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Two sisters are distressed and disturbed by their father's display of 'desperate, choking, terrified devotion' to their mother as she lies dying in her bed. Time begins to heal the wounds inflicted by the loss, yet the sisters fear that their father may never recover....
Rima treasures the weekly routine she shares with her blind uncle; their walks along the beach, followed by cosy meals in a local cafe. Impressed by her uncle's intelligence and dedication to his work, most of allRima is awed by his ability to hide his blindness from...
In 'Need', Biddy longs to escape the noise and claustrophobia of the travelling circus she calls home, the chaotic family she shares her cramped quarters with, and the teasing, intimidating presence of Little Midge - the neighbour boy who spies on her. The lack of a...
On a deserted beach battered by rain, a group of boys plot a wicked deed. 'We'll shoot the crucifix,' Deano declares, but it is Mick who will carry out the act of vengeance and bear the consequences, for it was Mick's brother Charlie who suffered a horrible accident ,...
Beekeeper and odd job man Mart May is befriended by a curious and lonely boy whilst tending to errands around the prestigious home of Lady Burnett. As the two begin to bond, the boy, James, discovers the secret of Mart's illiteracy and - startled and concerned - takes...
After arriving in the cold, grey city of Vldansk, a lone Englishman spends his days battling hunger, unable to stomach the greasy local 'delicacies' - that is, until he discovers Antonyin's. But his joy at having found the inviting cafe is tarnished when he is haunted...
'Serrailler, Hill's brilliant detective, is the central character in the great writer's crime fiction novels' CAMILLA, DUCHESS OF CORNWALLHeavy rain falls on Lafferton. As the rain water slowly drains away, a shallow grave - and a skeleton - are revealed.It doesn't take...
'Serrailler, Hill's brilliant detective, is the central character in the great writer's crime fiction novels' CAMILLA, DUCHESS OF CORNWALLA little boy is snatched at the gate of his home while he waits for his lift to school.An ex-con struggling to go straight finds...
A terrifying ghost story by the bestselling author of The Woman in Black.One dark and rainy night, Sir James Monmouth returns to London after years spent travelling alone. Intent on uncovering the secrets of his childhood hero, the mysterious Conrad Vane, he begins to...
'Serrailler, Hill's brilliant detective, is the central character in the great writer's crime fiction novels' CAMILLA, DUCHESS OF CORNWALLA gunman is terrorising young women. What links these seemingly random murders? Is the marksman with a rifle the same person as the...
At the far end of the long white gallery is a painting of a woman, in pale flowing clothes and lying on a sofa beside an open window. The muslin curtains billow out towards her like clouds. There is a touch of brilliant red, the ribbon on her hat. The rest is white,...
'Heartstoppingly chilling' Daily ExpressArthur Kipps, a junior solicitor, is summoned to attend the funeral of Mrs Alice Drablow, the sole inhabitant of Eel Marsh House.The house stands at the end of a causeway, wreathed in fog and mystery, but it is not until he...
‘Exhilarating’ IndependentWhen two prostitutes are found brutally strangled to death, Detective Simon Serrailler is called urgently back from his sabbatical.But by the time he reaches the town of Lafferton another girl has vanished. Then the wife of the Dean at the...
A young school boy visiting his aunt's country house finds company and friendship with the gentle beekeeper and begins teaching the man to read, so that it seems nothing can ever intrude upon their closeness.A young country girl fights against becoming a downtrodden...
'Serrailler, Hill's brilliant detective, is the central character in the great writer's crime fiction novels' CAMILLA, DUCHESS OF CORNWALLChildren are vanishing. The village of Lafferton is shattered. There are no witnesses and no leads - just a kidnapper at large. Then...
An unsettling and absorbing tale from the bestselling author of The Woman in Black.Celibate, irreproachable and distinguished, Thomas Cavendish is in his mid-fifties and the obvious man to become Master of his college. But, walking by the river, Thomas sees a young girl...
'Serrailler, Hill's brilliant detective, is the central character in the great writer's crime fiction novels' CAMILLA, DUCHESS OF CORNWALLPEOPLE ARE GOING MISSING. ONLY ONE THING LINKS THEIR CASES.THEY ALL DISAPPEAR ON THE HILL.A woman vanishes in the fog up on the Hill...
A transfixing parable of greed, goodness and an extraordinary miracle from the author of The Woman in Black.Tommy Carr was a kind man; Eve had been able to tell that after half an hour of knowing him. There had never been a day when he had not shown her some small...
Colin. May. Frank. Berenice. The Prime children grew up in a bleak country farm house called The Beacon. Colin and Berenice married locally. May went to university in London, but came home within a year and never left again. Only Frank, quiet, watchful Frank, got away....
" Il faut bien reconnaître que les Anglaises ont un génie très particulier pour tricoter ce genre de romans alliant le charme au sordide. Alors, que God save the queens... of the crime !" Pascale Frey, Elle Qui a tué Harriet Lowther avant de l'enterrer sur le Moor à la...
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