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The Stranger House

The Stranger House

by ReginaldHill (Author)

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    Paperback 2006

    $3.25

  • Used

    Hardcover 2006

    $3.25
Synopsis

This is a stunning psychological thriller set in Cumbria past and present, from the award-winning author of the "Dalziel and Pascoe" series. They came to the Stranger House. And death followed close behind. For over 500 years, the Stranger House has stood in the village of Illthwaite, offering refuge to all manner of travellers. People like Sam Flood, a brilliant young Australian mathematician, who believes that anything that can't be explained by maths isn't worth explaining. And Miguel Madero, a Spanish historian in flight from a priests' seminary, who sees ghosts. Sam is an experienced young woman, Mig a 26-year-old virgin. But both want to dig up bits of the past that some people would rather keep buried. As they uncover intertwining tales of murder, betrayal and love, they must put aside their differences in order to uncover the dark mysteries at the heart of this ancient place!

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 640
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 03 Apr 2006
ISBN 10: 0007194838
ISBN 13: 9780007194834

Media Reviews
Praise for The Stranger House: 'Grim, gory, fascinating, enraging and entertaining!The Stranger House combines deep moral indignation with an atmospheric evocation of the past and a fascinating puzzle element' Independent 'A mystery novel but far more than that. It's gripping... Hill is wonderful' The Times 'Exhilarating... if this is what results when Hill enjoys a holiday from the norm, he should take a break from his Yorkshire double act more often' Sunday Times 'You're enthralled by the cunning of the plotting... great' Observer 'It's a complex, multi-layered plot... it takes a master like Mr Hill to turn it into such an absorbing and atmospheric mystery' Sunday Telegraph 'Hill has pulled off a big psychological thriller, part ghost story, part historical novel, with passion and long-buried crimes at its heart' Daily Mail Praise for Reginald Hill 'Good Morning Midnight is a real treat. The characters are deftly drawn, the plot constantly delivers surprises and the assured narrative demonstrates again what a terrific writer he is' Peter Guttridge, Observer 'As absorbing and as enjoyable as anything Reginald Hill has produced. The writing is brilliant, witty and erudite' TJ Binyon, Evening Standard 'Few writers in the genre today have Hill's gifts: formidable intelligence, quick humour, compassion and a prose style that blends elegance and grace' Donna Leon, Sunday Times 'The fertility of Hill's imagination, the range of his power, the sheer quality of his literary style never cease to delight' Val McDermid, Sunday Express 'Probably the best living male crime writer in the English-speaking world' Andrew Taylor, Independent 'Reginald Hill's novels are really dances to the music of time, his heroes and villains interconnecting, their stories entwining' Ian Rankin, Scotland on Sunday Praise for Reginald Hill 'Good Morning Midnight is a real treat. The characters are deftly drawn, the plot constantly delivers surprises and the assured narrative demonstrates again what a terrific writer he is' Peter Guttridge, Observer 'As absorbing and as enjoyable as anything Reginald Hill has produced. The writing is brilliant, witty and erudite' TJ Binyon, Evening Standard 'Few writers in the genre today have Hill's gifts: formidable intelligence, quick humour, compassion and a prose style that blends elegance and grace' Donna Leon, Sunday Times 'The fertility of Hill's imagination, the range of his power, the sheer quality of his literary style never cease to delight' Val McDermid, Sunday Express 'Probably the best living male crime writer in the English-speaking world' Andrew Taylor, Independent 'Reginald Hill's novels are really dances to the music of time, his heroes and villains interconnecting, their stories entwining' Ian Rankin, Scotland on Sunday
Author Bio
Reginald Hill was brought up in Cumbria, and has returned there after many years in Yorkshire. With his first crime novel, A Clubbable Woman, he was hailed as 'the crime novel's best hope' and thirty years on he has more than fulfilled that prophecy.