‘Serrailler, Hill’s brilliant detective, is the central character in the great writer’s crime fiction novels’ CAMILLA, DUCHESS OF CORNWALLPEOPLE ARE GOING MISSING. ONLY ONE THING LINKS THEIR CASES.THEY ALL DISAPPEAR ON THE HILL.A woman vanishes in the fog up on the Hill in Lafferton. The police have one lead – a pair of expensive cuff-links found in her flat, with a mysterious note attached to them.Then a young girl, an old man and even a dog disappear in quick succession in exactly the same place.Young policewoman Freya Graffham and Chief Inspector Simon Serrailler are given the task of unravelling the mystery. But can they find the Hill killer before he strikes again?‘A gripping whodunnit and a subtle study of the mind of a psychopath’ Daily MailDiscover the first edge-of-your seat novel in the bestselling Simon Serrailler series that over ONE MILLION readers have devoured.

Introducing Simon Serrailler – The Various Haunts of Men is the first of the Simon Serrailler casesAbout the AuthorSUSAN 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.ReviewsA gripping whodunnit and a subtle study of the mind of a psychopath * Daily Mail *I loved this book. Masterly and satisfying * Ruth Rendell *This book must be judged as a potential successor to the great sequences of detective writing by PD James and Ruth Rendell…excellent * Daily Telegraph *She has the priceless ability to construct a solidly-researched narrative that keeps the reader turning the pages * Independent *Hill’s first crime novel has a grip of steel * Woman and Home *Book InformationISBN 9780099534983Author Susan HillFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint VintagePublisher Vintage PublishingWeight(grams) 394gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 34mm