'Serrailler, Hill's brilliant detective, is the central character in the great writer's crime fiction novels' CAMILLA, DUCHESS OF CORNWALL


'Beautifully told, Hill's gimlet eye and steely prose remind you how fierce she can be' Daily Mail

One rainy night, a couple welcomes two strangers needing help into their home. It's an act they will regret for the rest of their lives.

On the other side of town a woman is brutally murdered and her husband is left unconscious.

Are the two crimes connected?
Detective Simon Serrailler sets out to investigate but will his own demons get in the way?

'Keepers the reader gripped until the last page' Sunday Express

Discover the bestselling Simon Serrailler series that over ONE MILLION readers have devoured.

The 10th book in the Simon Serrailler crime series from the bestselling author of "The Woman In Black". Simon must engage with his own demons as Lafferton struggles to cope with a series of crimes that threaten the sanctity of hearth and home. Now in paperback.