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2000s: The sixth in the Simon Serrailler series
2000s: The sixth in the Simon Serrailler series
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.
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.”
Destination: England, “Lafferton”, Essex, Salisbury Author/guide: Susan Hill Departure Time: 2000s
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