A particularly unpleasant murder—that of a very old woman in a housing project—rocks the town of Lafferton. The murderer has left a distinctive "sign" on the body and at the scene of crime. A couple of weeks later, a sim...

In the eighth of the successful Simon Serrailler series, the Chief Superintendent is faced with worse crimes than ever, and the town of Lafferton is left reeling.Susan Hill—the Man Booker Prize nominee and winner of the Whitbread, S...