
For more than five hundred years weary travelers have
been coming to the Stranger House-an out-of-the-way inn in
the tiny village of Illthwaite in Cumbria, England. Now two
very different visitors have arrived here on the same dank
and dreary autumn afternoon, each one driven by curiosity .
. . and perilous purpose.
Australian math wizard Samantha "Sam" Flood is here
searching for answers to a disturbing family mystery. Miguel
Madero, former novice priest-turned-historical scholar, is
exploring the links between an ancestor's bizarre
disappearance and the people of Illthwaite. But Sam and Mig
are not welcome in this town of secrets and silences. And
when their personal quests become strangely intertwined, two
determined seekers will find themselves drawn ever deeper
into a fetid morass of deceit, mystery, and violence as they
race to uncover the shocking truth about who they really are.
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