This is an oldie that I picked up at a book sale and was really impressed with and wanted to share with all of you. I love finding new series to read, and this is a new one for me!
Synopsis: The second novel featuring Detective Inspector Simon Serrailler, following The Various Haunts of Men, set in the English Cathedral town of Lafferton.
A nine-year-old boy is kidnapped in broad daylight while waiting for his school ride outside his home in the British cathedral town of Lafferton, and the case falls squarely in the lap of Detective Chief Inspector Serrailler. It's a copper's worst nightmare—broken and grieving parents, intense media interest, and extreme pressure from the top police brass to solve the case "yesterday." But there are few leads and no apparent motive, and as the days go by and the child isn't found, hope drains away.
Although the case hits Simon and his team exceptionally hard, he has other problems to deal with: he is still trying to come to terms with the murder of a former colleague, his severely disabled sister's health is worsening daily, his ex-girlfriend is stalking him, he and his twin sister are quarrelling over Simon's fear of commitment, and an ex-con who's just been released from prison is causing Simon major headaches.
About the Author: Susan Hill is the acclaimed and bestselling author of The Woman in Black. She has written over 36 books, including a number for younger readers, and this crime series. Can It Be True was a Smarties Prize category winner.Susan Hill formed her own publishing company in 1997. The Long Barn Books company, established on the grounds of her home in Gloucestershire, has been described as "the small publishing company with the Big reputation".She has two adult daughters and lives in a farmhouse in Gloucestershire with her husband and three Border Terriers. Check out Hill's website for info on all her books!
Review: You do not have had to read the first book in the series to thoroughly enjoy this book. It is a perfect police procedural, full of 'Englishisms" enough to satisfy any Anglophile reader! The author knows how to write characters- by a third of the way in you are totally invested in all the characters and Simon and his family will feel like long lost friends, or ones you'd love to have.
I really liked how Hill keeps the story 'honest'- a missing child case is never pretty and Hill pulls NO punches are the realities of the case the cops and family have to deal with. Mirroring the case with problems in Simon's family's life was an interesting twist, and made the book just race. I definitely want to read the other 5 books in the series (1 before, 4 after this one)!
I know one of you will be happy you won this book too!
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a Rafflecopter giveaway
Disclosure / Disclaimer: I bought this book for my personal use, and donated it for this giveaway here on this blog. No compensation, monetary or in kind, has been received or implied for this post. Nor was I told how to post about it.
Synopsis: The second novel featuring Detective Inspector Simon Serrailler, following The Various Haunts of Men, set in the English Cathedral town of Lafferton.
A nine-year-old boy is kidnapped in broad daylight while waiting for his school ride outside his home in the British cathedral town of Lafferton, and the case falls squarely in the lap of Detective Chief Inspector Serrailler. It's a copper's worst nightmare—broken and grieving parents, intense media interest, and extreme pressure from the top police brass to solve the case "yesterday." But there are few leads and no apparent motive, and as the days go by and the child isn't found, hope drains away.
Although the case hits Simon and his team exceptionally hard, he has other problems to deal with: he is still trying to come to terms with the murder of a former colleague, his severely disabled sister's health is worsening daily, his ex-girlfriend is stalking him, he and his twin sister are quarrelling over Simon's fear of commitment, and an ex-con who's just been released from prison is causing Simon major headaches.
About the Author: Susan Hill is the acclaimed and bestselling author of The Woman in Black. She has written over 36 books, including a number for younger readers, and this crime series. Can It Be True was a Smarties Prize category winner.Susan Hill formed her own publishing company in 1997. The Long Barn Books company, established on the grounds of her home in Gloucestershire, has been described as "the small publishing company with the Big reputation".She has two adult daughters and lives in a farmhouse in Gloucestershire with her husband and three Border Terriers. Check out Hill's website for info on all her books!
Review: You do not have had to read the first book in the series to thoroughly enjoy this book. It is a perfect police procedural, full of 'Englishisms" enough to satisfy any Anglophile reader! The author knows how to write characters- by a third of the way in you are totally invested in all the characters and Simon and his family will feel like long lost friends, or ones you'd love to have.
I really liked how Hill keeps the story 'honest'- a missing child case is never pretty and Hill pulls NO punches are the realities of the case the cops and family have to deal with. Mirroring the case with problems in Simon's family's life was an interesting twist, and made the book just race. I definitely want to read the other 5 books in the series (1 before, 4 after this one)!
I know one of you will be happy you won this book too!
*
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Disclosure / Disclaimer: I bought this book for my personal use, and donated it for this giveaway here on this blog. No compensation, monetary or in kind, has been received or implied for this post. Nor was I told how to post about it.
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