The House on Hunter Street

by David Ebsworth

Liverpool, 1911. The life of young Cari Maddox is already complicated enough. Holding together her fractious Welsh family…her suffragette’s struggle for women’s rights…her guilty secrets. And that’s before the arrival of her deranged ‘cousin’, Tom Priddy. Then her encounter with the African Kru seaman, Amos Gartee, on strike at the Harrington Dock. All this, and a River Mersey on the verge of revolution, of rebirth. Mysteries to be solved. Sectarian divides to be crossed. Scores to be settled. Justice to be won. Revenge to be savoured.

Unknown Binding

Published September 1, 2022

About the author

David Ebsworth is the pen name of writer, Dave McCall, a former negotiator and Regional Secretary for Britain's Transport & General Workers’ Union. He was born in Liverpool (UK) but has lived since 1980 in Wrexham, North Wales, with his wife, Ann. Following their retirement in 2008, the couple have spent about six months of each year in southern Spain. Dave began to write seriously in the following year, 2009.

Reviews

[Pauline Vickers · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can highly recommend this book. It’s got everything from a likeable, strong willed female character campaigning for women’s suffrage, a deranged ‘relative’ and striking seaman. Did I mention it’s also set in Liverpool. For anyone who is interested in social and political history I would strongly suggest you read this page turner.

[Joan Roberts · Rating 5 out of 5]

The House on Hunter Street is a page turning historical novel set in 1911 in a Liverpool beset by hardship and political unrest.
The main characters Cari Maddox, Tom Priddy and Amos Gartee are all very different and shape the book. Cari a committed suffragette, Tom a very unsavoury man and Amos a coloured seaman stranded in Liverpool.
There is a strong Welsh theme throughout which is inevitable given the close proximity of Liverpool to the Welsh borders and for the Maddox family it is their tongue.
This book has everything, romance, murder, intrigue and skeletons in cupboards.
I highly recommend this latest David Ebsworth novel as an extremely good read.

[jake mccall]

As someone born in Liverpool, but returning to it ( and the UK), this book brought back vividly the Liverpool I,d known 60 years ago: the grittiness and toughness and humour of scousers, the major role and presence of docks and ships and seamen. But it also added many things with which I,d been less familiar, not least the role that Wales and Welsh materials played in its growth.

As well, an cast of interesting, complex characters, and a plot that kept you gripped til the end

Very well researched and well written!

[Tony McQuade · Rating 5 out of 5]

Like previous books by David, a real page turner. I was aware of the history of the 1911 Transport strike in Liverpool, but ignorant of the many more things that where happening around this same period-over 50 Suffragettes organisation in Liverpool alone-wow. I particularly liked the bite size chapters that made it easy to jump in and out without losing the plot. Definitely recommend.

[Norah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Highly recommend this story set in Liverpool in 1911 about fictional Cari Maddox, a family feud and a bitter man’s thirst for revenge. Liverpool is a melting pot of races and creeds and forms the backdrop to many compelling characters . Chief among them is Cari, with her commitment to the cause of votes for women. A great read.