Susan Hill

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I'm the King of the Castle by Susan Hill is a chilling novel that explores the extremes of childhood cruelty, now published as a Penguin Essential for the first time.'Some people are coming here today, now you will have a companion.'But young Edmund Hooper doesn't want anyone else in Warings, the large and rambling Victorian house he shares with his widowed father. Nevertheless Charles Kingshaw and his mother are soon installed and Hooper sets about subtly persecuting the fearful new arrival. In the woods, Charles fights back but he knows that his rival will always win the affections of the adults - and that worse is still to come . . .

A chilling, classically-inspired ghost story from Susan Hill, our reigning mistress of spine-tingling fiction. For the last twenty years Sir James Monmouth has journeyed all over the globe in the footsteps of his hero, the great pioneering traveler Conrad Vane. In an effort to learn more about Vane's early life--and his own--Sir James sets off for the remote Kittiscar Hall on a cold and rainy winter night. But he soon begins to feel as though something is warning him away at every turn; there are the intense feelings of being watched and the strange apparitions of a sad little boy. And as he learns more about his hero's past, he discovers that they are only the beginning, for Kittiscar Hall is hiding terrible secret that will bind their lives together in ways he could never have imagined.

»Kvinnan i svart är en av de otäckaste böckerna någonsin. Ett mästerverk.« | THERESE ERIKSSON, SvD»En viktoriansk skräckklassiker av bästa märke.« | LOTTA OLSSON, DN»Kvinnan i svart är en klassisk spökhistoria av den sort som kryper in under huden. Jag ryser av välbehag.« | BOKTOKIGDen unge Londonadvokaten Arthur Kipps får i uppdrag att bege sig till en avlägset belägen landsortsstad för att närvara vid mrs Alice Drablows begravning och ordna upp det dödsbo hon lämnat efter sig. Väl på plats slås Kipps av ortsinvånarnas märkliga ovilja att tala om Drablow; blotta omnämnandet tycks fylla dem med rädsla i synnerhet allt som rör familjens mytomspunna egendom, Eel Marsh House, som stolt och spöklikt höjer sig över de dimhöljda sankmarkernas förrädiska vidder. Det dröjer inte länge förrän Kipps inser att stadens invånare har goda skäl att tala tyst om huset. Platsen han kommit till ruvar på en ondskefull hemlighet, en mörk gåta som på ett dunkelt men oavvisligt sätt utgår från den skrämmande gestalt som oväntat dök upp på begravningen kvinnan i svart. Susan Hills Kvinnan i svart är en av de senaste decenniernas stora skräckromaner, ofta jämförd med Henry James klassiker När skruven dras åt. I svensk översättning av Ola Klingberg. SUSAN HILL [född 1942] är en engelsk författare som bland annat har belönats med Somerset Maugham Award, Whitbread Novel Award och John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. Hennes roman Kvinnan i svart är en av de stora moderna skräckklassikerna. År 2012 tilldelades hon den Brittiska Imperieorden (CBE) för sin författargärning. 2012 kom filmversionen av Kvinnan i svart, med Daniel Radcliffe i huvudrollen.» Ett fantastiskt bra historia av den sort som inte bara framkallar rysningar längs ryggraden, utan också ger kusliga tankar.« | THE GUARDIAN»En otroligt effektiv skräckroman... Nervslitande.« | THE DAILY EXPRESS»Kvinnan i svart är så sjukt läskig att det knyter sig i magen när man läser och man får kalla kårar över hela kroppen. Nu får jag visserligen sova med lampan tänd i ett par veckor, men det var det värt!« | UNDERBARA BÖCKER

How do you catch a killer who doesn't exist? In the quiet cathedral town of Lafferton, a series of brutal murders terrorizes the elderly, living alone in a serene housing community. The killer's signature is chillingly familiar to DCS Simon Serrailler--it belongs to a suspect who walked free ten years ago. Acquitted on a technicality, the man was given a new identity and disappeared without a trace. Now, Serrailler must hunt for a killer who officially ceased to exist, challenging the very notion of identity and justice. A gripping psychological thriller for fans of Ruth Rendell and P. D. James. In the seventh installment of Susan Hill's acclaimed British series, the hunt for a phantom killer forces the team to confront their limits: The hunt for a ghost: Serrailler and his team face a killer with no digital footprint, no paper trail, and no known whereabouts. A town in fear: The residents of Lafferton are gripped by a quiet terror as the body count rises and the killer continues to elude the police. The true cost of a new identity: This suspenseful mystery explores what truly defines a person and whether a name can truly wipe away a past marked by violence. Richly atmospheric and psychologically complex, A Question of Identity is a chilling reminder that some ghosts never truly disappear.

