The Little Stranger o20

The Little Stranger o20One postwar summer in his home of rural Warwickshire, Dr. Faraday, the son of a maid who has built a life of quiet respectability as a country physician, is called to a patient at lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the Georgian house, once impressive and handsome, is now in decline, its masonry crumbling, its gardens choked with weeds, the clock in its stable yard permanently fixed at twenty to nine. Its owners

her Thursday friend was to become the saviour of her very existence - but would he manage to resolve his own not inconsiderable personal difficulties and offer Hannah the happiness she craved

I know what you're doing

Ben thwarts the attack – but not before the raiders claim several victims among his best friends

spends his evenings reading detective stories by the fireside - but heaven forbid that the shadow of any real crime should ever fall across his seaside parish

ISBN: 9780755374090

Author: Jo Brand

Now Oliver

the neighbourhood turns against her

Yet Uhtred's fate is indissolubly bound up with Alfred

the unexpected is always just around the corner

One cold autumn night

He needs absolution