Simon Serrailler's story began in The Various Haunts of Men" (about a serial killer) & continued with " The Pure in Heart" (about a kidnapped schoolboy). Susan Hill is not afraid to tackle difficult issues nor to face up to the realities of stress in an ordinary English police station. Her third crime novel " The Risk of Darkness" even more compulsive & convincing follows up the child abduction & explores the crazy grief of a widowed husband a derangement which turns to obsession & threats violence & terror. Meanwhile handsome introverted Simon Serrailler whose cool reserve has broken the hearts of several women finds his own heart troubled by the newest recruit to the Cathedral staff: a feisty female Anglican priest with red hair..." The Risk of Darkness" is packed with action & adventure. Like " Various Haunts" it hinges on a terrific twist which comes as a complete surprise to the reader; & like " The Pure in Heart" it deals in depth with complex daily problems."