Simon Serrailler #3
Mystery
2009 The Overlook Press
Finished on June 9, 2023
Rating: 4/5 (Very Good)
Publisher's Blurb:
Susan Hill's Simon Serrailler mysteries have been hailed as "masterly storytelling" by the Good Book Guide, as "astonishing" by Publishers Weekly, and they were compared to P.D. James and Elizabeth George by the Los Angeles Times. Her third crime novel, The Risk of Darkness, perhaps even more compulsive and convincing than its predecessors, explores the crazy grief of a widowed husband, a derangement that turns into obsession and threats, violence and terror.
Meanwhile, handsome, introverted chief inspector Simon Serrailler, whose cool reserve has broken the hearts of several women, finds his own heart troubled by the newest recruit to the Cathedral staff: a feisty female Anglican priest with red hair.
With the complexity and character study that got raves for The Pure in Heart, and with the relentless pacing and plot twists of The Various Haunts of Men, The Risk of Darkness is truly the work of a writer at the top of her form.
Another winner. I love the new revelations and evolutions of the Serrailler family dynamics equally as well as the mystery. Susan Hill is a master at character development. The reason it took me over two weeks to complete the book is that we've been on another road trip (this time to the Canadian Rockies), and my focus is more about our daily excursions and less about reading. (And thus, a very brief review, as well!)
I'm pretty sure I've read at least two books in this series and thought it was really good but I was a bit annoyed by the ending of the first book and not sure why I didn't continue with this one. Maybe one day I'll pick it up again. Your rating is making me want to give it another shot!
ReplyDeleteIliana, I was more than annoyed with the ending of the first book in this series. I was really upset!
Delete