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The Stranger House

By: Reginald Hill
Narrated by: Gordon Griffin
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Summary

 For years, the Stranger House has stood in the village of Illthwaite, offering refuge to travellers. People like Sam, a brilliant young mathematician, who believes that anything that can't be explained by maths isn't worth explaining. And Miguel, a historian running from a priests' seminary, who sees ghosts. Sam is an experienced young woman, Miguel 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 to find the dark mysteries at the heart of this ancient place.©2006 Reginald Hill; (P)2006 W F Howes Ltd Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Mathematics Mystery
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Critic reviews

"A mystery novel, but far more than that. It's gripping...Hill is wonderful." (The Times)
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First, a point on the narration following on from the other reviews:
Having previously suffered through a poorly narrated volume, I was concerned following the reviews of this title. While the australian accent is interesting, it's not distracting and 10 minutes into the book, i ceases to be an issue at all - overall I found the narration smooth, easy to listen to and nicely in step with the tone of the story.

As for the story - I followed the Woodcutter here, so was very please to find a similarly excellent listen. Recommended!

Compelling listen

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I enjoyed the story, perhaps even better on the second listen, when I could take in the details. Reginald Hill builds up a rich back story for his murder mystery, incorporating English class culture and complex characters much like in the Woodcutter. I agree with other reviewers that Gordon Griffin's version of an Australian accent (among other things) is absolutely terrible and a different narrator would have been preferable.

Mystery with history thrown in, set in the Lake District

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Good story with great characters.Took a few chapters to get into it but once I did it was very worthwhile.

Interesting characters and story

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love the performance by the narrator. The sense of northern England came across brilliantly and the historical parts where very well

Excellent! enjoy it all the way through..

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I didn’t really have the patience for this story. I read reviews saying “best book ever “. but no. Not for me. It felt like a slow burn for not much pay off…my only dedication to it’s ending. This book, for me, was a bit of a drag to be fair.

Not for me..a bit of a slow build.

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