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Wild Dark Shore

By: Charlotte McConaghy
Narrated by: Cooper Mortlock, Katherine Littrell, Saskia Maarleveld, Steve West
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THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A family on a remote island. A mysterious woman washed ashore. A storm gathering force.

Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny weather-lashed island that is home to the world's largest seed bank. As Shearwater risks being lost to rising sea levels, the island's researchers have fled, and only the Salts remain.

Until, during the worst storm in living memory, a stranger washes ashore. The family nurse the woman, Rowan, back to strength, but it seems she isn't telling the whole truth about why she's there. And when Rowan stumbles upon sabotaged radios and a recently dug grave, she realizes that she's not the only one on the island with a secret.

A novel of breathtaking twists, dizzying beauty and ferocious love, Wild Dark Shore is about the impossible choices we make to protect the people we love.

©2025 Charlotte McConaghy (P)2025 Canongate Books Ltd Psychological Thriller & Suspense Exciting Heartfelt Scary Tear-jerking

Critic reviews

'Breathtaking' HANNAH KENT

'Spellbinding' Washington Post

'A wildly talented writer' EMILY ST JOHN MANDEL
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Fabulous book. It was hard to see what had happened and the characters were well developed.

Kept me guessing

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I particularly enjoyed the narration voices, again lending credibility to a story that was harrowing, yet loving.

The way the story was crafted with such an authentic ring, touched me deeply.

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I struggled to engage in this book and even when the ending brought more excitement I just had not connected enough with the characters to care.

Too slow

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I immersively read this, and found some chapters where cut off near the end

Other than that it was great

Parts of book missing

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I did not particularly like the narrators. They were flat and dreary. Nice description of the island and weather. However I found it quite a depressing listen.

Not enjoyable listen

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