The Dark by Amanda Mason

The Dark by Amanda Mason

'Gripping and thoroughly eerie' LUCIE MCKNIGHT HARDY
'Deliciously spinetingling' ANNA MAZZOLA
'The perfect ghostly web of claustrophobia and grief' ESSIE FOX

A SPINETINGLING SEASIDE FOLK HORROR NOVEL, SET ON THE YORKSHIRE COAST AGAINST THE 1970s BLACKOUTS

When the lights go out
You can lose sight of what is real . . .

It is the 1970s. A young woman, Rosie, moves to a small remote seaside village, readying to welcome her first child. But with her partner working away on an oil rig, the house isn't the sanctuary she'd hoped for - the situation made worse by the regular blackouts due to the ongoing miners' strikes. And the villagers seem friendly enough, but some of them are taking an uncomfortably close interest in her pregnancy.

Before long, Rosie notices strange noises and unexplained shadows in the corners of the cottage. As her birth date moves closer and the blackouts intensify, her isolation begins to consume her until she feels that she is losing her grip on reality.

But Rosie isn't the only one in the village who has cause to fear the dark . . .

'No one writes the supernatural quite like Amanda Mason. In The Dark the hauntings are visceral, underpinned by folklore, an evocative setting and a beautifully observed cast of characters' JESS KIDD, author of Little Spark and Things in Jars

'Hugely atmospheric - I absolutely loved it' ALISON LITTLEWOOD, author of The Hidden People

'I couldn't put it down' ALLY WILKES author of All the White Space

Amanda Mason was born and brought up in Whitby, North Yorkshire. She studied Theatre at Dartington College of Arts, where she began writing by devising and directing plays. Her short stories have been published in several anthologies. Her debut novel, The Wayward Girls was a dark and captivating story of sisterhood and family secrets, followed by The Hiding Place, a haunting novel about mothers and daughters. Her short story, Three Times, Lefthandwise, was shortlisted for the V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize in 2021. The Dark is her third novel.

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ISBN 13	9781786588029
ISBN 10	1786588021
Title	The Dark
Author	Amanda Mason
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Bonnier Books Ltd
Year published	2026-10-08
Number of pages	304
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.