The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths

The Stranger Diaries

Elly Griffiths

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

352 Pages

Publication date: March 5, 2019

Murders are happening in the small town of  Sussex all related to the old home of R.M. Holland turned Talgarth High School. Detective Sergent Harbinder Kaur is called in to solve the case revolving around Clare Cassidy.

In The Stranger Diaries, we meet a whole cast of students, teachers and others who enrich this masterful telling of a murder tale fit for a fireside ghost story.  The characters are well fleshed out, the communication is effortless and the not knowing who could be hanging around the corner of the wall was an anticipatory chilling feeling.  I found the story of The Stranger by R.M. Holland told within The Stranger Diaries as a genius move by Ms. Griffiths. You never really knew if the story being told was prevalent to the book or not.  You will have to read it to find out. 

I couldn't put this book down. I found it swerving and curving on who the murderer could be and never suspected who it turned out to be at the end. That is the sign of a good book. 

A who-done-it story within a  twisted thriller how could you not like The Stranger Diaries written by Elly Griffiths?  

I give Stranger Diaries 5 stars for just a good old fashioned murder mystery. :)