Most Popular Books by Susan Hill

Suzy likes doing lots of things but most of all she likes taking her shoes off. Then one day Suzy gets some beautiful new shoes to go and meet the queen - and she proves just how right she is.

"The story of three people, an ex-con, a cop, and a librarian, whose lives cross in an attempt to retrieve $168,000 stolen from a small city bank eighteen years earlier."--Back cover of jacket.

A lonely woman of fifty-three vanishes in fog; a fat twenty-two-year-old never returns from an early morning walk . . . Experienced policemen know that most missing persons either turn up or go missing on purpose. But fresh young D.S. Freya Graffham won’t drop it — until she discovers what links the people who disappear on “The Hill,” young and old, men and women, even a little dog. Susan Hill writes with compassion, humour and a unique understanding of the details of daily life.

The beekeeper is illiterate, although he knows the arcane names for the special tools of his trade; the boy can read and write. Each teaches the other what he knows.

The first novel for 16 years by the author of "In the Springtime of the Year", winner of the 1974 Whitbread Award. A 15-year-old girl comes from India to Cambridge, where a middle-aged don - celibate, irreproachable and distinguished - falls obsessively and tragically in love with her.

"When Ben starts nursery school, there seem to be lots of reasons for "not wantingto go there again". However, when he has to stay home one day, he realises that perhaps school is not as bad after all..."--Back cover.

A new Simon Serrailler short story from Susan Hill, throwing Simon into a case like no other: an effigy is hanging in the woods, and soldiers are on the run from demons in their past Simon Serrailler is awoken into a hazy dawn by the sharp ringing of his phone. Called out to the scene, he’s told that there’s a body strung up in tranquil Harnham Woods. But on closer inspection it’s an effigy – a carefully made dummy, stirring in the breeze. Simon knows that this is no practical joke. It’s a message. The gruesome result of the search will show that he was right. And the trail will lead him into a dark history of deceit, subterfuge and the damaged lives of soldiers recently returned from Afghanistan. But the question remains: who has finally got their revenge? If you enjoyed ''Revenge'', look out for the tenth Simon Serrailler thriller, The Benefit of Hindsight in October 2019

Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor, is summoned to attend the funeral of Mrs Alice Drablow, the sole inhabitant of Eel Marsh House. The house stands at the end of a causeway, wreathed in fog and mystery, but it is not until he glimpses a wasted young woman, dressed all in black, at the funeral, that a creeping sense of unease begins to take hold, a feeling deepened by the reluctance of the locals to talk of the woman in black – and her terrible purpose.

In her introduction, Susan Hill tells how she became interested in radio drama, and discusses some of the problems of writing for this medium. The five plays in the collection fall into two catergories: the closed-circle kind with small cast and minimal sound effects, and the multi-stranded, many-layered pieces where events can be juxtaposed in time and space through the medium of radio.

Women throughout American history have repeatedly been accused of "stepping out of their places" as many have fought for more rewarding roles in the church and society. In this book, Susan Hill Lindley demonstrates that just as religion in the traditional sense has influenced the lives of American women through its institutions, values, and sanctions, so women themselves have had significant effect on the shape of American religion through the years.

Even though times are hard, Tilly looks forward to spending Christmas with her mother in their small attic apartment, until illness and an accident threaten her plans.Suggested level: primary, intermediate.

Ruby''s friends are too busy to spend time with her on a beautiful day, so Ruby finds ways to keep herself busy and happy, too. Full color.

Krimi. Kriminalinspektør Simon Serrailler kaldes hjem fra ferie i Venedig til familieproblemer og det daglige sure slid med at lede en travl politistation i en mindre engelsk by, hvor ondskab og terror pludselig viser sit modbydelige ansigt.