How do you catch a killer who doesn't exist? All they know is that the killer will strike again, and will once more leave the same tell-tale signature. Then they track down a name: Alan Keyes.

A HAUNTING PAIR OF GHOST STORIES FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE WOMAN IN BLACK The Small Hand Antiquarian bookseller Adam Snow is returning from a client visit when he takes a wrong turn and stumbles upon a derelict Edwardian house with a lush, overgrown garden. As he approaches the door, he is startled to feel the unmistakable sensation of a small, cold hand creeping into his own, almost as though a child has taken hold of it. Shaken, he returns home to find himself plagued by nightmares. But when he decides to investigate the house's mysteries, he is troubled by increasingly sinister visitations. Dolly After being orphaned at a young age, Edward Cayley is sent to spend the summer with his forbidding Aunt Kestrel at Iyot house, her decaying estate on the damp, lonely fens in the west of England. With him is his spoiled, spiteful cousin Leonora. And when Leonora's birthday wish for a beautiful doll is denied, she unleashes a furious rage which will haunt Edward through the years to come.

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Her beloved husband, Ben, has been killed in a tragic accident and Ruth is left, suddenly and totally bereft. Unable to share her sorrow and grief with Ben's family, who are dealing with their pain in their own way, Ruth becomes increasingly isolated, burying herself in her cottage in the countryside as the seasons change around her.

A transfixing parable of greed, goodness and an extraordinary miracle from the author of The Woman in Black. Tommy Carr was a kind man;

The classic ghost story from the author of The Mist in the Mirror a chilling tale about a menacing spectre haunting a small English town. Arthur Kipps is an up-and-coming London solicitor who is sent to Crythin Gifford--a faraway town in the windswept salt marshes beyond Nine Lives Causeway--to attend the funeral and settle the affairs of a client, Mrs. Alice Drablow of Eel Marsh House. Mrs. Drablow's house stands at the end of the causeway, wreathed in fog and mystery, but Kipps is unaware of the tragic secrets that lie hidden behind its sheltered windows. The routine business trip he anticipated quickly takes a horrifying turn when he finds himself haunted by a series of mysterious sounds and images--a rocking chair in a deserted nursery, the eerie sound of a pony and trap, a child's scream in the fog, and, most terrifying of all, a ghostly woman dressed all in black. Psychologically terrifying and deliciously eerie, The Woman in Black is a remarkable thriller of the first rate. The basis for the major motion picture starring Daniel Radcliffe.

Serrailler has just wrapped up a particularly exhausting and difficult case and is on sabbatical on a far-flung Scottish island when he is called back to Lafferton by the Chief Constable. Two local prostitutes have been found strangled. When the wife of the St. Michael's Cathedral Dean goes missing and then another respectable woman is taken on her way to work, the townspeople grow angry and afraid. Serrailler is in the greatest danger of his life.

Early one autumn afternoon in pursuit of an elusive book on her shelves, Susan Hill encountered dozens of others that she had never read, or forgotten she owned, or wanted to read for a second time. The discovery inspired her to embark on a year-long voyage through her books, forsaking new purchases in order to get to know her own collection again. A book which is left on a shelf for a decade is a dead thing, but it is also a chrysalis, packed with the potential to burst into new life. Wandering through her house that day, Hill's eyes were opened to how much of that life was stored in her home, neglected for years. Howards End is on the Landing charts the journey of one of the nation's most accomplished authors as she revisits the conversations, libraries and bookshelves of the past that have informed a lifetime of reading and writing.

We met Simon Serrailler first in The Various Haunts of Men and got to know him better in The Pure in Heart. Susan Hill is not afraid to tackle difficult themes, always prepared to face up to the dark realities in everyday livesand even the terrors of the real world. Her third crime novel, The Risk of Darkness, perhaps even more compulsive and convincing than its predecessors, explores the crazy grief of a widowed husband, a derangement that turns into obsession and threats, violence and terror. Meanwhile, handsome, introverted Simon Serrailler, whose cool reserve has broken the hearts of several women, finds his own heart troubled by the newest recruit to the Cathedral staff: a feisty female Anglican priest with red hair. With the complexity and character study that got raves for The Pure in Heart, and with the relentless pacing and plot twists of The Various Haunts of Men , The Risk of Darkness is truly the work of a writer at the top of her form. UK Praise for The Risk of Darkness: Crime fans on the look out for intelligent examples of the genre will enjoy The Risk of Darkness. -Time Out Of its sort The Risk of Darkness is an almost flawless novel. -Spectator "This is a crime series that specialises in sidestepping conventions, always to exhilarating effect." -The Independent A page-turner. Watch out for the twist in the tail, itll take you by surprise. -Choice A compulsive and compelling storypacked with action and adventure. -At Home Susan Hill is the author of the famous ghost stories The Woman in Black and The Man Who Turrned Into a Picture, as well as two recent mystery novels starring Chief Inspector Simon Serailler: The Various Haunts of Men and The Pure in Heart. She lives in Gloucestershire, where she runs her own small publishing company, Long Barn Books.

