Bøger af Susan Hill

From the very beginning, Christianity has been the faith of world-changers, rejecters of the status quo, and rebels. So when did it get so safe? Reclaim your roots with Dangerous Prayers, a collection of prayers from people throughout history who took God at His word and changed the world forever through their faith.

Who to marry and have children - or not - with. But then you make a mistake - the kind any one of us could make - and face an impossible choice. this short book will live long in the memory' Independent on Sunday'A novel of great structural and stylistic control' Guardian

A stunning and soul searching book of poetry in the form of parables. The book is not slushy or sentimental. Powerful and modern. Based on Christian belief and philosphy, but can be suitable for anyone with a spiritual heart. You will find answers to what and who YOU are.An awareness that you are loved. Many characters inhabit this book. Some loving some cruel. The word images will make you laugh or cry or ponder your destiny. Symbolism in words about greed,envy,lust passion and pain envelope you. The poems lead you on a spiritual journey from the beginnings of awareness to fulfillment in God Almighty and Jesus Christ.Biblical yet very human. Wonderful for christian or non. Someone of any faith or none. Easy language but with powerfull concepts.Superb for helping in counselling and healing emotions.Superb for self awareness and self development. NOT AN ORDINARY BOOK.Study guide incorporated also original illustrations. (Book one/two together) ENJOY CONTACT author susan_hill48@yahoo.co.uk for special prices

The eighth Simon Serrailler case'Not all great novelists can write crime fiction but when one like Susan Hill does the result is stunning' Ruth RendellThe cathedral town of Lafferton seems idyllic, but in many ways it is just like any other place.

The village is called Mount of Zeal. The pit lies below. Upper Terrace - in a thunderous echo of the Bible so loved by Ted's grandfather - is Paradise. In the beginning: a household of men, all of whom work in the pit... Every word is precisely right: the descriptions of the village and the pit, the people and the farm are exact and true;

Her beloved husband, Ben, has been killed in a tragic accident and Ruth is left, suddenly and totally bereft. Unable to share her sorrow and grief with Ben's family, who are dealing with their pain in their own way, Ruth becomes increasingly isolated, burying herself in her cottage in the countryside as the seasons change around her.

A transfixing parable of greed, goodness and an extraordinary miracle from the author of The Woman in Black. Tommy Carr was a kind man;

How do you catch a killer who doesn't exist? All they know is that the killer will strike again, and will once more leave the same tell-tale signature. Then they track down a name: Alan Keyes.

Two local prostitutes are found brutally strangled. Serrailler is called back urgently from his sabbatical but by the time he reaches Lafferton another girl has vanished. Then the wife of the Dean at the Cathedral goes missing - has the killer widened their net or is there more than one murderer at large?

Charts the journey of the author as she revisits the conversations, libraries and bookshelves of the past.

Colin and Berenice married locally. May went to university in London, but came home within a year and never left again. Only Frank, quiet, watchful Frank, got away. He left for Fleet Street and a career in journalism but its the publication of a book about his childhood that brings the fame and money he craves - and tears his family apart.

A gunman is terrorising young women. What links these seemingly random murders? The pressure is mounting... 'A captivating read' ObserverDiscover the bestselling crime series that over ONE MILLION readers have devoured.

Children are vanishing. The village of Lafferton is shattered. There are no witnesses and no leads - just a kidnapper at large. Then Detective Chief Inspector Simon Serrailler receives a call: a child has been snatched in Yorkshire.

A little boy is snatched at the gate of his home while he waits for his lift to school. An ex-con struggling to go straight finds himself drawn back into a criminal ring. A young woman hovers between life and death. Detective Chief Inspector Simon Serrailler is called in to investigate.

A woman vanishes in the fog up on the Hill in Lafferton. The police have one lead - a pair of expensive cuff-links found in her flat, with a mysterious note attached to them. Then a young girl, an old man and even a dog disappear in quick succession in exactly the same place.

A young school boy visiting his aunt's country house finds company and friendship with the gentle beekeeper and begins teaching the man to read, so that it seems nothing can ever intrude upon their closeness.

At the far end of the long white gallery is a painting of a woman, in pale flowing clothes and lying on a sofa beside an open window. It is a painting which leads Flora on, beckoning her away from her childhood, her complaining, clinging mother, pert younger sister, and the confines of a small community, to a proud and self-reliant future.

Heavy rain falls on Lafferton. As the rain water slowly drains away, a shallow grave - and a skeleton - are revealed. It doesn't take long to identify the remains as those of missing teenager, Harriet Lowther, who was last seen sixteen years ago.

Rebecca was Daphne du Maurier's most famous and best-loved novel. But what happened next?Married to the sophisticated, wordly-wise Maxim, the second Mrs de Winter's life should be happy and fulfilled.

An unsettling and absorbing tale from the bestselling author of The Woman in Black. Celibate, irreproachable and distinguished, Thomas Cavendish is in his mid-fifties and the obvious man to become Master of his college.

A terrifying ghost story by the bestselling author of The Woman in Black. One dark and rainy night, Sir James Monmouth returns to London after years spent travelling alone.

When Arthur Kipps, a young up-and-coming solicitor, was sent up north to attend the funeral of Mrs Alice Drablow, he imagined that a dreary, formal visit lay before him. Nothing prepared him for the terrible events he was about to witness at Eel Marsh House. The Woman in Black is his haunting testimony.

"Hooper had known, from the very first moment he had looked into Kingshaw's face, that it would all be easy, that he would always be able to make him afraid." This tragic tale of two isolated children explores the nature of cruelty and the power of evil.

Young officer John Hilliard returns to his battalion in France following a period of sick leave in England. Despite having trouble adjusting to all the new faces, the stiff and reserved Hilliard forms a friendship with David Barton, an open and cheerful new recruit who has still to be bloodied in battle.