The stranger house
By: Reginald Hill
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 626
ISBN-13: 9780007194834; 9780007194838
Subjects: Suspense; Cumbria (England) Fiction; Fiction
Description: The Stranger House has stood in the village of Illthwaite for over 500 years, offering refuge to travellers. Sam Flood an Australian mathematician, believes anything that can't be explained by maths isn't worth explaining. Miguel Madero is a Spanish historian in flight from a priests' seminary, who sees ghosts. They both want to dig up the past that some people would rather keep buried. They uncover tales of murder, betrayal and love and need to put away their differences to uncover the mysteries at the heart of this ancient place...
Notes: Originally published: 2005.