A stunning and soul searching book of poetry in the form of parables. You will find answers to what and who YOU are. You will find an awareness that you are loved. many characters inhabit this book. Some loving some cruel. The word images will make you laugh or cry or ponder your destiny. Symbolism in words about greed,envy,lust passion and pain envelope you. The poems lead you on a spiritual journey from the beginnings of awareness to fulfillment in God Almighty and Jesus Christ This book is not slushy or sentimental. But powerful and modern. Biblical yet very human. Wonderful for Christian or non. Someone of any faith or none. Easy language but with powerfull concepts. Superb for helping in counselling and healing emotions. Superb for self awareness and self development. NOT AN ORDINARY BOOK. Study guide incorporated and also wonderful black and white original illustrations. ENJOY DIRECT/CHEAPER from author. please e mail [email protected]

A stunning and soul searching book of poetry in the form of parables. The book is not slushy or sentimental. Powerful and modern. Based on Christian belief and philosphy, but can be suitable for anyone with a spiritual heart. You will find answers to what and who YOU are. An awareness that you are loved. Many characters inhabit this book. Some loving some cruel. The word images will make you laugh or cry or ponder your destiny. Symbolism in words about greed,envy,lust passion and pain envelope you. The poems lead you on a spiritual journey from the beginnings of awareness to fulfillment in God Almighty and Jesus Christ. Biblical yet very human. Wonderful for christian or non. Someone of any faith or none. Easy language but with powerfull concepts. Superb for helping in counselling and healing emotions. Superb for self awareness and self development. NOT AN ORDINARY BOOK. Study guide incorporated also original illustrations. (Book one/two together) ENJOY CONTACT author [email protected] for special prices

Award-winning author Susan Hill's Simon Serrailler Mystery The Pure in Heart is a crime novel arising from character and circumstances, about the psychology of crime, something more enthralling than plain thrillers or whodunits. There are no easy answers in The Pure in Heart, a magnificent novel about the realities of police work and the sometimes desperate humanity of family. Haunting and truthful, gripping and convincing, it is a thrilling achievement. A little boy is snatched as he stands with his satchel at the gate of his home, waiting for his lift to school. A severely handicapped young woman hovers between life and death. And an ex-con finds it impossible to go straight. In Lafferton, Simon Serrailler's town, Susan Hill has brilliantly created a community with detail so sharp and true to life that readers feel that these people are their own neighbors and friends. But there is terror and evil in their very midst. "Hill knows how to keep those pages turning." --Chicago Tribune

A town of secrets. A series of disappearances. A killer lurking in plain sight. In the quiet cathedral town of Lafferton, a lonely woman vanishes during her morning run, followed by a series of other disappearances--a young girl, an old man, and even a dog. The police dismiss them as routine missing person cases, but new Detective Sergeant Freya Graffham can't shake the chilling sense that something far more sinister is at play. Alongside her enigmatic and aloof superior, Chief Inspector Simon Serrailler, she must unravel the mystery before the town's darkest secrets come to the surface. A suspenseful British mystery for fans of Ruth Rendell and P. D. James. This acclaimed debut of the Simon Serrailler series introduces readers to a compelling cast of characters and a case that defies conventional logic. The Vanishing Point: A series of seemingly random disappearances rattles the peaceful community of Lafferton, pushing the police force to its limits. The New Detective: Freya Graffham, new to the area, finds herself deeply and personally invested in the case, challenging the standard police procedure with her intuition. The Enigmatic Chief: The debut novel offers a captivating first look at the complex and artistic Simon Serrailler, a detective who keeps his distance even as he hunts a killer. Richly atmospheric and psychologically astute, this mystery explores the disturbing connection between the missing and the dark forces that haunt the human mind. The killer's shocking motives and Hill's masterful pacing will keep you captivated until the final, unexpected twist. "I loved this book . . . Not all great novelists can write crime fiction, but when one like Susan Hill does it, the result is stunning." --Ruth Rendell