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A Question of Identity Susan Hill

A Question of Identity By Susan Hill

A Question of Identity by Susan Hill


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Summary

The seventh Simon Serrailler crime novel. Then, one snowy night, an old lady is murdered - dragged from her bed and strangled with a length of flex.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.

A Question of Identity Summary

A Question of Identity: Simon Serrailler Book 7 by Susan Hill

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.

A Question of Identity 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 *

About Susan Hill

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

Additional information

GOR004379361
9780701186562
0701186569
A Question of Identity: Simon Serrailler Book 7 by Susan Hill
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Vintage Publishing
20121025
368
N/A
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