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The Risk of Darkness
The Risk of Darkness
Author: Susan Hill
Simon Serrailler’s story began in The Various Haunts of Men (about a serial killer) and continued with The Pure in Heart (about a kidnapped schoolboy). Susan Hill is not afraid to tackle difficult issues, nor to face up to the realities of stress in an ordinary English police station. Her third crime novel, T...  more », even more compulsive and convincing, follows up the child abduction and explores the crazy grief of a widowed husband, a derangement which turns to 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…

The Risk of Darkness is packed with action and adventure. Like Various Haunts, it hinges on a terrific twist which comes as a complete surprise to the reader; and like The Pure in Heart, it deals in depth with complex daily problems.

From the Hardcover edition.
ISBN-13: 9781400025077
ISBN-10: 1400025079
Publication Date: 6/26/2007
Pages: 512
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Publisher: Seal Books
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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bellasgranny avatar reviewed The Risk of Darkness on + 468 more book reviews
The first two books in the series were, for me, just so so, but this one was really enjoyable. Although Simon is no less a jerk about women in this one, the story line and characters were engaging. I've already ordered the next in the series.
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Another good entry in Susan Hill's mystery series. Hill doesn't really hide the resolution of the mysteries; the pleasure in her books is less about finding out who is responsible than seeing the crime from multiple vantage points. Very character driven.