Review: The Stranger Diaries

The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

QOTD: Do you believe in ghosts? Do you have a good ghost story to share?

AOTD: My son told me that he felt a presence in his room when we live in a previous home, but never saw it. I know that the previous owners both died in the house from natural causes. Maybe one of them was just not ready to go to the light.

My Review:
This book spooked me. Clare Cassidy is an English teacher at a school which used to be the home of author, R.M. Holland who wrote a famous short story named: The Stranger. Clare knows the short story very well since she is currently writing a book about R.M. Holland. There is a ghost in Holland’s home, the ghost of his wife. It is said that she jumped to her death from the second floor and that she sometimes roams the house. Whenever she is seen, someone dies.

Clare’s best friend Ella is murdered, and someone left a quote from Holland’s short story on the body. Clare is very upset about her friend’s death and when she finds more quotes from The Stranger into her diaries written by someone else; she is alarmed. The murderer is near and is not done with Clare.

This is a fantastic read, it will keep you guessing who the murderer is until the end.

Thank you @raincoastbooks for my advanced reader copy of this thrilling book! The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths will be available at your favourite bookstore on March 5, 2019.

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