The Risk of Darkness

By: Susan Hill

Narrated by: Steven Pacey

A kidnapper is at large; a schoolboy has disappeared. There are no leads, and no closure. The police have failed, and morale at Lafferton Station has collapsed. Then DCI Simon Serrailler receives a call: a child has been snatched in Yorkshire. Has the abductor struck again? The Risk of Darkness picks up where The Pure in Heart left off. It is set in a world in which a widowed husband's crazy grief turns to obsession and violence, and women - both old and young - feel threatened. Meanwhile handsome, reserved Simon Serrailler, who has broken so many hearts, gets a taste of his own medicine....

©2006 Susan Hill. All rights reserved. (P)2011 AudioGO

An Excellent Series

I’m listening to this series this series for the second time which I never do. It’s very good and holds one’s interest through every book. Love it!

Love this Series

I love this series with its many interesting characters. This may not be the best book in the series on its own, but it carries the story of Simon forward in new and interesting directions. I highly recommend that you start with the first in the series and continue. Delightful hours of listening.

The Story of a Family

This series focuses on people more than procedure. I enjoy police procedurals. I also find myself captivated by the Serrailler family.

I strongly recommend reading this series in order. My first reading of these books was done out of order. I have now re-read the first three in order and enjoyed them more. The characters are fascinating if not always likable.

This is a unique series of stories unlike anything I have read before.

Disturbing

I found this to be very disturbing. Such an emotional and evil story line. Perhaps too many plots taking place in it. The author must have been in a very dark place when she wrote this. Not sure if I will continue with the series.

Now I'm hooked

I too started this audio and stopped to check the start of the previous one, The Pure In Heart. I'm not used to a mystery series having a case continue so prominently into the next book. I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed this one. It's the best one so far in the series. I'm looking forward to the next one.