Susan Hill, Author . Overlook $24.95 (438p) ISBN 978-1-58567-876-1
Weaving together a variety of subtly interrelated narratives, British author Hill (Air and Angels
) embeds a thoughtful reflection on alternative medicine into a taut and suspenseful mystery, the first of a new crime series featuring Chief Insp....
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Susan Hill, Author . Overlook $24.95 (370p) ISBN 978-1-58567-928-7
In Hill’s fine second Simon Serrailler crime novel (after The Various Haunts of Men
), Inspector Serrailler, who’s still brooding over the unsolved murder of a fellow officer a year earlier, has sought solace amid Italian ruins with his...
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Susan Hill, Author . Overlook $15 (145p) ISBN 978-1-59020-091-9
Hill (The Woman in Black
) crafts an old-school spooker in this atmospheric tale of a sinister painting imbued with the vengeful spirit of a former owner. The painting, owned by retired Cambridge don Theo Parmitter, catches the eye of a visiting...
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Susan Hill, Author . Overlook $24.95 (384p) ISBN 978-1-56567-929-0
Blighted souls and the bleak lives they lead overwhelm the plot of Hill's diffuse and meandering third thriller to feature Chief Insp. Simon Serrailler (after The Pure in Heart
). The fast-paced opening chapters introduce the two main plot...
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Susan Hill, Author . Overlook $24.95 (328p) ISBN 978-1-59020-245-6
In Hill's unremarkable fourth novel to feature Chief Insp. Simon Serrailler (after 2008's The Risk of Darkness
), Serrailler and his team race against time to stop a killer who's gunning down young women, apparently at random....
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Susan Hill, Author H. Hamilton $0 (1p) ISBN 978-0-241-11930-3
""The best gardens are something of a muddle,'' explains Hill, a British novelist, playwright and children's book author. Unfortunately, so is this uneven compilation of essays, poems and lists that share a gardening theme. Barrett's subtle,...
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Susan Hill, Author Viking Books $18.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-670-82883-8
British author Hill ( Shakespeare Country ) writes with exquisite sensitivity on the worlds of meaning in the word ``family.'' She relates her life before and after marriage to Stanley Wells, a professor, and their joy in their first child, Jessica.
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Susan Hill. Overlook, $24.95 (368p) ISBN 978-1-59020-280-7
Quality-of-life issues figure prominently in Hill’s thought-provoking sixth procedural featuring Chief Supt. Simon Serrailler (after 2010’s The Shadows in the Street). Skeletal remains unearthed by a torrential rainstorm that floods the English city
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Susan Hill. Overlook, $25.95 (368p) ISBN 978-1-4683-0050-5
At the outset of Hill’s solid seventh procedural featuring police detective Simon Serrailler (after 2011’s The Betrayal of Trust), the authorities provide builder Alan Keyes with a new identity to shield him from vigilantes after Keyes is acquitted...
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Susan Hill, Author, Rosemary Berlin, Illustrator, Marcus Pfister, Based on a Book by Night Sky Books $3.99 (16p) ISBN 978-1-59014-111-3
Inspired by the bestselling Rainbow Fish, two additional lift-the-flap books, Sea of Riddles and Hide-and-Seek, both by Marcus Pfister, feature the aquatic hero. As Miss Cuttle the teacher sets up a game of I Spy in the first title, Rainbow Fish
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Susan Hill, Author, Angela Barrett, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-56402-245-5
The lure of the world beyond the window proves irresistible for the pinafored heroine of this beautifully paced picture book. Mother is at the stove (``Kitchen's warm. / Smells of spice'') as her daughter wonders, ``But what's out there?'' Brief...
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Susan Hill, Author, Susan Hill Long, Author Avon Books $6.99 (416p) ISBN 978-0-380-72145-0
This sequel to Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca depicts the further adventures of Maxim de Winter and his second wife. (Nov.)
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Susan Hill, Author, Susan Hill Long, Author, John Huxtable, Illustrator NorthSouth $3.99 (24p) ISBN 978-1-59014-104-5
Hans de Beers's books about the Arctic cub inspire a quartet of novelty Little Polar Bear Stories, adapted by Susan Hill Long, illus. by DiCicco Studios. In I Found You! Lars the polar bear cub visits the jungle and plays hide-and-seek with his...
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Susan Hill, Author, Susan Hill Long, Author, John Huxtable, Illustrator NorthSouth $3.99 (24p) ISBN 978-1-59014-105-2
Hans de Beers's books about the Arctic cub inspire a quartet of novelty Little Polar Bear Stories, adapted by Susan Hill Long, illus. by DiCicco Studios. In I Found You! Lars the polar bear cub visits the jungle and plays hide-and-seek with his...
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Susan Hill. Vintage, $15 trade paper (288p) ISBN 978-0-345-80665-9
Spiritual malignance stemming from tragic pasts casts sinister nets of revelation and despair in two subtle, intelligent, and shocking modern ghost stories from Hill (The Woman in Black). These poetic and emotionally painful nightmares lay waste to...
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Susan Hill. Vintage, $15 trade paper (272p) ISBN 978-0-345-80667-3
Hill, as the author of 1983’s The Woman in Black, since adapted to both stage and screen, is no stranger to gothic novels. In this Victorian-set ghost story, narrator James Monmouth returns to London after years spent in the Far East retracing the...
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Susan Hill. Overlook, $26.95 (320p) ISBN 978-1-4683-0145-8
In Hill’s subpar eighth crime novel based in Lafferton, England (after 2012’s A Question of Identity), the authorities hit a dead end investigating a child-porn ring and send Chief Supt. Simon Serrailler undercover to Stitchford Therapeutic...
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Susan Hill Long. Knopf, $16.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-553-51134-5
In this medieval adventure, Long (Whistle in the Dark) blends classic fairy tale elements with swift pacing and broad humor. Created through a combination of alchemy and glassmaking, the magic mirror of the title reveals different truths to those...
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Susan Hill. Overlook, $26.95 (336p) ISBN 978-1-4683-0146-5
British author Hill’s uneven ninth mystery to feature Det. Chief Supt. Simon Serrailler (after 2015’s The Soul of Discretion) finds Simon recovering on the windswept island of Taransay after a harrowing case nearly killed him. The sea air and close-k
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Susan Hill. Overlook, $27 (320p) ISBN 978-1-4197-5964-2
The death of a young man from a heroin overdose drives British author Hill’s choppy 11th novel featuring Det. Chief Supt. Simon Serrailler of the Lafferton, England, police (after 2020’s The Benefit of Hindsight). Serrailler’s search for the...
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