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`What one is aware of throughout is Hill's keen intelligence, the range of her sympathy and her depth of moral concern...reading these novels which combine good plots with well-drawn characters and intelligent probing of the way we live now, is so enriching.' --Scotsman
`An excellent next instalment and an absorbing novel.' --Literary Review
'Hill is to be congratulated on her tour de force...thoughtful, uncomfortable, and worthy of our undivided attention.' --Spectator
'Her intellectual stance is engaging, her plot unpredictable and her detective a likeable presence.' --Scotland on Sunday
`An excellent next instalment and an absorbing novel.' --Literary Review
'Hill is to be congratulated on her tour de force...thoughtful, uncomfortable, and worthy of our undivided attention.' --Spectator
'Her intellectual stance is engaging, her plot unpredictable and her detective a likeable presence.' --Scotland on Sunday
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A cold case comes back to life in this sixth book in the highly successful Simon Serrailler detective series 'eagerly awaited by all aficionados' (P.D. James)
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The sixth book from Susan Hill to feature the inhabitants of Lafferton. The two main characters are siblings Dr Cat Deerbon and top cop DCS Simon Serrailler. The plots and themes explored usually feature the family's ongoing story and topics and situations thrown up by the pair's respective professions; health or lack of it, crime in society - all sensitively addressed in Hill's brilliant prose and her thoughtful insights into human emotions. Crime fiction? Well yeah, but not really comparable to much of the genre's staples and conventions.
In this one flooding in Lafferton has unearthed the bones of a young girl missing for 16 years, a mystery from the past that caused a big splash on the national consciousness. But alongside them are the bones of another young woman whose disappearance contrastingly caused not even a ripple. Serrailler is tasked with the cold case but is hampered by severe budget restrictions and he's just met the love of his life. Cat Deerbon deals with financial problems directing the local hospice, calling on the expertise of a newcomer to the town who is setting up a new care home for Alzheimer sufferers. In her general surgery she is consulted by a woman called Jocelyn with the early symptoms of Motor Neurone Disease, which leads to the thorny subject of assisted suicide. I think Hill tackles the subject as objectively as possible, though of course her characters are more swept along with the emotions of the terrible choices they face. Age, mortality, memory, lives lived and lives cut short, all played out in the setting of a Cathedral town and tied together with the lines of synchronicity within a cold case murder inquiry. I would add the advisory that this one is probably going to have more resonance with older readers or folk who have had their lives touched by terminal illness.
In this one flooding in Lafferton has unearthed the bones of a young girl missing for 16 years, a mystery from the past that caused a big splash on the national consciousness. But alongside them are the bones of another young woman whose disappearance contrastingly caused not even a ripple. Serrailler is tasked with the cold case but is hampered by severe budget restrictions and he's just met the love of his life. Cat Deerbon deals with financial problems directing the local hospice, calling on the expertise of a newcomer to the town who is setting up a new care home for Alzheimer sufferers. In her general surgery she is consulted by a woman called Jocelyn with the early symptoms of Motor Neurone Disease, which leads to the thorny subject of assisted suicide. I think Hill tackles the subject as objectively as possible, though of course her characters are more swept along with the emotions of the terrible choices they face. Age, mortality, memory, lives lived and lives cut short, all played out in the setting of a Cathedral town and tied together with the lines of synchronicity within a cold case murder inquiry. I would add the advisory that this one is probably going to have more resonance with older readers or folk who have had their lives touched by terminal illness.
17 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I am a huge fan of the Susan Hill's Serrailler series and eagerly awaited the latest offering. I have to say this is my least favourite of the series. Whilst I admire her handling of the difficult topics of assisted suicide and those characters dealing with dementia and Motor Neurone Disease, I found the way the murder investigation was concluded just a little too tidy, as if the author needed to get it sorted in a certain number of pages. I don't want to spoil the book for those who have yet to read it, so won't go into detail, but I felt there were several strands which should have been more satisfactorily concluded in addition to the murder investigation. I hope this is indicative that there is another book on the way, but I did feel rather let down at the end. Several subjects were opened and the reader left wondering, not least Simon's fledgling romance. Although I have to say this was not at all convincing and I felt he was acting completely out of character - or is that because he hasn't been in love since the demise of Freya?
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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I have read all of the Simon Serrailler crime novels and looked forward to the new one. However I was left wondering about the main theme - is it the investigation of a cold case or is it about assisted suicide which seems to take up the majority of the book, with the addition of a new romantic interest for our hero. As a proponent of voluntary euthanisia I welcome anything which draws attention to the issue - in particular whether patients should find it necessary to journey to Switzerland when it should be available here. I gather than the author is not of the same mind as me - that's her choice - but I was not sure that the story should have been so blantantly biased and especially against a thinly disguised overseas concern which has helped many people. It is not their fault they are forced to work in less than ideal conditions to protect themselves from protestors.
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Bitter disappointment
Having so much enjoyed the previous books in this series I eagerly purchased this latest offering.
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Published 7 days ago by Augustus 2
Has anyone spotted this?
I have enjoyed all of Susan Hill's books about Simon Serrailler, but I wondered whether anyone has spotted this: In 'The Vows of Silence' Richard Serrailler tells Cat that her... Read more
Published 20 days ago by Carochoc
Translation, please!
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Degrees of Trust?
Having enjoyed previous books in this series I was pleased to be with familiar friends. To me it seemed a sad story with unresolved matters where answers were complicated and a... Read more
Published 25 days ago by Barbara Thirtles
not really crime drama any more
I have read all of the Simon Serralier novels but found this one profoundly disappointing. As a novel it was fine, as a crime novel it was awful. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Ms. Ge Bolton
Disappointing
I had hoped that this new novel in the series would be back to the quality of the first ones. But it was not. Read more
Published 2 months ago by slb
Give me more Serrailler!!
I've loved this series. I like reading about Cat's family and how they are coping after Chris's death, but I see this wonderful series as predominately about Simon Serrailler, yet... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Jane Baker
Detective story enriched by topical ethical issues
I've followed this series of books and seen it go from strength to strength. The series started as well-crafted and enjoyable detective stories but has developed into much more. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Bluebell
Ending spoiled it all.....
I was so enjoying this book,thoroughly engaged with the characters,even finding the too-perfect Simon slightly more likeable! Read more
Published 3 months ago by Jadi
Dreadful!
This book is aptly titled - it is a betrayal of the trust that admirers of Susan Hill place in her! What a complicated, mishmash of plots and sub plots run through this novel. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mrs. Liz M. McLaren
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