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Complex in other ways, his character seeks love and connection that relates back to his heartbreak from the very first book in the series that wowed the reader. Still, it was lovely to be back with Simon and his colleagues as they try to stop local thugs using young children to run drugs, and work out if a recent suicide of a teenage girl might have actually been murder. This was an uneven reading experience for me, and the pacing of the novel felt awkward and abrupt on occasion. Susan Hill is back with A Change of Circumstance, the eleventh book in the acclaimed mystery series featuring the enigmatic and brooding chief police inspector Simon Serrailler.

A Change of Circumstance by Susan Hill | Goodreads A Change of Circumstance by Susan Hill | Goodreads

Come on, even the newest indie author knows the importance of ‘white space’ on a page and yet A Change of Circumstance has two pages that have no paragraph breaks whatsoever. What makes this novel a worthwhile read is Hill's portrayal of 14 year old Olivia and 11 year old Brooklyn 'Brookie' Roper, and his father, Vince, trying to do all that he can to protect his young son. Cat was still a doctor but the reader could have removed all reference to her from the book and it wouldn’t have changed anything. It is winter, it all begins with the discovery in the village of Starly of the ravaged body of a young man in a flat above a Chinese herbal pharmacy, a heroin overdose, and which sparks police inquiries as they try to identify the victim. The whole thing is, of course, extremely well written in that way Susan Hill has of crafting elegant, readable prose which never draws attention to itself but carries the reader along beautifully.Rachel made another reappearance but it was all so confused and ‘edgy’ that I had no idea what either of them felt for each other and her rapid disappearance from Simon’s life a few books back was never explained. A heroin overdose of a young man in a rundown flat above a Chinese pharmacy in Starly leads Detective Chief Superintendent Simon Serrailler and his team into a county lines inquiry. This is coupled with the reassurance that you're in safe hands with DCS Serrailler and Dr Deerbon - if anyone is going to even attempt to address the issues, they will.

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You feel the parental pain and anger for the unscrupulous grooming of the vulnerable young and this part of the plot is both relevant and shockingly gritty.He wished he could have captured it in a photograph, but it was too alive and changing every second like the surface of the sea, Hannah's every breath registered on her features. The following description made me laugh out loud, "He was bald, having shaved his head so often the hair had eventually abandoned hope.

A Change of Circumstance (Simon Serrailler, book 11) by Susan A Change of Circumstance (Simon Serrailler, book 11) by Susan

The story, too, is a timely one and in many ways well done; the stories of the children involved and of the effects on their families are vivid and gripping, for example. It has been a while since I read any Susan Hill so went back and re-read to two previous books to this to remind myself what had happened to Simon/Kat/Sam et al. The small-time dealers picked up outside the local high school can’t—or won’t—turn in any valuable names, so they're merely given a fine and the trail runs cold.This book sees Simon Serailler involves in a heroin overdose that could be murder and an investigation into County Lines drug activity. The only puzzle was whether Simon would make his mind up about the domestic affairs which seemed to be occupying his mind for far more time than finding any villains. This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. He remembered her [the mother] as slight, thin, small-boned, but now she looked brittle as a bird, and old age lay in wait close by, though she was probably not far into her fifties. It didn't feel it was finished, perhaps the story will continue into the next book and Simon' s story was a little too neat and tidy at the end.

A Change of Circumstance by Susan Hill - Penguin Books Australia A Change of Circumstance by Susan Hill - Penguin Books Australia

Detective Chief Superintendent Simon Serrailler has long regarded drug ops in Lafferton as a waste of time.

Their first daughter, Jessica, was born in 1977 and their second daughter, Clemency, was born in 1985.

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