A Question of Identity: Simon Serrailler Book 7

A Question of Identity: Simon Serrailler Book 7

by SusanHill (Author)

Synopsis

The seventh Simon Serrailler crime novel. How do you find a killer who doesn't exist? Duchess of Cornwall Close: sheltered accommodation, a mix of bungalows and flats, newly built and not quite finished. Despite the bitterly cold weather, elderly residents are moving in. They don't notice the figure in the shadows. Someone who doesn't mind the cold. Then, one snowy night, an old lady is murdered - dragged from her bed and strangled with a length of flex. DCS Simon Serrailler and his team are aware of bizarre circumstances surrounding her death - but they keep some of these details secret, while they desperately search for a match. All they know is that the killer will strike again, and will once more leave the same tell-tale signature. The break comes when Simon's former sergeant, the ever cheerful Nathan Coates, tracks down a name: Alan Keyes. But Alan Keyes has no birth certificate, no address, no job,no family, no passport, no dental records. Nothing. Alan Keyes does not exist. A Question of Identity introduces a new and chilling element into the Simon Serrailler series: it takes the reader inside the mind of a deranged killer. This is Susan Hill's most thrillingly imagined crime novel to date.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Published: 25 Oct 2012

ISBN 10: 0701186569
ISBN 13: 9780701186562
Book Overview: A cruel and strange murder confronts detective Simon Serrailler in the seventh novel in this highly successful crime series

Media Reviews
Not all great novelists can write crime fiction but when one like Susan Hill does the result is stunning -- Ruth Rendell Eagerly awaited by all aficionados of crime fiction -- P.D. James This is a crime series that specialises in side-stepping conventions, always to exhilarating effect. The books succeed in harnessing all the genre's addictive power while maintaining a complexity and fascination all their own Independent The real joy of the Serrailler series is Serrailler himself...rich in incident and intrigue -- Christopher Bray Express The crime part of the novel...is very good. But as in all these books, we are also engaged in the continuing story of the Serrailler family... All this gives the novel a much richer texture than is usual in crime fiction...(Susan Hill) writes as an honest and disturbing witness to our times -- Allan Massie Scotsman
Author Bio
Susan Hill's novels and short stories have won the Whitbread, Somerset Maugham and John Llewellyn Rhys awards, and the Yorkshire Post Book of the Year, and been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. She is the author of 56 books. The play adapted from her famous ghost story, The Woman in Black, has been running in the West End since 1989; it is also a major feature film. Her crime novels featuring DCS Simon Serrailler are currently being adapted for TV. Susan Hill was born in Scarborough and educated at King's College London. She is married to the Shakespeare scholar Stanley Wells, and they have two daughters. Susan Hill was appointed a CBE in the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Honours. www.susan-hill.com.