Chilling in every respect - Richard Madeley Dark Matter builds suspense brilliantly. Unputdownable! * WOMAN'S WEEKLY * Ghost stories don't frighten me much but this one did. An ideal read for long winter evenings * IRISH EXAMINER * This gripping ghost story has moments of horror and beauty * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH * An atmospheric ghost story that would give Susan Hill a run for her money * INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY * More than just a ghost story, this is an exquisitely told psychological thriller.
I loved it - Jeffrey Deaver It's an elegantly told tale with a vivid sense of place - and it's deeply scary - Lesley Glaister Disquieting and poIgnant in equal measure, Paver's novel reminds us that fear of the dark is the oldest fear of all. The novel virtually defines a new genre: literary creepy. Paver's is, I think, the more disturbing, her vision of an eternally dark world of snow and fear the more convincing, her pattern of mood and suggestion the more satisfying * GLASGOW SUNDAY HERALD * Dark Matter is brilliant.
It's a point appreciated by Michelle Paver, whose haunting new novella so cleverly illustrates how it is fear, rather than death, which is the great leveller * THE LADY * Neither (Susan) Hill nor Paver allows any doubt. In a world of CGI-induced chills, a good old-fashioned ghost story can still clutch at the heart * FINANCIAL TIMES * Paver is the mistress of suspense, and the strangeness that humans can suffer from when exposed to the Arctic wilderness is brilliantly exploited in this period piece * THE TIMES * Deeply affecting tale of mental and physical isolation * SUNDAY TIMES * The ultimate test of a good ghost story is, surely, whether you feel panicked reading it in bed at midnight two-thirds through, I found myself suddenly afraid to look out of the windows, so I'll call it a success * OBSERVER * Dark Matter is terrific.(a) wild beast that grabs you by the neck * THE TIMES * The very best ghost stories usually concern the predicaments of the living rather than the return of the dead. Mission accomplished: at last, a story that makes you check you've locked all the doors, and leaves you very thankful indeed for the electric light. Dark Matter is a spellbinding read - the kind of subtly unsettling, understated ghost story MR James might have written had he visited the Arctic * GUARDIAN * Told in the increasingly fearful words of Jack as he writes in his journal, this is a blood-curdling ghost story, evocative not just of icy northern wastes but of a mind as, trapped, it turns in on itself * DAILY MAIL * Paver has created a tale of terror and beauty and wonder.
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