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  <title><![CDATA[The Various Haunts of Men (Simon Serrailler, #1)]]></title>
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  <default_description>A woman vanishes in the fog up on &quot;the Hill&quot;, an area locally  known for its tranquility and peace. The police are not alarmed; people  usually disappear for their own reasons. But when a young girl, an old man,  and even a dog disappear, no one can deny that something untoward is  happening in this quiet cathedral town. Young policewoman Freya Graffham is  assigned to the case; she's new to the job, compassionate, inquisitive,  dedicated, and needs to know - perhaps, too much.  She and the enigmatic  detective Chief Inspector Simon Serrailler have the task of unraveling the  mystery behind this gruesome sequence of events. From the passages  revealing the killer's mind to the final heart-stopping twist, The Various  Haunts of Men is an astounding and masterly crime debut, the first in what  promises to be a magnificent series featuring Simon Serrailler.</default_description>
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      <name><![CDATA[Susan Hill]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[WOW would be the one-word review, but perhaps you want more information than that...<br/><br/>This is a classic contemporary British mystery, complete with a cathedral town (Lafferton), a tantalizingly aloof Chief Inspector (Simon Serrailler), and a cast of wonderfully drawn supporting players who...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43875265">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[In this series opener set in England, Simon Serrailler is a DCI in Lafferton, a small cathedral town which is now home to a series of strange disappearances, which may or may not have been criminal, but in any case, disappearances which leave behind no clues.  However, as the number of people who go...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33438141">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Basic Overview<br/>The Various Haunts of Men centers on a series of disappearances in the English town of Lafferton. The first to disappear is a spinster who leads a quiet, regimented life ... but leaves behind one out-of-character clue in her sterile, empty home. Although Freya Graffham -- the tal...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53969571">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="7538086">
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  <read_at>Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Oct 10 11:17:03 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a great new British mystery series, set in the small town of Lafferton.  Although subtitled &quot;A Simon Serrailler Mystery&quot;, our main point-of-view character is new detective Freya Graffham, who finds herself attracted to her boss, the subtitlular Simon, while investigating a missing...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7538086">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Sep 01 10:03:34 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am in two minds about this book. On one hand, it has everything I enjoy in a good mystery/crime book - engaging plot, well thought out mystery that leaves me going &quot;!!!&quot;, excellent characters, page-turning and absorbing. Even the romantic issue between the two of the characters did not c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69686976">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[this was an excellent read.  the author tells the story from several different points of view, including the suspect's, and it's fascinating to be inside all the different heads.  i wasn't sure how it was all going to fit together, but it did, and very well, but not without lots of twists and turns ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45091950">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="55491423">
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  <read_at>Thu May 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A well-told police procedural from  England told from various points of view, primarily that of Freya, a woman detective new to the area, and through his notes to his  mother, that of the killer.  Sounds quite familiar as a plot.  Freya falls in  love with her super, Simon Serrailler - this is his s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55491423">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[THE VARIOUS HAUNTS OF MEN (Pol. Proc-DS Freya Graffam-England-Cont) – NR<br/>Hill, Susan – 1st in series<br/>Chatto &amp; Windus, 2004, UK Hardcover – ISBN:  185619714x<br/><br/>First Sentence:  Last week I found a letter from you.<br/><br/>In a small English cathedral town, a 53-year-old si...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31916797">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mixed feelings about this book.  The characters are very well developed and interesting.  The villain of the piece is too easy to find.  And there is a twist that reminds me of the BBC/PBS show &quot;Touching Evil&quot;.  I get what the author is trying to do and appreciate it as a literary device, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39595889">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="59086044">
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the first of a series, imprinted with the words &quot;A Simon Serrailler mystery&quot;. The book is told from several viewpoints, none of them Simon's. The book is well-written enough that I will read a second. However, I know virtually nothing more about Simon at the end of this first book ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59086044">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Just finished this during an insomnia-ridden night and find myself curiously disturbed and dissatisfied.  Disturbed by a sad twist of the plot at the end, and I will attribute the strength of my reaction to the strength of the author's abilities - her characterizations are vivid.  The dissatisfactio...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32693863">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="52481890">
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    <body><![CDATA[Just started this, but so far it is excellent --- beautifully written and very engaging. Reminiscent of Rendell and Atkinson.<br/><br/>I'm very glad there are currently two more in the Serrailer series!<br/><br/>************************************<br/><br/>Wow.<br/><br/>What.  A.  Book.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52481890">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Various Haunts of Men by Susan Hill is a contemporary British mystery recommended to me by a fellow Bangkok Bookcrosser. I was engrossed through all 550 pages and never guessed who the culprit was nor did I foresee the surprise ending. In fact, maybe it was a little too much of a surprise.... Th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7263103">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[With The Various Haunts of Men, Susan Hill has placed herself squarely into the ranks of first-class authors of British mysteries like Ruth Rendell and Elizabeth George.  Tightly plotted, with almost unbearable suspense and characters you remember long after the book ends, this looks like the start ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62511636">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Recommended to me by a librarian who saw me wondering the shelves and had to listen to me go on about E. George.  I can see why it would be suggested to George fans... English village, great characters, an appealing DCI, lots of tea drinking.  But, the coppers were frustratingly daft and the ending ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72603954">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this launch in the Simon Serrailler mystery series.  It left me aching for the second installment and visiting the Cathedral of St. Michaels and Lafferton's Old Square.    I am grateful to Carolyn for giving me her copy as I would have passed by this author and the series on my own.  ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is not your normal murder mystery.  For the first 60 pages or so I thought I had somehow even started reading the wrong book.  She does not plug her plot into the mold and spends a lot of time on character development.  I will be reading more of her work.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Maybe a 3.75. Started out as a 5 star. Some problems later, but overall a good book, and I will read the next two for sure. Almost in the class of PD James and Eliz. George--similar anyway. Multiple interesting characters, but some loose ends. Recommended by DL.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked it but didn't love it. That could be entirely the fault of my currently nomadic (aka homeless) life. Little hard to get into a good book while living in Grandma's basement and searching for an apartment. I'm going to give the author another chance once we're settled in somewhere. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent, absorbing police procedural/thriller about several missing people, possibly shady New Age practitioners, and the mind of a serial killer. Hill feeds the reader plenty of clues about the identity of the villain and doesn't make the mistake of many authors of trying to sustain the mystery p...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21854749">more...</a>]]></body>
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