The Stranger House

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2006
Edition: First Edition

Description: 626 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. The only exception are a few light age markings on the inside page.

Publishers Description: The stunning new standalone psychological thriller, set in Cumbria, past and present, from Reginald Hill, one of the UKs most popular and admired crime novelists Things move slowly in the village of Illthwaite, but thats about to change with the arrival of two strangers intent on digging up bits of the past the locals would rather keep buried. Sam Flood is a young Australian mathematician whose grandmother was despatched from Illthwaite four decades ago, courtesy of the Child Migrant scheme. Miguel Madero, Sams fellow guest at the Stranger House inn, is a Spanish wannabe-priest-turned-historian in pursuit of an ancestor last seen setting sail with the Armada in 1588. The antipathy between them is instant and mutual, but as they follow their separate quests their paths become increasingly entangled, with clashes physical and metaphysical, and shocks natural and supernatural, as the tension mounts to an explosive climax. All the elements we have come to expect from Reginald Hills writing -- mystery, humour, elegant style, intricate plotting, fascinating characters, and a strong sense of history -- combine here to create what must be his finest novel yet.

ISBN: 9780007194834