2026 Reading Challenge

Simon Serrailler Series

12 primary works • 16 total works
Simon Serrailler, a police Chief Inspector in Lafferton, England:

Book 1

The Various Haunts of Men
by
3.84 · 15076 Ratings · 1486 Reviews · published 2004 · 6 editions
Having transferred to the small cathedral town of …

Shelve The Various Haunts of Men

    • Rate it:

    Book 2

    The Pure in Heart
    by
    3.92     · 8263 Ratings · 592 Reviews · published 2005 · 57 editions
    A little boy is snatched as he stands with his sat…

    Shelve The Pure in Heart

    • Rate it:

    Book 3

    The Risk of Darkness
    by
    3.96     · 6962 Ratings · 500 Reviews · published 2006 · 3 editions
    Child abduction, crazy grief of a widowed husband,…

    Shelve The Risk of Darkness

    • Rate it:

    Book 4

    The Vows of Silence
    by
    4.00     · 6295 Ratings · 421 Reviews · published 2008 · 3 editions
    'Serrailler, Hill's brilliant detective, is the ce…

    Shelve The Vows of Silence

    • Rate it:

    Book 5

    The Shadows in the Street
    by
    4.00     · 6533 Ratings · 416 Reviews · published 2010 · 43 editions
    Serrailler has just wrapped up a particularly exha…

    Shelve The Shadows in the Street

    • Rate it:

    Book 6

    The Betrayal of Trust
    by
    3.95     · 6530 Ratings · 558 Reviews · published 2011 · 40 editions
    Freak weather and flash floods all over southern E…

    Shelve The Betrayal of Trust

    • Rate it:

    Book 7

    A Question of Identity
    by
    3.99     · 6052 Ratings · 455 Reviews · published 2012 · 37 editions
    A particularly unpleasant murder, that of a very o…

    Shelve A Question of Identity

    • Rate it:

    Book 8

    The Soul of Discretion
    by
    4.17     · 4936 Ratings · 488 Reviews · published 2014 · 28 editions

    From the outside, the cathedral town of Lafferton …

    Shelve The Soul of Discretion

    • Rate it:

    Book 8.5

    A Breach of Security
    by
    3.62     · 1420 Ratings · 106 Reviews · published 2014 · 13 editions
    When a bunch of neo-fascist thugs named The Bulldo…

    Shelve A Breach of Security

    • Rate it:

    Book 8.6

    Hero
    by
    3.67     · 894 Ratings · 52 Reviews · published 2016 · 5 editions
    When Simon Serrailler was a rookie constable with …

    Shelve Hero

    • Rate it:

    Book 8.7

    Old Haunts
    by
    3.65     · 251 Ratings · 27 Reviews · published 2018 · 3 editions
    One hot summer’s day, an old flame turns up at Laf…

    Shelve Old Haunts

    • Rate it:

    Book 9

    The Comforts of Home
    by
    3.98     · 4396 Ratings · 424 Reviews · published 2018 · 2 editions
    Recovering on a remote Scottish island, his peace …

    Shelve The Comforts of Home

    • Rate it:

    Book 9.5

    Revenge
    by
    3.67     · 430 Ratings · 17 Reviews · published 2019 · 2 editions
    A new Simon Serrailler short story from Susan Hill…

    Shelve Revenge

    • Rate it:

    Book 10

    The Benefit of Hindsight
    by
    4.01     · 4254 Ratings · 408 Reviews · published 2019 · 14 editions
    Serrailler must confront his demons as Lafferton e…

    Shelve The Benefit of Hindsight

    • Rate it:

    Book 11

    A Change of Circumstance
    by
    4.01     · 3602 Ratings · 319 Reviews · published 2021 · 17 editions
    In this newest installment of Susan Hill’s electri…

    Shelve A Change of Circumstance

    • Rate it:

    Book 12

    The Sound of Footsteps
    by
    3.43     · 7 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2023 · 4 editions

    Shelve The Sound of Footsteps

    • Rate it: