Simon Serrailler Crime Novel: The Shadows in the Street Lib/E (Audiobook)

from icolford

In this, the fifth of Susan Hill's crime novels featuring DCI Simon Serrailler, someone is murdering prostitutes in the quiet town of Lafferton. The attacks are notable for their brutality, but clues are scarce and the police are stymied. As the investigation progresses the public supply plenty o...

from Ant.Harrison

I hadn't read one of Susan Hill's Serrailler novels for a while, so I was looking forward to getting stuck in to this one, the fifth in the series. This time there's a serial killer on the loose, targeting the town's prostitute population; victims apparently chosen at random, no clues as to their...

from ehines

This series reminds me more and more of Patrick O'Brian. The novels aren't really about what happens in an individual book. They're a continuous series tracking the development of characters and relationships through time. The incidents within the novels are mechanisms for us to explore these thi...

from ahalliday1949

Thoroughly enjoyed this book and finished it in a couple of days. I had never read a Simon Serailler novel before and although there are references to his life and cases he has worked on, this didn't distract from my enjoyment. What I liked most was the lack of forensic detail which is often inex...

from capewood

This is the first Susan Hill novel that I've read. I liked it well enough that I will look for her other titles but I was somewhat disappointed in the ending. There are a lot of good characters and I enjoyed learning about Simon Serrailler and his family. All this was well done. I realize that th...