There is a mystery surrounding his family and a ghostly apparition that a few people have claimed to have seen.Ĭlare’s life is turned upside down when her colleague and close friend Ella is found murdered. The school was once his home and his study, now a museum, remains untouched in the attic. It starts with a story from long ago, recounted by a stranger on a train at Halloween – this immediately sets the tone for a deliciously creepy and atmospheric tale.īack to the present, teacher Clare Cassidy is writing her own book about a former horror writer called RM Holland – this name, together with some of his work, will feature heavily in this story. Writing that isn’t hers…Įlly Griffiths is well known for her Ruth Galloway and Mephisto and Stephens series’ but if you’re not familiar with those, fear not, for The Stranger Diaries is a standalone. Then one day she notices some other writing in the diary. Not knowing who to trust, and afraid that the killer is someone she knows, Clare confides her darkest suspicions and fears about the case to her journal.

The investigating police detective is convinced the writer’s works somehow hold the key to the case. Then Clare’s life and work collide tragically when one of her colleagues is found dead, a line from an R.M. Holland, she teaches a short course on them every year. As a literature teacher specialising in the Gothic writer R.M.

Source: review copy provided by publisherĪ gripping contemporary Gothic thriller from the bestselling author of the Dr Ruth Galloway mysteries: Susan Hill meets Gone Girl and Disclaimer.Ĭlare Cassidy is no stranger to tales of murder.

Available to buy in Ebook, Hardback and Audiobook | Paperback (4 April 2019)

The stranger rm holland