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The Dark

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19th August 2021

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An electrifying debut thriller for fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware.

‘The kind of heart-pounding, sleep-stealing read that you want to recommend to everyone you meet. An absolutely thrilling book’ CASS GREEN
Chilling and atmospheric . . . had me turning the pages late into the night’ MARK EDWARDS
‘Tense, thrilling and unpredictable, with one of the most unique and dangerous settings imaginable’ ALLIE REYNOLDS
‘Set against the dangerous sub-zero temperatures end endless night of the Antarctic… Brilliantly atmospheric and terrifyingCATHERINE COOPER
‘Tense, twisted and quite literally chilling – a locked room mystery in a unique setting where no one can be trusted’ SUSI HOLLIDAY
‘Atmospheric, original and full of tensionAMANDA JENNINGS
‘A real edge-of-the-seat plot. I loved it. Original and accomplishedJ.A. CORRIGAN

ONE DEAD BODY
TWELVE SUSPECTS
TWENTY-FOUR-HOUR DARKNESS

In the most inhospitable environment – cut off from the rest of the world – there’s a killer on the loose.

A&E doctor Kate North has been knocked out of her orbit by a personal tragedy. So when she’s offered the chance to be an emergency replacement at the UN research station in Antarctica, she jumps at the chance. The previous doctor, Jean-Luc, died in a tragic accident while out on the ice.

The move seems an ideal solution for Kate: no one knows about her past; no one is checking up on her. But as total darkness descends for the winter, she begins to suspect that Jean-Luc’s death wasn’t accidental at all. And the more questions she asks, the more dangerous it becomes for them all . . .

(P) 2021 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd

Reviews

Amanda Jennings
Atmospheric, original and full of tension
Mark Edwards
Chilling and atmospheric, THE DARK had me turning the pages late into the night
Allie Reynolds, author of SHIVER
Tense, thrilling and unpredictable, with one of the most unique and dangerous settings imaginable, THE DARK is a totally chilling read
Susi Holliday
Tense, twisted and quite literally chilling - a locked room mystery in a unique setting where no one can be trusted
J.A. Corrigan
A real edge-of-the-seat plot. I loved it
Cass Green
THE DARK is the kind of heart-pounding, sleep-stealing read that you want to recommend to everyone you meet. An absolutely thrilling book
Catherine Cooper, author of Sunday Times bestseller THE CHALET
Set against the dangerous sub-zero temperatures end endless night of the Antarctic, there's a killer on the base who could be anyone. Brilliantly atmospheric and terrifying
On Magazine
Anyone who loves a genuine page-turner with hugely believable characters at its core will adore it
Woman & Home Online
A modern-day Agatha Christie on ice, this is so remarkably well written, that you'll start shivering while you read it! A chillingly good pick
Woman & Home
A modern-day Agatha Christie on ice, you'll get shivers as you read it
Literary Review
Exciting and involving, this has the makings of a classic thriller
Real People Mag
This claustrophobic locked room mystery will definitely give you chills
Heat
Gripping
Women's Own
You'll get shivers as you read it
Sunday Times, Crime Book of the Month
Outstanding
The Observer
Haughton has created a fantastically atmospheric setting . . . its a chilling race to the finish to discover whodunnit
Grazia
Perfect
The Peterborough Telegraph
This tension packed story is like a Christie whodunnit on ice. The creeping dear and icy setting leaves you gasping
NB Magazine
Fantastic and atmospheric debut thriller, dark in more ways than one
Financial Times
A sense of growing menace pervades Emma Haughton's The Dark . . . the freezing wasteland and the claustrophobic workings of the research station are finely rendered
Marian Keyes
Great characterisation, possible unreliable narrator, increasingly tense plot
The Times and Sunday times, Best Crime Books 2021
Terrific . . . modern locked-room mystery