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2000s: The second in the Simon Serrailler series
The Pure In Heart
What you need to know before your trail
A little boy is snatched at the gate of his home while he waits for his lift to school.
An ex-con struggling to go straight finds himself drawn back into a criminal ring.
A young woman hovers between life and death.
Detective Chief Inspector Simon Serrailler is called in to investigate. But with dead-ends mounting up and time running out, has he taken on a case so complex it threatens to defeat him?
Locations
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BookTrail Travel to Lafferton
Map of Lafferton from the book
BookTrail Travel To Exeter
BookTrail Travel to Salisbury
Lafferton is a fictional cathedral town somewhere in Southern England.
On Susan Hill’s Website she says of Lafferton “I am often asked if it is based on a real place. No, but if you think of places like Exeter or Salisbury you are on the right lines.”
There is a map in each of the books and together with the descriptions in the story, you get a good sense of time and place.
From The Various Haunts of Men:
“It was small, but not too small, had wide, leafy avenues and some pretty Victorian terraces and, in the Cathedral Close, fine Georgian houses. The Cathedral itself was magnificent . . . and there were quality shops, pleasant cafes.”
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Pure In Heart
Destination: England, “Lafferton”, Essex Author/guide: Susan Hill Departure Time: 1800s
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