Description
Book SynopsisSUSAN HILL has been a professional writer for over fifty years. Her books have won awards and prizes including the Whitbread, the John Llewellyn Rhys and a Somerset Maugham, and have been shortlisted for the Booker. Her novels include
Strange Meeting,
I'm the King of the Castle,
In the Springtime of the Year and
The Mist in the Mirror. She has also published autobiographical works and collections of short stories as well as the Simon Serrailler series of crime novels. The play of her ghost story
The Woman in Black is one of the longest running in the history of London's West End. In 2020 she was awarded a damehood (DBE) for services to literature. She has two adult daughters and lives in North Norfolk.
Trade ReviewStunning * Ruth Rendell *
Exhilarating...addictive...fascinating * Independent *
A master storyteller * Sunday Telegraph *
THE VARIOUS HAUNTS OF MEN
1. 'I loved this book. Masterly and satisfying. The result is stunning' Ruth Rendell
2. 'This book must be judged as a potential successor to the great sequence of detective writing by P.D. James and Ruth Rendall ... excellent' Daily Telegraph
4. 'Gripping ... and subtle' Daily Mail
* reviews *
Fans of Hill's earlier work like
The Woman in Black will appreciate that she can still weave a jolly good story... Minor characters acquire an extra dimension in Hill's experienced hands... Crime fans on the look out for intelligent examples of the genre will enjoy
The Risk of Darkness * Time Out *
