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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

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'Breathtaking' HANNAH KENT

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'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 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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Couldn't put it down, really emotive and moving up until the last sentence. Would love to read it again for the first time!

Really unique and engaging

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it was strange book. It took me a while to get into it but was then absolutely hooked.
loved it

unusual book

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