The Various Haunts of Men

The Various Haunts of Men

First edition
Author Susan Hill
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Series Simon Serrailler
Publisher Chatto & Windus
Publication date
03 Jun 2004
Pages 448
ISBN 0-7011-7741-1
Followed by The Pure in Heart

The Various Haunts of Men (2004)[1] is a novel by Susan Hill. It is the first in a series of seven "Simon Serrailler" crime novels by the author.[2] It concerns the disappearance of people in English cathedral town of Lafferton and the resulting police investigations

Title

The title is taken from George Crabbe's poem The Borough :

The various haunts of men
Require the pencil, they defy the pen

Characters

Reception

Reviews have been mixed :

References

  1. http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/edition/?isbn=0701177411
  2. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2004/jun/06/fiction.features1
  3. http://www.spectator.co.uk/books/20944/part_2/back-to-the-good-old-whodunnit.thtml Back to the good old whodunnit
  4. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2004/may/29/featuresreviews.guardianreview21 Adding up to Zero
  5. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-various-haunts-of-men-by-susan-hill-732521.html Middle England crimes and misdemeanours