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The Risk of Darkness
Award-winning author Susan Hill's The Risk of Darkness is a pulse-pounding mystery featuring investigator Simon Serrailler.
"A master storyteller. Hill's crime novels are engaging and . . . gripping reads." --Strand magazine
A grief-stricken widower becomes deranged with obsession, spreading 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.
Book Details
- Publisher: Overlook Press
- Publish Date: Mar 2nd, 2010
- Pages: 384
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.94in - 5.36in - 0.81in - 0.64lb
- EAN: 9781590202906
- Recommended age: 18-UP
- Categories: • Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural• Crime
About the Author
Hill, Susan: - Susan Hill's Simon Serrailler series has sold more than one million copies worldwide. Her novels and short stories have won the Whitbread Book, Somerset Maugham, and John Llewellyn Rhys awards, the Yorkshire Post Book of the Year, and have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. The play adapted from her famous ghost novel, The Woman in Black, has been running in the West End since 1989. The titles in the Simon Serrailler series are all available from The Overlook Press.
Praise for this book
" 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)
- 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)
-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"
"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 for "The Risk of Darkness"
"An outstanding crime thriller from one of Britain's best writers. Taut, inventive, tragic, intriguing, and full of unexpected twists, it's a must-have for all mystery collections."-"Booklist" (starred review)
"Hill blends just the right measures of darkness, tension, and human interest...Well-crafted plot and believable characters make this a welcome addition to the series."-"Library Journal" (starred review)
"An almost flawless novel." -"Spectator"
"An outstanding crime thriller from one of Britain's best writers. Taut, inventive, tragic, intriguing, and full of unexpected twists, it's a must-have for all mystery collections."-"Booklist" (starred review)
"Hill blends just the right measures of darkness, tension, and human interest...Well-crafted plot and believable characters make this a welcome addition to the series."-"Library Journal" (starred review)
"An almost flawless novel." -"Spectator"