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A Haunting in the Arctic
- Narrated by: Lucy Goldie
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
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Summary
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Something has walked the floors of the Ormen for over a century.
Something that craves revenge…
*Longlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize*
1901. On board the Ormen, a whaling ship battling through the unforgiving North Sea, a woman awakes. Attacked and dragged there against her will, it’s just her and the crew – and they’re all owed something only she can give them.
Decades later, the Ormen is found drifting across the ocean, deserted. Just one body is left on board, his face and feet mutilated, his cabin locked from the inside. Everyone else has vanished.
Now. Urban explorer Dominique travels into the near-permanent darkness of the northernmost tip of Iceland. She's searching for the final resting place of the Ormen’s wreck, and she’s determined to uncover its secrets.
But she’s not alone. Something is here with her. And it’s seeking revenge…
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‘Rich, chilling and gorgeously gothic. A Haunting in the Arctic is the kind of enchanting, terrifying mystery I just adore’ Chris Whitaker
‘Cooke delivers yet another spine-chilling treat in this lushly imagined, terrifying novel’ Emilia Hart, bestselling author of Weyward
‘Mesmerising and terrifying, this is a powerful story lovingly told … Highly recommended’ Lisa Ballantyne
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Critic reviews
‘An unnerving tale full of ghosts, selkies and plenty of mystery, which Cooke deploys not only to craft the novel’s frights but also to probe ideas of grief and retribution. The result is a story that is as haunting as the Ormen itself’ New York Times
'[A] frosty spine-tingler' Publisher's Weekly
‘Eerie and atmospheric’ Good Housekeeping
‘A gothic tale rich in chilling folklore … an engrossing read’ Best
‘A Haunting in the Arctic is a story of a woman haunted in every way. An eerie, atmospheric novel that is full of tension and suspense, this is a beautiful gothic chiller of a book’ Elizabeth Lee
‘Evocative and chilling, an addictive piece of polar gothic’ Anna Bailey
‘This beguiling, shocking feminist gothic mystery is perfect for dark-nights reading’ Heat
‘Gloriously gothic and hauntingly beautiful … guaranteed to send a shiver up your spine this October. Miss it at your peril’ Scots Magazine
‘This claustrophobic, cloying read with Gothic undertones was so eerie I wanted to sleep with the light on’ Prima
‘Right from the start, I was hooked on this eerie, cryptic novel’ Samantha Downing
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- M Hauge
- 21-02-24
OK I guess
Not sure about this book by C J Cooke. I prefer the others by her that I have listened too. Maybe because they were more “creepy and spooky” all through the story, as this wasn’t until the last hour or so. It wasn’t bad, but not great either.
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- Lissie
- 24-10-23
Loved this book 🧜♀️
C.J Cooke is fast becoming one of my favourite authors. Loved this book, didn’t want it to end, A very original ghost story that even touches on trauma and how it effects the collective. Great narration too.
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- Peter Longden
- 06-12-23
Gripping, chilling tale!
Marvellous haunting story with a marvellous twist in the end. The setting is beautifully constructed and the plot moves across time and ice with great pace. Excellent!
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- phoebe eden chapman
- 27-10-23
Great story, difficult to keep place
I’m still partway through this audiobook and I’m really enjoying the story so far. It’s engaging and troubling (in a good way, as you’d expect from this genre and author!).
My only bit of constructive feedback is that the way the chapters are named and numbered make it very hard to keep track of where you’re up to. I know this is a method of chapter numbering that this author likes to use but I’m not clear on what it adds to the reader’s experience and, certainly in an audiobook, it detracts a bit.
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- Bec_loves_Elvis
- 29-04-24
Unexpected twist
Took me longer to get into than normal but it was a great listen and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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- E M.
- 26-03-24
Great characterisation and intensity
Good plot with tension throughout, and beautifully read. The chapter titles became jarring after a while but the story still flowed well.
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- EMB
- 06-07-24
Atmospheric and terrifying
This was a compelling story. Intensely claustrophobic. Brilliant performance by the narrator with so many voices and emotions to create and a complex narrative structure to navigate. An authentic projection of the uncanny throughout.
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- FJE BALL
- 13-11-23
Fantastic story and twisty tale
C J Cooke is a master of storytelling. Brilliant gothic ghost story with a twist! Can’t wait to see what she does next!
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- Elacsap
- 07-09-24
Very entertaining
Without leaving spoilers, this book keeps readers on their proverbial toes throughout. Whilst the story from 1901 is a pretty unpleasant one, none the less it is balanced by the story set in the current day. Why do the three strangers suddenly turn up? What is it they are not telling Dom? Who is the woman on the beach? Read and be thoroughly entertained.
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- Mrs Mayer
- 18-10-24
Disappointing
I’d listened to a couple of other C.J. Cooke books and found them entertaining and compelling, so decided to try this—unfortunately, I found it disappointing and, in ways, irritating. I don’t want to give any spoilers here, so have to be careful how I word this… I suppose the best way to summarise my issues with the book is to say it felt like it was trying too hard to be twisty and so ended up in the realm of silly. I realise we’re talking about a book which is in its nature meant to be supernatural, so criticising it for being far fetched or silly seems harsh, but I guess there’s a fine line between fantastic narratives that feel believable and those that do not.
As a side note, someone else commented on the structure of the book being too complicated. I can see where they’re coming from, but don’t think it is actually the way the author structured the sections that is the problem, but the production decision to call each numbered section “chapter”. Every time it switches between characters, you get the character’s name and then each section is numbered one, two, three, etc. When it switches to the next character, the count starts again. This is fine, but when you’re listening and they add the word “chapter” to each of these sections, it creates an odd experience where you spend a whole book listening to chapters one through four. The labelling does the opposite of what it is usually intended: rather than providing waypoints, it disorients.
On the positive side, the narration was good. The narrator switched convincingly between accents and was pleasant to listen to. Hopefully she’ll narrate more in the future—I’ll keep an eye out for her work.
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