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 The Pure in Heart - Susan Hill
Newest Review: ... with the various members of his family and friends. At times, it reads more like a soap opera or family drama than a piece of ... more  ... police fiction. This will be highly off-putting to some. If you like your detective stories fast-paced with lots of red herrings, plenty of suspects and a series of gradually released clues designed to tantalise you as to who the criminal is, you will find Pure in Heart deeply frustrating. If, on the other hand, you like books where the plot is authentic, but slow-paced and essentially dull (after all, much police work is leg work and filling in forms), then you will be gripped by the realism of Pure in Heart.
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The Pure in Heart - Susan Hill: Return to Lafferton (920 words)
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The Pure in Heart is Susan Hill's follow-up to The Various Haunts of Men, which introduced the world to DCI Simon Serailler and his family. The events of this book take place approximately 12 months after the first, and concentrate on efforts to find a missing child and his abductor. Straight away, an important thing to say is that you will definitely get more from this book if you have already read Haunts. It builds on events and characters introduced there, and there are constant references back to it. You can just about read Pure in Heart as a standalone book, but there will be several sections which do not make much sense to you. Hill simply assumes you ... Read the complete review
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