Susan Hill

When a series of flash floods throughout Lafferton exposes the skeleton of a teenage girl named Harriet Lowther who went missing 20 years earlier, Simon Serrailler investigates the girl's tragic family story and uncovers bizarre complexities and dangers. - provided by publisher.

Chief Inspector Serrailler investigates a seemingly random series of murders targeting young women in the cathedral town of Lafferton, cases he is certain are related in spite of their varying methods.

Simon Serailler takes on the case of an obsessive widower engaging in increasingly violent acts, a case that is further complicated by Serailler's troubled feelings for the Cathedral's newest recruit, a red-haired woman Anglican priest.

Marley barks all day long, but when something important happens, he is worried his family will not pay attention to his warning.

"DCS Simon Serrailler has long regarded drugs ops in Lafferton as a waste of time. Small-time dealers are picked up outside the local secondary school, they don't have any information about those higher up the chain, they're given a fine or a suspended and away they go. And rinse and repeat. But when the body of a 22-year-old drug addict is found in neighbouring Starley, the case pulls Simon into a whole new way of running drugs. The foot soldiers?...

"With crime rates down, Lafferton has been quiet, until one night when a couple opens their front door to a distressing scene. Serrailler makes a serious error in judgment when handling the incident, and the stress of this, combined with the ongoing trauma of losing his arm, takes its toll. Meanwhile, Serrailler's sister, Cat, has begun a new role as a private GP, and terrible and unexpected events at the homes of two of her patients test her medical...

Ruby the raccoon paints a picture which unexpectedly shows the best feature of her various friends.

The Scorpion is back, and he's more powerful than ever! Can Spider-Man find a way to beat his old foe using smarts instead of strength?

Tom's mother helps him get rid of his bad dreams one night at a time.

It's Christmas Eve and a message is passed to animals and men. They leave what they are doing to seek and wonder at what they will find.