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A review by nietzschesghost
The Comforts of Home by Susan Hill
4.0
'The Comforts of Home' is the ninth book to feature DC Simon Serrailler based with the Lafferton police. I for one was overjoyed to see a new Serrailler novel as the eighth book released back in 2014 leaves four years between that and this. I'm not sure what has made it that lengthy, but I am extremely heartened to see him back doing what he does best - detecting!
Although I thoroughly enjoyed this, I didn't feel it was quite up to the exceptional five-star worthy standard that Hill's novel usually elicit from me but it still leaves most modern thriller writers looking like absolute amateurs. We catch up with Simon and stop in to see how both his physical and mental recovery is going after the chaos that took place in the previous book 'The Soul of Discretion'. However, his relocation to Taransay means there is a lot happening in various different places and this leaves the story with a lack of focus. The setting is wonderful and just like the characters is beautifully drawn, and the prose is compulsively readable as always.
This million-selling series is one that many crime buffs will appreciate but especially those who particularly like old school, atmospheric reads and novels with some form of substance to them. As someone who has studied and has a deep interest in psychological matters, I found I really missed Hill's discussion of these issues as they didn't seem to make an appearance in this book. I can't help but feel a little disappointed and perhaps shortchanged. I hope the profound aspect that Hill creates so expertly is due to return in the upcoming additions.
Many thanks to Chatto & Windus for an ARC. I was not required to post a review, and all thoughts and opinions expressed are my own.
Although I thoroughly enjoyed this, I didn't feel it was quite up to the exceptional five-star worthy standard that Hill's novel usually elicit from me but it still leaves most modern thriller writers looking like absolute amateurs. We catch up with Simon and stop in to see how both his physical and mental recovery is going after the chaos that took place in the previous book 'The Soul of Discretion'. However, his relocation to Taransay means there is a lot happening in various different places and this leaves the story with a lack of focus. The setting is wonderful and just like the characters is beautifully drawn, and the prose is compulsively readable as always.
This million-selling series is one that many crime buffs will appreciate but especially those who particularly like old school, atmospheric reads and novels with some form of substance to them. As someone who has studied and has a deep interest in psychological matters, I found I really missed Hill's discussion of these issues as they didn't seem to make an appearance in this book. I can't help but feel a little disappointed and perhaps shortchanged. I hope the profound aspect that Hill creates so expertly is due to return in the upcoming additions.
Many thanks to Chatto & Windus for an ARC. I was not required to post a review, and all thoughts and opinions expressed are my own.