C. J. Cooke

C. J. Cooke on A Haunting in the Arctic

On the night after Halloween we welcome C. J. Cooke, author of bookshop favourite The Lighthouse Witches, for her latest spine-tingling gothic thriller, A Haunting in the Arctic. This exceptional novel is sure to provide just the ambience for an unforgettable autumn evening!

Something has walked the floors of the Ormen for over a century. Something that craves revenge...

1901. On board the Ormen, a whaling ship battling through the unforgiving North Sea, Nicky Duthie awakes. Attacked and dragged there against her will, it's just her and the crew - and they're all owed something only she can give them.

1973. Decades later, when the ship is found still drifting across the ocean, it's deserted. Just one body is left on board, his face and feet mutilated, his cabin locked from the inside. Everyone else has vanished.

Now, as urban explorer Dominique travels into the near-permanent darkness of the northernmost tip of Iceland, to the final resting place of the Ormen's wreck, she's determined to uncover the ship's secrets.

But she's not alone. Something is here with her. And it's seeking revenge...

C.J. will be interviewed by Zoe Venditozzi, writer and host of 'The Witches in Scotland' podcast.

C.J. Cooke is an acclaimed, award-winning poet, novelist and academic with numerous other publications as Carolyn Jess-Cooke. Her work has been published in twenty-three languages to date. Born in Belfast, C.J. has a PhD in Literature from Queen's University, Belfast, and is currently Reader in Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow, where she researches creative writing interventions for mental health. C.J. Cooke lives in Glasgow with her husband and four children.