num_pages: 305
description: Recovering on a remote Scottish island his peace doesnt last long. He is pulled in to a murder inquiry by the overstretched local police. A newcomer popular with the islanders has died in perplexing circumstances. The community's reactions are complicated and fragile.Its good to be back on the job. And when Simon returns to Lafferton an arsonist is on the rampage and a woman whose daughter disappeared some years before is haunting the police station seeking closure. She will not let it rest and Simon is called in to do a cold-case review.At home Simon is starting to get used to having a new brother-in-law  in the form of his Chief Constable Kieron Bright. His sister Cat has embarked on a new way of practising medicine and his nephew Sam is trying to work out what to do with his life. And then their tricky father Richard turns up again like a bad penny.In this gripping new Serrailler thriller Simon's personal and professional lives intertwine in more complex and demanding ways than ever before.
language: English
title: The Comforts of Home
publisher: Chatto & Windus