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2000s: The sixth in the Simon Serrailler series
The Betrayal of Trust
What you need to know before your trail
Heavy rain falls on Lafferton. As the rain water slowly drains away, a shallow grave – and a skeleton – are revealed.
It doesn’t take long to identify the remains as those of missing teenager, Harriet Lowther, who was last seen sixteen years ago.
But a cold case isn’t a priority: if Detective Inspector Simon Serrailler is to solve the case, he will have to do it alone.
Locations
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BookTrail Travel to Lafferton
Map of Lafferton from the book
BookTrail Travel To Exeter
BookTrail Travel to Salisbury
Lafferton is a fictional cathedral town somewhere in Southern England.
On Susan Hill’s Website she says of Lafferton “I am often asked if it is based on a real place. No, but if you think of places like Exeter or Salisbury you are on the right lines.”
There is a map in each of the books and together with the descriptions in the story, you get a good sense of time and place.
From The Various Haunts of Men:
“It was small, but not too small, had wide, leafy avenues and some pretty Victorian terraces and, in the Cathedral Close, fine Georgian houses. The Cathedral itself was magnificent . . . and there were quality shops, pleasant cafes.”
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Betrayal of Trust
Destination: England, “Lafferton”, Essex, Salisbury Author/guide: Susan Hill Departure Time: 2000s
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