Book description
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… 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 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.
