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With Wild Dark Shore, Charlotte McConaghy has once again crafted a haunting mystery based on climate change.
A family of four are the final inhabitants on an island in the Southern Ocean, near to Antarctica. Even they are due to leave, once they finish packing up the seed vault kept there. One day, a woman washes up on shore. Facts about both the woman and the family are parceled out like breadcrumbs. Told from the viewpoints of all five individuals, I loved that I had no idea whom to believe or trust. Everyone is hiding something and all are damaged. They have each lost someone and grief is a major component of their lives. I came to care for each and every one of them, especially the three children who have spent 8 years in this remote location.
McConaghy has excelled in putting the reader right on this cold, isolated island, full of penguins and seals, with the ocean full of whales. There is a constant sense of tension throughout. The ending was gripping and totally caught me off guard.
I listened to this and the cast of narrators did a wonderful job.
My thanks to Netgalley and Macmillan Audio for an advance copy of this audiobook.