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The Risk of Darkness: Simon Serrailler Book 3 [Paperback]

Susan Hill (Author)
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Publication Date: 7 Jun 2007

Children have been vanishing - there are no leads- just a kidnapper at large. The police have failed, the families are distraught and the morale at Lafferton station has collapsed. Then Detective Chief Inspector Simon Serailler receives a call: a child has been snatched in Yorkshire. Has the abductor struck again? And will they find this child alive?

In The Risk of Darkness Simon Serailler takes on killing and kidnap, evil and innocence. The result is a compulsively readable and often chilling novel.

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  • Paperback: 480 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage; New edition edition (7 Jun 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0099462125
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099462125
  • Product Dimensions: 11 x 3 x 17.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 346,208 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"For the first time in years, P.D. James has serious competition" (Literary Review )

"Not all great novelists can write crime fiction but when one like Susan Hill does the result is stunning" (Ruth Rendell )

"Hill has a genius for tackling controversial issues head on while paying tribute to the quotidian detail of ordinary people's lives. This series has become indispensable for lovers of quality crime fiction" (Carla McKay Daily Mail )

"This is a crime series that specialises in sidestepping conventions, always to exhilarating effect... These books succeed in harnessing all the genre's addictive power while maintaining a complexity and fascination entirely their own" (Patricia Craig Independent )

"The Risk of Darkness is an almost flawless novel" (Spectator )

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Simon Serrailler in love at last in the third crime novel about Susan Hill's fictional Detective Chief Inspector.
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77 of 86 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning! 2 Jun 2006
By Urbangril21
Format:Hardcover
I think this is the book I have looked forward to most eagerly in the last year, having been bowled over by the first two Simon Serrailler books. And I wasn't in the least disappointed. If you liked the first two, which you really do need to have read before starting this one, you will love, love, love this book. It's got a twist to rival the twist in The Various Haunts of Men - and no, I am not even going to hint at what it is! -, the characterisation of Simon and his family, not to mention the new major characters, both good and bad, continues to fascinate, the plot is as gripping as the first two books, and the atmosphere is beautifully done. I can't be too specific because I don't want to spoil any of the surprises Susan Hill has in store for her readers. But I do highly recommend this book and hope very much that we don't have to wait a whole year for no. 4 in the series!
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars A vision of society gone awry 17 Dec 2007
By S. B. Kelly VINE™ VOICE
Format:Paperback
This book could almost be classed in the dystopian novel genre. Hill depicts a society in which violence, whether random or targetted, is everywhere, as civilisation, even in the heart of an English cathedral city, crumbles.

I agree that it can't really be called a crime novel. The story follows on immediately from the Pure in Heart, but the child-abductor of that novel is arrested at the beginning and the story meanders off in different directions: a man literally driven mad with grief by his wife's death; a young clergywoman struggling to realise that she's taken the wrong job and having to cope with murder in the family. As before, loose ends are left and who knows if they'll ever be knitted up?

Hill has a habit of beginning a new chapter talking about 'He' or 'She' and not letting on who the character is for a couple of paragraphs. I found this irritating, as if she was just playing guessing games with me. Such tricks are best deployed to some purpose: when the reader is to be misled over the identity of the character who has taken central stage.

I also struggle with the character of Simon Serailler and find it hard to care what happens to him, which is a major flaw. Cold fish is putting it mildly. The way he treats his ex-girlfriend is unforgiveable. Given the warmth of his twin sister, there seems no real explanation for how he is. There are some good major characters but minor ones often seem underwritten.

That said, I kept turning the pages.
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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Unsatisfying. 9 Jun 2008
By L Barrington
Format:Paperback
All was going well with this book for some time. The characters are obvious stereotypes, but I quite warmed to them and their storylines and found the crime storyline interesting and a page turner.

It all fell apart for me because I kept waiting for an amazing twist that never happened (this must have been the small twist near the beginning of the book which, while cleverly done, wasn't the genius that I was expecting, so I assumed that there must be a better one coming towards the end to justify the hype. There wasn't). The book isn't given a proper ending and I was really hoping that all the various characters and storylines would end up intertwining, but no, this didn't happen either. I was left feeling cheated, as if I'd wasted my time on a 'story that never was'. A shame because it started promisingly and I really wanted to know more.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars Arrived promptly
Book as described and a very good read,so many threads to it .Would buy this authors books again and again
Published 9 days ago by french farmer
4.0 out of 5 stars The Risk of Darkness
As above ... followed the whole series with Serrailler, would recommend someone reads them in order though to get
the sense of the storyline.
Published 26 days ago by Eil's
5.0 out of 5 stars Love these books
I have really enjoyed this series of books and have read them all. Simon Serrailer is not your normal detective and the development of his character adds to the enjoyment of these... Read more
Published 26 days ago by Georgina foot
5.0 out of 5 stars Another excellant thriller
Another excellant thriller from the pen of Susan Hill. Surely she is now second to non, in the crime/thriller authors.
Published 1 month ago by Jillian M Harrington
5.0 out of 5 stars Simo Serrailler
Great book. A really enjoyable murder mystery and will be ordering more of Susan Hill's in the very near future.
Published 1 month ago by Caroline Roe
5.0 out of 5 stars One of a fantastic series of novels by Susan Hill.
currently reading the whole collection. Very true to life scenarios. Thoroughly recommend - murder, romance, intrigue, family problems, central characters follow through each... Read more
Published 1 month ago by beau
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Thoroughly good read, enjoyed this as I have the other Simon Serrailler books, would recommend to anyone who likes crime fiction.
Published 1 month ago by Tuxedocat
4.0 out of 5 stars Chilling
Couldn't put this Simon Serailler crime novel down. Also enjoy the family background story running throughout the novel. Look forward the the next in series.
Published 1 month ago by Lola48
4.0 out of 5 stars Greeat book!
Another excellent thriller from Susan Hill.Readers of her previous novels won't be dissapointed.If you enjoy crime books with "real characters" this is the one for you.
Published 1 month ago by fredda howie
4.0 out of 5 stars A Good thriller
The characters are likeable, the plot engaging and generally it is a good read. On the whole I would probably recommend.
Published 2 months ago by Alex
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