The Little Stranger

Dr Faraday is called to Hundreds Hall, the decaying Warwickshire home of the Ayres family, in the years after the Second World War. The house and its owners are caught between inherited status and post-war decline, while unexplained events begin to unsettle the family’s fragile routines. The novel follows Faraday’s growing involvement with the Ayreses as class tension, psychological strain and possible haunting gather around the house.