The Stranger House

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A stunning psychological thriller set in Cumbria past and present, from the award-winning author of the Dalziel and Pascoe series
Things move slowly in the tiny Cumbrian village of Illthwaite, but all that's about to change.

Post-grad Sam Flood and historian Miguel Mercado first meet at The Stranger House, Illwaithes local inn. Sam is there to find information on her grandmother, who left four decades before, while Migs research stretches back to the English Reformation, four centuries ago.

The pair have nothing in common, yet their paths become increasingly entangled as they pursue their separate quests. Together they will discover who to trust and who to fear in this ancient village where the inhabitants are determined to keep the past buried.

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Praise for The Stranger House:

Grim, gory, fascinating, enraging and entertainingThe 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. Its 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

Its 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

Few writers in the genre today have Hills gifts: formidable intelligence, quick humour, compassion and a prose style that blends elegance and grace Donna Leon, Sunday Times

The fertility of Hills imagination, the range of his power, the sheer quality of his literary style never cease to delight Val McDermid, Sunday Express

Reginald Hills 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 novels best hope and thirty years on he has more than fulfilled that prophecy.