{"product_id":"dark-1","title":"Amanda Mason: The Dark [2026]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGripping and thoroughly eerie'\u003c\/i\u003e LUCIE MCKNIGHT HARDY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Deliciously spinetingling' \u003c\/i\u003eANNA MAZZOLA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'The perfect ghostly web of claustrophobia and grief' \u003c\/i\u003eESSIE FOX\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA SPINETINGLING SEASIDE FOLK HORROR NOVEL, SET AGAINST THE BLACKOUTS OF THE 1970s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen the lights go out\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou can lose sight of what is real . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore 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.\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Rosie isn't the only one in the village who has cause to fear the dark . . .  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'No one writes the supernatural quite like Amanda Mason. In The Dark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e the hauntings are visceral, underpinned by folklore, an evocative setting and a beautifully observed cast of characters'\u003c\/i\u003e JESS KIDD, author of\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e Little Spark \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eand \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThings in Jars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Hugely atmospheric - I absolutely loved it' \u003c\/i\u003eALISON LITTLEWOOD, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hidden People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eI couldn't put it down' \u003c\/i\u003eALLY WILKES author of\u003ci\u003e All the White Space\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mason, Amanda","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":54970229653843,"sku":"9781786588036","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/mason-amanda-amanda-mason-the-dark-2026-9781786588036-1259181647.jpg?v=1789693750","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/dark-1","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}