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Simon Serrailler Books in Order

Simon Serrailler by Susan Hill contains 15 books, published between 2004 and 2021. The first book is The Various Haunts of Men (2004) and the newest is A Change of Circumstance (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
2004–2021
Confirmed
15 of 15 titles
Pages on record
2,834 in 8 of 15 books
Reading time
47–71 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,834 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 15 titles with a page count on record.

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Simon Serrailler is a police procedural series by Susan Hill, named for the detective who leads its investigations. Across 15 books the cases take in serial murder, kidnapping, missing persons and cold cases in English settings. The Various Haunts of Men (2004) opens the sequence and A Change of Circumstance (2021) is the latest entry. Read the Serrailler novels in publication order, if you want the cases in the order Hill wrote them.

How many Simon Serrailler books are there?

Simon Serrailler has 15 books, released between 2004 and 2021.

Simon Serrailler Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 Simon Serrailler books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of The Various Haunts of Men by Susan Hill, book 1 of the Simon Serrailler series (2004)
  2. Cover of The Pure in Heart by Susan Hill, book 2 of the Simon Serrailler series (2005)
  3. Cover of The Risk of Darkness by Susan Hill, book 3 of the Simon Serrailler series (2006)
  4. Cover of The Vows of Silence by Susan Hill, book 4 of the Simon Serrailler series (2006)
  5. Cover of The Betrayal of Trust by Susan Hill, book 6 of the Simon Serrailler series (2011)
  6. Cover of A Question of Identity by Susan Hill, book 7 of the Simon Serrailler series (2012)
  7. Cover of The Soul of Discretion by Susan Hill, book 9 of the Simon Serrailler series (2014)
  8. Cover of A Change of Circumstance by Susan Hill, book 15 of the Simon Serrailler series (2021)
  1. 1
    The Various Haunts of Men2004 · 437 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004437
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  2. 2
    The Pure in Heart2005 · confirmed 3/4
    2005–
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  3. 3
    The Risk of Darkness2006 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006384
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  4. 4
    The Vows of Silence2006 · confirmed 3/4
    2006–
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  5. 5
    The Shadows in the Street2010 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010384
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  6. 6
    The Betrayal of Trust2011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011–
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  7. 7
    A Question of Identity2012 · 354 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012354
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  8. 8
    A Breach of Security2014 · confirmed 3/4
    2014–
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  9. 9
    The Soul of Discretion2014 · 314 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014314
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  10. 10
    Hero2016 · confirmed 3/4
    2016–
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  11. 11
    Old Haunts2018 · confirmed 3/4
    2018–
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  12. 12
    The Comforts of Home2018 · 305 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018305
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  13. 13
    Revenge2019 · confirmed 3/4
    2019–
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  14. 14
    The Benefit of Hindsight2020 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020336
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  15. 15
    A Change of Circumstance2021 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2021320
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Is there a chronological order for Simon Serrailler?

No separate chronological order is on record for Simon Serrailler, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Simon Serrailler books in order?

You should read the Simon Serrailler books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Simon Serrailler book also stands alone.

What order should you read Simon Serrailler books in?

Read them in publication order, starting with The Various Haunts of Men (2004), the earliest published title. After it come The Pure in Heart (2005), The Risk of Darkness (2006), The Vows of Silence (2006) and The Shadows in the Street (2010); the numbered table above continues from there.

What is the newest Simon Serrailler book?

A Change of Circumstance (2021) is the newest Simon Serrailler book released so far.

Is there a new Simon Serrailler book coming?

No next Simon Serrailler book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Award nominations for Simon Serrailler

Wikidata records 1 nomination for Simon Serrailler. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Simon Serrailler at a glance

Paused
No new Simon Serrailler title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Simon Serrailler books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,834 pages across the 8 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 345 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Simon Serrailler books, 9 of 15, were published in the 2010s.

What the Simon Serrailler books are about

10 of the 15 Simon Serrailler books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: police is tagged on 9 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Susan Hill

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.