• The Pure in Heart

  • Simon Serrailler 2
  • By: Susan Hill
  • Narrated by: Steven Pacey
  • Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (659 ratings)

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The Pure in Heart

By: Susan Hill
Narrated by: Steven Pacey
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Publisher's summary

Detective Chief Inspector Simon Serrailler, first introduced in The Various Haunts of Men, is on a painting holiday in Venice when he is summoned home by a telephone call. He has family problems to face, and the stress and grind of running a busy police station. When a little boy is snatched as he stands with his satchel at the gate of his home, waiting for his lift to school, an ordinary community realises that terror and evil are in their very midst.
©2006 Susan Hill (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

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Great writing No plot!

This is a tour de force of great writing and characterization. However be warned. It betrays the contract between a mystery reader and a mystery writer. It does not even have an ending. The mystery is not solved.

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Disappointed

The story is about the detectives family, with nothing of substance. The DCI is very weak. The story is disjointed and has very little about solving the crime. Sorry I wasted a credit.

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