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The Pure in Heart

Simon Serrailler 2

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The Pure in Heart

By: Susan Hill
Narrated by: Steven Pacey
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About this listen

 Detective Chief Inspector Simon Serrailler, first introduced in The Various Haunts of Men, is on a painting holiday in Venice when he is summoned home by a telephone call. He has family problems to face, and the stress and grind of running a busy police station. When a little boy is snatched as he stands with his satchel at the gate of his home, waiting for his lift to school, an ordinary community realises that terror and evil are in their very midst.

You should listen to Susan Hill's brilliant Simon Serrailler trilogy in the correct order which is as follows:

  • Book 1: The Various Haunts of Men
  • Book 2: The Pure in Heart
  • Book 3: The Risk of Darkness
©2006 Susan Hill (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction

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I had already read the book but found revisiting it this way excellent.The reader is superb with just enough change of voice to keep the listener interested. Although I have also read the next book it will be my next one to listen . Can be thoroughly recommended for good writing and a cracking storyline Susan Hill is a master of the understated menace and surprising twist.

The pure in heart

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Beautifully written and wonderfully read - second in the series and the characters are starting to feel like old friends! Just off to download No 3!

Very enjoyable!

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I really enjoy Susan Hill books ,I was a little disappointed by the end a few loose ends, so will be reading book three soon to see what happens.Narration is perfect.

Susan Hill

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Gripping drama , really enjoyed this.Off to buy next book in series, Susan Hill well done.

fabulous !

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Like the last Simon Serrailler story, this one was unpredictable, with content, and an ending, that could only work set against a backdrop of well observed complex characters. Most authors stick to well recognised formulae, and only the best can get away with shocking or disappointing their readers with major plot points. But these stories, and the topics they address, are so satisfying in and of themselves that it works. Both books have left me wanting to spend more time with the people who fill them.

Always unexpected

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