The Various Haunts of Men
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A lonely woman of fifty-three vanishes in fog; a fat twenty-two-year-old never returns from an early morning walk . . . Experienced policemen know that most missing persons either turn up or go missing on purpose. But fresh young D.S. Freya Graffham won’t drop it — until she discovers what links the people who disappear on “The Hill,” young and old, men and women, even a little dog. Susan Hill writes with compassion, humour and a unique understanding of the details of daily life.
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11 primary books14 released books#1 in Simon Serrailler
Simon Serrailler is a 14-book series with 11 released primary works first released in 2004 with contributions by Susan Hill.
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The writing is good. The characters are real. I enjoyed the story until the end. The book is too long and the end is jarring. I will try another in this series, but not for awhile.
Good. Everything is good. Writing is good, pacing is good, story is good, characters also good. Good, not very good, just good. Strange thing though, Simon Serrailler is hardly in the book at all, also not sure what “Various Haunts of Men” has to do with anything that happened in the book. Like I said, good, just good.
Too lengthy. The book is definitely a page turner, but it really stretches on going deep into each of those numerous characters. It took me nearly half way through the book before I could connect all these characters. This is my first Susan Hill novel and I had this one lying around.
I would probably not pick another Susan Hill until I really have a solid 8-10 hrs to kill like a long duration travel :)
Overall the book could have been at least 25% shorter.
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