The Dark - Emma Haughton

ONE DEAD BODY. TWELVE SUSPECTS. TWENTY-FOUR-HOUR DARKNESS. Outstanding ... Haughton writes vividly about a claustrophobic community ... her novel really is a superlative locked-room mystery Sunday Times (Crime Book of the Month).Haughton has created a fantastically atmospheric setting ... its a chilling race to the finish to discover whodunnit Observer. In the most inhospitable environment - cut off from the rest of the world - theres a killer on the loose. A&E doctor Kate North has been knocked out of her orbit by a personal tragedy. So when shes offered the opportunity 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-Lucs death wasnt accidental at all. And the more questions she asks, the more dangerous it becomes . . . A sense of growing menace pervades ... the freezing wasteland and claustrophobic workings of the research station are finely rendered Financial Times. 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 se
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