Chief Inspector Serrailler investigates a seemingly random series of murders targeting young women in the cathedral town of Lafferton, cases he is certain are related in spite of their varying methods. By the author of The Various Haunts of Men.
Going deep behind the headlines about scandals in the Catholic Church, Jason Berry and Gerald Renner's Vows of Silence follows the staggering trail of evasions and deceit that leads directly to the Vatican -- and taints the legacy of Pope ...
'Black,' Kyra thought now, and made her closed eyes stare and stare until all they could see was black. She could do it. She'd learned. But for a few seconds she tried quickly to see Ed, before the black came down.
Spanning a decade, This Heavy Silence explores the power of the vows we make to others, and, more binding, those we make to ourselves.
The Vows of Silence: Simon Serrailler Book 4
But to do so, she must betray both her family and her Amish past—and expose a dark secret that could destroy her. *BONUS CONTENT: This edition of Sworn to Silence includes a new introduction from the author and a discussion guide.
As the story begins, a lonely woman vanishes while out on her morning run.
'As always, Hill creates a marvellous cast of characters with absorbing contemporary concerns' Daily Mail 'A gripping and beautifully written novel' Literary Review
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.
Sister Joan of the Order of the Daughters of Compassion has been sent to the convent in Cornwall to solve the puzzle in the last letter of a dying nun.
Can the law intervene in the brutal tradition of vendetta? An international bestseller, Daughter of Silence is a gripping novel with a masterful twist at the end. Intricate, dramatic, colourful. The Spectator Powerful and authentic.