This is the second of the crime novels featuring Detective Chief Inspector Simon Serrailler. They have been published in the UK (and also in France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Italy and Japan...)

The three current crime novels have been bought for TV by Bentley Productions, maker of the top ITV drama series MIDSOMER MURDERS and JUDGE JOHN DEED.

For those who don't see The Independent, here is the nice review of Susan's second crime novel THE PURE IN HEART, which came out in paperback on June 1st

The Pure in Heart, by Susan Hill (VINTAGE £6.99 (518pp))

For a novelist preoccupied by death and loss of innocence, Susan Hill's reinvention as a detective writer is a natural transition. The second in her series of cathedral-town mysteries, this latest whodunit revolves around the search for a missing schoolboy. In Hill's world, characters are as important as the search. Detective Chief Inspector Serrailler is as withdrawn as ever - withholding sex and love. Detective Sergeant Coates is hounded off the council estate of his childhood and Serrailler's twin sisters - one pregnant, one disabled - provide a touching back story. Hill and her surly gumshoe are getting into their stride. EH