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The Risk of Darkness (Paperback)

by Susan Hill (Author)
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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: 17.8 x 10.4 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 14,011 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Waterstone's Books Quarterly
'a multi-layered novel with penetrating insights'


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'Of its sort The Risk of Darkness is an almost flawless novel.' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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60 of 65 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning!, 2 Jun 2006
This review is from: The Risk of Darkness (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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43 of 49 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars STUNNING THIRD SERRAILLER NOVEL, 14 Jun 2007
This brings the first 3 books in Hill`s Simon Serrailler trilogy to a close in a stunning story. It has one of the best 'chase' scenes I have read in a thriller - I won`t give it away but it involves cliffs, a raging storm and a helicopter rescue. The saga of the missing children which was unresolved at the end of the previous book, THE PURE IN HEART is brought to a terrible conclusion here and there is a terrific twist. Otherwise, we spend more time with Serrailler`s family and meet a character I really hope Hill brings back in any future books - the young woman priest Jane Fitzroy, who has a feisty yet vulnerable character and is one of the most interesting of her good range of women in these books.
I find this series unusual - there is never gratuitous violence - Hill understates and this actually makes more impact than detailed descriptions. There is a moral thread too and lots of well developed side-characters to give a richness and depth to the books.
I hope there are more to come but meanwhile,if you have not yet read any Serrailler novels don`t start with this, begin at the beginning with THE VARIOUS HAUNTS OF MEN. Susan Hill is an incredibly versatile writer - from Booker shortlisted literary fiction to homely country stories to children`s books and one classic ghost story - to crime. I rate the Serrailler books up there with the best and this is a genre Hill is beginning to make her own.
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26 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Susan and Simon stun us again, 12 Jun 2006
By Caraline (Leeds, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Risk of Darkness (Hardcover)
To truly enjoy this book you must read the two earlier Simon Serailler novels.
But if you do, you will be hooked!
Great characters, a great story and a really satisfying read. One of the best things about these books is that they provide page turning crime without the need for horrific ghoulish detail. The writing takes you under the skin of the characters. You feel sad when you reach the end, because you want to know what happens next. Gripping, in a very good way!
Read it, you'll love it.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointing
Oh dear. I loved susan Hill's early half dozen novels - Strange Meeting, Gentlemen and Ladies, The Springtime of the Year etc - but her foray into crime is less than successful... Read more
Published 3 months ago by F. M. M. Stott

3.0 out of 5 stars The main story is good, the sub-plots tedious
The main crime story of the book, the kidnapping and murder of children, is just about believable and would, on its own, have made a pacy book. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Bluebell

2.0 out of 5 stars The Risk of Darkness
Buried within this book is an excellent novella regarding Ed, Ed's mother and Kyra. Otherwise this book is a bit of a mess. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Rich

4.0 out of 5 stars The Darkest of the Three
If you haven't read any of the other Simon Serrailler series such as The Various Haunts of Men or The Pure in Heart, I actually would recommend you start with them. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Simon Savidge "savidgeread...

3.0 out of 5 stars Well-written, but not a crime novel......
Children are vanishing and CI Simon Serrailler and his colleagues are on the hunt for a kidnapper.

That, at least, is what the rear cover of the book suggests the... Read more
Published 5 months ago by johnverp

2.0 out of 5 stars won't be reading another!
i read 'the various haunts of men' and thought it was ok if a bit meandering. I hadn't read the second book in the series but that didn't really matter. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mrs. A. J. Greene

2.0 out of 5 stars Unsatisfying.
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... Read more
Published 13 months ago by L Barrington

1.0 out of 5 stars disconnected
I am pretty new to the genre of crime fiction, but it seems reasonable to expect a certain amount of suspense and a certain degree of plot - but this curious book has neither... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Dr. Vernon M. Hewitt

4.0 out of 5 stars not a crime novel
like the two previous Serrailler novels,if you don't expect a crime novel, and can cope with a 'rosy, middle England', middle class view of the world, this is a good book. Read more
Published 18 months ago by catholic reader

3.0 out of 5 stars A vision of society gone awry
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... Read more
Published 19 months ago by S. B. Kelly

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