Simon Serrailler crime novels

Detective Chief Inspector Simon Serrailler is called home from his Venice vacation to help investigate the disappearance of a child who was last seen waiting outside Simon's home, and as he learns more about the young boy, he also learns more about himself and the community where he lives.

When a lone gunman terrorizes young women in Lafferton, Simon Serrailler is put on the case, but he is also struggling with tragedy in his own family.

"Freak weather and flash floods have hit southern England. The small cathedral town of Lafferton is underwater, and a landslip on the moor has closed the roads. As the rain slowly drains away, a shallow grave--with a skeleton--is exposed; sixteen years on, the remains of missing teenager Harriet Lowther have finally been recovered. The case is reopened and Simon Serrailler is called in as Senior Investigating Officer. Harriet, an only child, had been...

From the outside, the cathedral town of Lafferton seems idyllic, but in many ways it is just like any other place. It suffers from the same kinds of crime, is subject to the same pressures from a rapidly changing world, and has the same hopes and fears as any number of towns up and down the land. When Simon Serrailler is called in by Lafferton's new Chief Constable, Kieran Bright, he is met by two plainclothes officers, who ask him to take the principal...

Recuperating after losing his arm in a violent incident, DCS Serrailler finds his efforts to pursue more rehabilitative work complicated by a breaking-and-entering case that tests the limits of his skills and stability.