Susan Hill is a British author, whose work includes fiction, nonfiction, short stories, plays, memoirs, and children’s books. Her first novel, The Enclosure (1961), was published during her first year at university, and the second, Do Me a Favour (1963), was written while she was reading for her degree. Her books have been incredibly successful and her ghost story, The Woman in Black (1983), has been adapted into a play and a television film.
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The Various Haunts Of Men
This book is the first instalment of the Simon Serrailler crime novels. Chief Inspector Simon Serrailler and policewoman Freya Graffham are investigating the disappearance of a woman on the hill in Lafferton. A pair of cufflinks and a mysterious note are the only clue. Shortly thereafter, a young girl, an old man, and a dog disappear in the same place. The pair tackle the mystery, trying to solve it before the killer strikes again.
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Bleak House
By Charles Dickens
Recommended by: Susan Hill
Publish Date: 1853
At the High Court of Chancery, the interminable case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce continues, having “become so complicated that no man alive knows what it means”. A group of disparate people involved in the dispute, from the upper echelons of…
The Fortunes Of War
By Olivia Manning
Recommended by: Susan Hill
Publish Date: 1960-1980
The Fortunes of War includes Manning’s two trilogies, The Balkan Trilogy, composed of The Great Fortune (1960), The Spoilt City (1962), and Friends and Heroes (1965), and The Levant Trilogy, composed by The Danger Tree (1977), The Battle Lost and…
Right Ho, Jeeves!
By P. G. Wodehouse
Recommended by: Susan Hill
Publish Date: 1934
When, upon his return to London, Bertie finds out that his friend Gussie, a shy teetotaler, is seeking relationship advice from his manservant Jeeves, he is upset and sets out to help him, forbidding Jeeves from giving any further advice.…