The Lighthouse, Fran Dorricott
The Lighthouse, Fran Dorricott
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The Lighthouse

Author: Fran Dorricott, Beth Eyre

Narrator: Kate Louise Okello, Imogen Wilde

Unabridged: 10 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Avon

Published: 02/03/2022


Synopsis

‘’ Simon McCleave No one expected them to go there. The question is: will any of them leave? Six friends travel to a remote island north of the Scottish Highlands for an old school reunion. They’ve rented The Lighthouse – a stunning, now abandoned building that was once notorious for deaths at sea. On the first evening, someone goes missing. The group search all through the night to no avail. But when the five remaining friends return to the lighthouse early the next morning, they are shocked to find James inside. He’s looks terrified – but won’t say a word about where he’s been. The party vow to put the strange night behind them and enjoy the rest of their stay, but when more unexplained things begin to occur, tensions escalate. It’s clear James knows something, but nothing will persuade him to give up the secrets of the island. Is he protecting his friends from a terrible truth, or leading them into more danger? A chilling and powerfully atmospheric suspense novel with a gothic edge, perfect for fans of and. ‘Such a …vivid and atmospheric’ ‘, old-fashioned and ’ ‘ it kept me awake!’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘ – it kept me guessing!’ ‘Wonderfully atmospheric, , with a chilling edge’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Creepy, tense and ’ ‘Twisty, creepy, – your head will spin’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A claustrophobic atmosphere, mounting suspense and ’ ‘So many what ifs, twists and turns and ’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A brilliant page-turner’ ‘Doesn’t let you go until the unexpected conclusion – ’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Readers have been ensnared by …

Reviews

Goodreads review by Louise

Six friends travel to a remote island north of the Scottish Highlands for an old school reunion. They've rented the lighthouse - a stunning, now abandoned building that was once notorious for deaths at sea. On the first evening, someone goes missing. The group search all through the night to no avai......more

Goodreads review by Alan

Thank you to NetGalley, Avon Books UK and the author for the chance to review. I really liked the premise of this book when I requested it from Netgalley It didn't disappoint. 6 friends, 5 of which have known each other since University. Hire a cottage on a remote Scottish island next to a lighthous......more

Goodreads review by Miriam

Fran Dorricott is a Derby based author who decided to change direction and write a “creepy island book”. “The Lighthouse” is a chilling and intensely atmospheric thriller for readers who love a locked room mystery. - “Six friends travel to a remote island north of the Scottish Highlands for an old sc......more

Goodreads review by Alayne

I found this book to be very uninspiring and quite a disappointment. The characters irritated me in the way they behaves running around in the dark like silly children and drinking too much. They were all quite shallow and not particularly nice. The book wasn’t creepy for me and I found myself think......more


Quotes

Praise for : ‘A of a book. A great set of interesting characters whose dark backstories reveal themselves as the story develops. . I loved it. Highly recommended’ ‘A , old-fashioned and piece of Gothic storytelling’ ‘Such a that you will be genuinely confused when you look up and realise you’re reading on a train and not on the bleak, isolated island that the author paints’ ‘ – it kept me guessing!’ ‘A brilliant’ ‘Creepy, tense and – The Lighthouse is a story with layers and layers of suspicion and intrigue’ ‘The Lighthouse has a claustrophobic atmosphere, mounting suspense and . I couldn’t put it down’