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Susan Hill

    February 5, 1942

    Susan Hill crafts narratives that delve into psychological depth and suspense, often exploring themes of isolation and fear. Her prose is marked by an economical yet evocative style that draws readers into the unsettling worlds of her characters. Hill masterfully builds an atmosphere that slowly descends, leaving a lasting impression. Her ability to penetrate the darker recesses of the human psyche distinguishes her as a potent voice in suspenseful literature.

    Susan Hill
    The Risk of Darkness. Der Seele schwarzer Grund, englische Ausgabe
    Dangerous Faith
    A Change of Circumstance
    The Soul of Discretion
    Go Away, Bad Dreams!
    Ghost Stories
    • 2024

      A Savior Is Risen is a photo-rich 40-day invitation to shed your worries and let go of busyness as you focus your spirit on Jesus during the Lenten and Easter season.

      A Savior Is Risen
    • 2022

      Dangerous Faith

      • 208 pages
      • 8 hours of reading
      3.9(14)Add rating

      World-changers. Rebels. Rejecters of the status quo. Throughout history, Christians were never meant to have a safe faith. Highlighting people throughout the millennia, Dangerous Faith is a compilation of faith, facts, and art that celebrates the faith lives of spiritual giants and inspires you to grow in your own personal faith.

      Dangerous Faith
    • 2021

      'Serrailler, Hill's brilliant detective, is the central character in the great writer's crime fiction novels' CAMILLA, DUCHESS OF CORNWALL Simon Serrailler finds himself in devastating new territory as a sophisticated drugs network sets its sights on Lafferton and the surrounding villages DCS Simon Serrailler has long regarded drugs ops in the Lafferton area as a waste of time. Small-time dealers are picked up outside the local secondary school, they're given a fine or a suspended and away they go. And rinse and repeat. But when the body of a young drug addict is found in neighbouring Starly, the case pulls Simon into a whole new way of running drugs. The foot soldiers? Vulnerable local kids like Brookie and Olivia, who will give Simon a bitter taste of this new landscape... 'Hill's Serailler novels are as addictive as Rankin's' SCOTSMAN

      A Change of Circumstance
    • 2019

      From the very beginning, Christianity has been the faith of world-changers, rejecters of the status quo, and rebels. So when did it get so safe? Reclaim your roots with Dangerous Prayers, a collection of prayers from people throughout history who took God at His word and changed the world forever through their faith.

      Dangerous Prayers
    • 2019

      There are so many people in Pakistan who are a source of inspiration and motivation for therest of their fellow citizens. Most of these people are those who signify their countries onboth global and national level and bring splendor and dignity to their respective countries.

      The Unsung Hero Of Pakistan
    • 2019

      The Benefit of Hindsight

      • 304 pages
      • 11 hours of reading
      3.9(451)Add rating

      In this, the tenth Simon Serrailler crime novel, Simon must engage with his own demons as Lafferton struggles to cope with a series of crimes that threaten the sanctity of hearth and home. On the face of it DCS Simon Serrailler has had time to recuperate after the violent incident that cost him his arm, and nearly his life. He is back in harness at Lafferton CID, but is spending his spare time high up in the cathedral roof, making drawings of some medieval angels which are being restored. Lafferton is apparently going through a quiet patch, so far as crime is concerned, until one night two local men open their front door to a distressing scene. Simon makes a serious error of judgment when handling the incident. The stress of this, combined with the fact that he refused all offers of counselling after the loss of his arm, takes its toll. In her new role as a private GP, Simon's sister Cat's medical and counselling skills are tested by terrible and unexpected events at the homes of two very different Lafferton women. Their unreliable father, Richard, has returned to live nearby, in a luxury apartment for the well-heeled over sixties. It's not long before he's up to his old tricks.

      The Benefit of Hindsight
    • 2018
      3.8(2161)Add rating

      DC Simon Serrailler's last, devastating case was nearly the death of him and left him confronting a new reality Recovering on a remote Scottish island, his peace doesn't last long. In this gripping new Serrailler thriller, Simon's personal and professional lives intertwine in more complex and demanding ways than ever before.

      The Comforts of Home: Simon Serrailler Book 9
    • 2017

      From the Heart

      • 224 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      A quietly shattering coming-of-age story set in the late Fifties and early Sixties ... Hill's storytelling is vivid, yet spare. From the Heart is a captivating portrait of a woman caught in the wrong era. This slender novel could be devoured in an afternoon, but it has an unsettling quality that will stay with the reader long after it is finished Violet Hudson Daily Telegraph

      From the Heart
    • 2017

      When we spend so much of our time immersed in books, who's to say where reading ends and living begins? The two are impossibly and gloriously wedded, as Hill shows in Jacob's Room Is Full of Books. Considering everything from Edith Wharton's novels through to Alan Bennett's diaries, Virginia Woolf and the writings of twelfth century monk Aelred of Rievaulx, Susan Hill charts a year of her life through the books she has read, reread or returned to the shelf. From beneath a shady tree in a hot French summer, or the warmth of a kitchen during an English winter, Hill reflects on what her reading throws up, from writing and writers to politics and religion, as well as the joy of dandies or the pleasure of watching a line of geese cross a meadow. Full of wry observations and warm humour, as well as strong opinions freely aired, this is a rare and wonderful insight into the rich world of reading from one of the nation's most accomplished authors.

      Jacob's Room is Full of Books
    • 2016

      The Travelling Bag

      • 290 pages
      • 11 hours of reading
      3.5(1003)Add rating

      From the foggy streets of Victorian London to the eerie perfection of 1950s suburbia, the everyday is invaded by the otherworldly in this unforgettable collection of new ghost stories from the bestselling author of The Woman in Black. In the title story, on a murky evening in a club off St James, a paranormal detective recounts his most memorable case, one whose horrifying denouement took place in that very building. A lonely boy makes a friend in 'Boy Number 21', but years later is forced to question the very nature of that friendship. 'Alice Baker' tells the story of a mysterious new office worker who is accompanied by a lingering smell of decay. And in 'The Front Room', a devoutly Christian mother tries to protect her children from the evil influence of their grandmother, both when she is alive and afterwards. This paperback edition includes the chilling 'Printer's Devil Court' in which three medical students make an unholy pact whose consequences will pursue one of them to the grave - and perhaps beyond.This is Susan Hill at her best, telling characteristically creepy and surprising tales of thwarted ambition, terrifying revenge and supernatural stirrings that will leave you wide-awake long into the night.

      The Travelling Bag