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DO be afraid of the dark.
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 ... READ MORE
Shivery and suspenseful, a stellar read!
The Dark takes the classic locked room murder mystery and isolates it even further- to a research base in the chilly and remote wastes of Antarctica, basic... READ MORE
Synopsis
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 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-Luc's death wasn't accidental at all.
And the more questions she asks, the more dangerous it becomes ...
Publisher information
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
- ISBN: 9781529356649
- Number of pages: 384
- Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 34 mm
- Weight: 270g
- Languages: English
Customer Reviews
View allUtterly thrilling
This book takes place on a station in the artic, cut off from the world for several months.
There are 12 people on the base, everyone of them seems friendl... READ MORE
A Top Chiller-Thriller...
One of the best chiller-thrillers to come out this year; Emma Haughton's setting is exceptional. A brilliant example of a 'locked room' mystery at large. T... READ MORE
An Atmospheric Thriller
The Dark is an atmospheric thriller set in the cold and unhospitable Antartica .The story is told through Kate the Doctor who is sent to replace the Base D... READ MORE
Gripping atmospheric thriller
I found this book to be incredibly gripping. I've read it at the most unlikely location: summery Samos (a Greek Island), but I could still envision myself ... READ MORE
A gripping thriller
The Dark is an excellent claustrophobic murder mystery set on an isolated base in Antarctica. With so few characters, Emma Haughton has created a gripping ... READ MORE
Different in a good way
I received an advanced copy of this for an honest review
Well I didn't expect that to happen. I nearly bought this as I kept picking it up in bookshops a... READ MORE
Country house style mystery in exotic location
Dr Kate North arrives in Antarctica to provide replacement medical care to a small cluster of scientists and technicians who will keep the base ticking ove... READ MORE
A good thriller
This was a good atmospheric mystery thriller that I quite enjoyed. It did keep my interest but thought it finished quite abruptly.
Locked room mystery set in ANTARCTICA
3.75*
How about a locked room mystery set in a research station in Antarctica? The sense of setting, cloying, dark and claustrophobic, is excellent, whilst... READ MORE
Chillingly dark and atmospheric thriller
As this very well plotted thriller begins we meet Dr Kate North who has taken up a post in an ice station in Antarctica as the replacement for a doctor who... READ MORE
Disappointing main character.
Great setting, chillingly portrayed and well written. A huge let-down was the heroine, Kate - a pill-popping doctor, totally unsuitable for her post and ma... READ MORE
Not bad but not good
Oh where do I start. The first 100 pages I really struggled to get through, contemplating if this book is just a miss for me. Casual conversations between ... READ MORE
A gripping read.
I read The Dark by Emma Haughton on the Pigeonhole book club app, commenting with other readers from around the world, which is always a great way to read ... READ MORE
Satisfying and atmospheric
THE DARK | EMMA HAUGHTON
I have always been intrigued by locations that are plunged into darkness during the winter and the effects it must have on the hu... READ MORE
Brrrrrrr…. (Brilliant)
I absolutely fell hook line and sinker into this book. Loved the place it was based in. All the characters were clear and I got to know them all! It had me... READ MORE
A claustrophobic read in a fascinating setting
I love reading books with interesting and unique settings. The setting of a novel can really elevate even a very simple plot to new heights. The Dark execu... READ MORE
Tense
Really enjoyed this book, managed to finish it in a day which I more or less unheard of for me to be honest.
I literally couldn’t put it down, it’s a easy... READ MORE
A thriller of a thriller!
The Dark tells the story of Kate, an A&E doctor who has taken a posting to a United Nations research station in Antartica.
Kate has many demons and a some... READ MORE
A fantastic and atmospheric thriller
As soon as The Dark begins we are thrust into life in Antarctica in much the same way as Dr Kate North. She is arriving at the ice station there to take up... READ MORE
An enjoyable, eerie thriller that was fast-paced and absorbing
After the tragic death of the station doctor, Jean-Luc, at the UN Research Base in Antarctica, A&E doctor Kate North arrives to replace him. She will spend... READ MORE
The perfect setting for a true locked room thriller - I loved this!
It's no surprise that I loved this book as a thriller set in a snowy environment pretty much guarantees 5-stars from me. I was fascinated by the insight in... READ MORE
Set at a UN research station in Antarctica
A thriller to transport you to a UN research station in Antarctica
Ooh this is a bit claustrophobic and creepy! Imagine being effectively trapped in the m... READ MORE
Great mystery!
Kate is an A&E doctor, who is trying to collect the pieces of her life back together after a tragic accident. When she is offered the opportunity of going ... READ MORE
An atmospheric, claustrophobic locked room mystery
It’s 2021, Dr Kate North a flawed A&E dr, is left traumatised and broken after a personal tragedy. She is struggling to cope. So when she is offered the ch... READ MORE
Intriguing contemporary thriller set in Antarctica
Dr Kate North arrives at the UN research station in Antarctica to take the place of the temporary medic. The previous long term doctor, Jean-Luc, died in a... READ MORE
The Dark
I loved the beautiful setting of this book. It’s great for a locked room, claustrophobic mystery. Unfortunately I didn’t connect with any of the characters... READ MORE
Don't trust anyone......
The Dark is a real pageturner set in Antarctica in the dark season..... no daylight and no escape!
Suspicious deaths and then the generators are broken, so... READ MORE
Dark and gripping
A&E doctor Kate North thought that accepting the position of doctor in a research station in the Antarctica would mean a fresh start, a way to forget about... READ MORE
An interesting read
I have a little confession to make. Although I have some of Emma’s books on my ever expanding ‘to be read’ mountain, I haven’t actually got around to read... READ MORE
Mystery thriller
The Dark by Emma Haughton is a compulsively addictive mystery thriller. The book begins as the thirteen characters are isolated in Antarctica with no hope... READ MORE
The Dark
Kate North is an A&E Doctor who has recently suffered some personal tragedy which has left her broken. So she jumps at the chance to take a position of med... READ MORE
The Dark by Emma Haughton
The Dark by Emma Haughton is a fascinating story about working in Antarctica for months on end at the stations set up for research and study. How one perso... READ MORE
Fantastic setting for a thriller
3.5
It’s 12th February 2021 and the start of Dr Kate North’s year as a doctor for the United Nations Antarctic Ice Station (UNA). She’s been sent as re... READ MORE
ARC
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 th... READ MORE
Chilling & edgy read! Loved it!
I do not have spoilers in this review.
This book of fiction is a CHILLING story of an Ice Station in Antarctica at the South Pole about thirteen people, ... READ MORE
Cold and dark, but gripping
The dark is a tense and gripping thriller set in Antarctica. Kate is an A&E doctor looking for somewhere to hide from her dark memories of a terrible acc... READ MORE
Such a good book....
Such a good book. Realistically portrayed characters any one of whom you suspect at any one time. There is not just the build-up to the unexpected whodunni... READ MORE
Stupendously Atmospheric
This début thriller by Emma Haughton is set in the vast, hostile, desolate landscape of the Antarctic. Dr Kate North suffers a personal tragedy, so when sh... READ MORE
Claustrophobic whodunnit!
Dr Kate North has had a rough few months so the chance to be the doctor on an Antarctic base over their winter seems to be the ideal thing to reset her lif... READ MORE
The Dark by Emma Haughton
Regular visitors to damppebbles may be aware that I have a bit of a thing for novels set in a cold climate. Throw in the fact that The Dark is set in Antar... READ MORE