Title In This Collection The Various Haunts Of Men The Pure In Heart The Risk of Darkness The Vows of Silence The Shadows in the Street The Shadows in the Street Simon Serrailler is on sabbatical on a Scottish island recovering from an exhausting murder investigation when he is urgently summoned back to Lafferton Two local prostitutes have been found strangled By the time Serrailer has reached the town another girl has vanished Is this a vendetta against prostitutes by someone with a warped mind Or a series of killings by an angry punter Then the wife of the new Dean at the Cathedral goes missing has the killer widened their net or is there more than one murderer at large The Various Haunts Of Men A woman vanishes in the fog up on the Hill an area locally known for its tranquility & peace The police are not alarmed people usually disappear for their own reasons But when a young girl an old man & even a dog disappear no one can deny that something untoward is happening in this quiet cathedral town The Pure In Heart A little boy is kidnapped as he stands with his satchel at the gate of his home an excon finds it impossible to stay straight & a severely handicapped young woman dies in the night This book creates a community with detail so convincing that readers feel that these people are their neighbours The Risk of Darkness A novel that explores the crazy grief of a widowed husband a derangement which turns to obsession & threats violence & terror The Vows of Silence In the peaceful cathedral city of Lafferton a gunman is terrorising young women What if anything links the attacks Is the marksman with a rifle the same person as the killer with a handgun or do the police have two snipers on their hands Detective Chief Superintendent Simon Serrailler is in charge of the case but he is also struggling to deal with a tragedy at the heart of his own family Two forthcoming events a local fair & the highprofile cathedral wedding of the Lord Lieutenants daughter only add to the pressure