Dark Echo cover art

Dark Echo

 Preview
Try Premium Plus free
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Unlimited access to our all-you-can-listen catalogue of 15K+ audiobooks and podcasts
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

Dark Echo

By: F G Cottam
Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £26.99

Buy Now for £26.99

About this listen

 Dark Echo is an unlucky boat. Despite this knowledge, Martin Stannard falls under her spell and prepares to sail her across the Atlantic with his father. But his lover, Suzanne, is uneasy and begins exploring the yacht's past.

What she finds is terrifying. Dark Echo isn't just unlucky, it's evil. It was built for Harry Spalding, a soldier and sorcerer who committed suicide yet still casts his malevolent spell nearly a century after his death.

©2009 F.G. Cottam (P)2009 Oakhill Publishing Ltd Thriller & Suspense Exciting Scary

Critic reviews

"[W]hile F. G. Cottam's complex, tautly atmospheric thriller delivers plenty of chills, its principal characters are pleasingly human." ( Daily Mail)
"It's all ghostly hokum, of course, but jolly good hokum." ( Guardian)
All stars
Most relevant
Another fine tale from FG Cottam. As with his other works, the supernatural elements are set within a normal modern day lives of the protagonists. I particularly liked the way the author places a few hints about the fate of the characters well before the story is concluded.

I liked Gareth Armstrong's narration.

Good solid yarn

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Would you consider the audio edition of Dark Echo to be better than the print version?

As I haven't read the print version, I can't say.

What did you like best about this story?

Even though it was obviously a supernatural story, I felt the characters we're believable enough to keep me interested. I wanted to find out how it ended and found it quite gripping.

What does Gareth Armstrong bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

I'm not sure I can answer that because I love reading but at the moment prefer listening. He did a really good job though. I think you always get more from reading a book as you imbue the characters with your own imagination.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Not especially. I just enjoyed the story.

Any additional comments?

Would recommend if you like this sort of story.

Good story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I have just finished listening this book and thoroughly enjoyed it - so much so that I did not want the book to end. A proper ghost story with good characters and good ghosts!

fantastic listen- a proper ghost book

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I enjoyed this book but I thought the ending came in a bit of a rush at the end

The narrator has a pleasant voice and he does move the story along at a fair old pace. I had no problem with his accents but I do agree with one of the other reviewersthat his delivery could have been better. He seemed to miss pauses that needed to be in a story telling ie when you change tempo or persons. As i said at the beginning the end felt very rushed as if the author was trying to cram everything in at once to tie up all the loose ends I also felt that the author had planned a different ending only to change his mind nearer the end of the story.Having said all that I did enjoy it and had finished listening to it in a couple of days where as I am still going back to other books I have downloaded !

Good but not great

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Great performance and story line that I couldn't stop listening to end. Would highly recommend.

Fantastic storyline and performance

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews