Un étranger dans la maison

Synopsis of Un étranger dans la maison

«Un étranger dans la maison» is the suspense novel by Patricia J. MacDonald, published by France Loisirs in paperback (350 pages, in French).

Paul, kidnapped at age four, reappears eleven years later; only his mother had kept waiting for him. The alleged kidnapper, Rambo, returns to prowl around the house, and the boy, reserved and tormented, recognises a neighbour and family friend as someone present on the day of the abduction. The anguish of that time resurfaces with more violence.

The work was originally published in English as «Stranger in the House» in 1983; French translation by Anne Damour.

For readers of psychological suspense and mystery novels, with kidnapping, family tension and secrets from the past.