The Various Haunts of Men by Susan Hill is the first of the Simon Serrailler mysteries. Hill has written countless other books of fiction, non-fiction and a few children's books in addition to the Serrailler mysteries. This is the first book by Hill that I've read. Before I go on, I have a confession to make. About halfway through the book in the midst of a (failed) quest to find the proper pronunciation of the surname Serrailler (I hate it when there are words or names with ambiguous or unclear pronunciations in a book!) I read a spoiler regarding a central character's fate, and it nearly spoiled the entire book for me, and for a split second I considered ditching the book entirely. However, denial is a wonderful thing sometimes, and then the next girl went missing, and the story picked up immediately with this development, and I decided I had to finish it because I had to know who the culprit was and maybe that really bad thing doesn't really happen to...
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