Monday, December 05, 2005

Reginald Hill - "The Stranger House"



Reginald HIll:
I've just read "The Stranger House" by Reginald Hill. I am a fan of Hill's Dalziel and Pascoe books with Yorkshire cops, mayhem, murder and descriptive text. The stranger house is a departure from the law and order books. Although this book setting could have taken place anywhere in the British Isles where the ambiance is the same, Hill set the story in Cumbria, England. He should be quite familiar with the setting, he lives in Cumbria. Hill's Dalziel and Pascoe books have been turned into a series by the BBC and are enjoyable.

Although I wanted to know what happened to the characters, I felt the resolution of the story was somewhat anti-climatic. No, I didn't expect the ending to be wrapped up in furbelows, geegaws and silk ribbons into a pretty tale. Life's events are sometimes anti-climatic no matter how we may have felt at the time.

However, Hill left a small sting in the tail of the story. That part can make one wonder just what does chart our paths and why it is two people will meet across the earth never having had a connection with each other.
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