
The Stranger Diaries
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From the author of the beloved Ruth Galloway series, a modern Gothic mystery for fans of The Magpie Murders and The Lake House.
Clare Cassidy is no stranger to murder. A high school English teacher specializing in the Gothic writer R. M. Holland, she teaches a course on it every year. But when one of Clare’s colleagues and closest friends is found dead, with a line from R. M. Holland’s most famous story, “The Stranger”, left by her body, Clare is horrified to see her life collide with the story lines of her favorite literature.
- Duración del título10 horas y 32 minutos
- Fecha de lanzamiento en Audible5 marzo 2019
- IdiomaInglés
- ASINB09CLG2NZT
- VersiónVersión íntegra
- Tipo de programaAudiolibro

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Detalles del producto
Duración del título | 10 horas y 32 minutos |
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Autor | Elly Griffiths |
Narrador | Andrew Wincott, Esther Wane, Sarah Feathers, Anjana Vasan |
Fecha de lanzamiento en Audible.es | marzo 05, 2019 |
Editor | Recorded Books |
Tipo de programa | Audiolibro |
Versión | Versión íntegra |
Idioma | Inglés |
ASIN | B09CLG2NZT |
Clasificación en los más vendidos de Amazon | nº4,154 en Audible Libros y Originales (Ver el Top 100 en Audible Libros y Originales) nº12 en Ficción de terror gótico nº68 en Ficción policíaca de procedimientos policiales nº1,897 en Ficción gótica |
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Claire Cassidy is writing a book about RM Holland, a fictional writer of ghost stories (think MR James) best known for a short story called The Stranger. She's also an English teacher at a secondary school which is partly located in what used to be Holland's house - as someone who also went to an ordinary comprehensive school that was mostly ugly and modern but a small portion of which was an old mansion house, I identified with this location quite strongly. One day her friend and colleague Ella is murdered, and at around the same time, strange notes start to appear in Claire's diary. Who is writing them, how are they getting into the house, and how are they connected to Ella's shocking death?
As well as Claire's point of view, there are also portions of the story narrated by Georgie, her teenage daughter, who has secret creative writing ambitions of her own, and by DS Harbinder Kaur, the police officer assigned to the murder case. The multiple points of view work well here. One of my common complaints about the psychological thriller genre of late is how smugly affluent and middle-class the protagonists seem to be, and Claire is very much a character in that mould, but the key thing here is that this is acknowledged, often acerbically, by the no-nonsense Harbinder.
The plot escalates gradually in this book, which is strong on atmosphere and sense of place, although when the mystery is actually solved at the end, it feels a little rushed and a little more explanation and exploration of motive might have helped - in some ways, the conclusion felt as if it came from a different sort of book. There's also an additional element, touched on by Harbinder when she recalls a terrifying incident she witnessed as a pupil at the school where Claire works, that I'd like to have seen developed - as it is, it feels like a slightly out-of-place add-on. However, this novel is creepy and cleverly-plotted with believable, well-observed characters and the story felt fresh and original. It certainly did keep me turning the pages - and, as it's set in the approach to Christmas, it's a particularly good read for a dark December night.

If it wasn't for the fact I was laid up in bed with a bad back - I would never have bothered to finish this book. Very disappointing...


The concurrent story The Stranger, has a genuinely creepy feel and that feeling carries over into the modern setting . I did find the 3 person narrative a bit odd and unsettling at first but it was very well done.
Well worth reading and it builds to the final drama, convincingly and it's a tense end to the dramatic.
Living in Sussex, where I was born and have roots going way back made me a bit distracted by trying to figure out where Talgarth is set. I grew up by the boundary of East and west Sussex and have family in Shoreham and near Steyning, as well as in Seafood. Brighton is very familiar but Chichester less so. It's hardly the author's fault I was distracted. The cement works and nearby houses are just as described. The works loom by the side of the road and it's very easy to imagine they are haunted or have been the scene of very dark reads. The nearby terrace of houses are incongruous and another good location for the home of two of the main characters.
It almost felt as if the author knew things in my life, to add extra affinity. Strictly, Panda Pop and online scramble..... how did she know about them? Funny old world we live in.
I have enjoyed all Elly Griffith's books and re-read them every year. I enjoy the mix of ingredients in them and the otherworldly elements. The mingling of past and present is very well done. Backgrounds are generally authentic and well researched. I wholeheartedly recommend them.

Although modern in its setting, running through this novel is a short story written a century earlier that is packed with gothic tension. Opening with the first few paragraphs from this Victorian story, it sets the scene for a cracking murder-mystery.
Centred around a modern high school, the story is structured in parts, each of which is narrated by one of the central characters: Clare Cassidy, an English teacher, her teenage daughter, Georgia, DS Harbinder Kaur, and the mysterious R M Holland (author of the short story). Containing a book-within-a book, history-mystery, more than one murder, and a host of well-defined characters, this combines so many of my favourite story elements it was akin to being presented with a whole smorgasbord of reading delights.
This has a host of beguiling suspects, and there are petty jealousies, love, lust, ambition, and secrets galore. Just when you think you’ve got a character taped, there’s always one more twist to the tale. ‘The Stranger Diaries’ also introduces perhaps Griffiths’ most interesting character to date, DS Kaur. Initially put-off by her somewhat stand-offish nature, the more I got to know about her, the more my opinion changed. Kaur might be abrupt, but she holds dear many fine qualities. She’s brave, loyal, caring, and by the end of the book, I have to say I rather wanted her to take Clare off into the Scottish sunset for a walk on the wild side!