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In The Stranger House, Reginald Hill takes a break from his Dalziel and Pascoe series, and delivers a stunning stand-alone novel full of suspense, romance, history, and an exploration of the sometimes twisted side of the human psyche.
The tiny village of Illthwaite in Cumbria, England, seems to be the kind of place where nothing much has happened for the last few centuries. But the two young strangers who arrive there on the same dank autumn day soon find out that appearances are deceptive.
Samantha Flood and Miguel Madero have absolutely nothing in common -- except a burning desire to find out more about possible connections between Illthwaite and their families. Their way forward is beset by deceit, obstruction, mystery, violence, and love as they struggle to discover who they really are.
A cast of finely drawn characters, a powerful sense of landscape, a complex and multilayered story, and an explosive climax all combine to make this a novel difficult to put down, impossible to forget.
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Bruno Sakowicz
reviewed The Stranger House on November 02, 2008
The Stranger House
Illthwaite, in Cumbria is a dark place, literally, caught in season-long shadow. Like the roach motel, once a family moves in it does not check out. It has a deep history and not the nicest one. Samantha Flood has come to Illthwaite from her native Australia seeking answers to questions about her family history. Miguel Madero, of both British and Spanish heritage, is seeking answers of a similar kind. They cross paths in a place where ancient signs abound, where secrets are not only in the residents' hearts but in the very buildings they inhabit. Dangerous, violent elements attempt to thwart the two pilgrims in their search for truth. There is an air of the mystical here. But Hill satisfies himself with hints alone. I thought the book would have been more satisfying with a bit more magic in it. It was an engaging read, a good book but not an exceptional one.
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