. And then she makes ghastly things happen to them... It sounds easy, but it isn't Spectator
The Simon Serrailler novels are in a league of their own; literate, detailed and full of drama - they stand head and shoulders above the majority of crime novels. This is the eighth novel in the series and is the darkest and most disturbing yet. It is also the best. CrimeSquad
Kept me turning the pages, gripped Woman & Home
Although at times distressing, Hill tackles a difficult issue without losing any tension and the finale keeps the reader gripped until the last page Sunday Express
Never less than wholly absorbing Church Times
This is modern crime writing with a dark, fierce edge – and all the better for it Daily Mail
Keeps the reader gripped until the last page Sunday Express
Not all great novelists can write crime fiction but when Susan Hill does the result is stunning Ruth Rendell
Exhilarating… These books succeed in harnessing all the genre’s addictive power while maintaining a complexity and fascination entirely their own Independent

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.

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