#TwoForTuesday: C.J. Cooke Books @CJessCooke @HarperFiction @fictionpubteam #TheGhostWood #AHauntingInTheArctic #CJCooke

Good morning everyone today on Two For Tuesday I’m featuring two books by one of my favourite gothic writers C. J. Cooke.

I absolutely loved The Ghost Wood when I read it last year so I was very excited to see that she had a new book coming out. The Haunting In The Arctic sounds like a perfect book for me as not only is it meant to be a bit creepy,it’s also set in the Arctic which is one of my favourite settings for a book as it’s so unpredictable.

I’m hoping to read The Haunting In The Arctic next and I’m really looking forward to it.

What’s your favourite spooky/ gothic read?

A Haunting In The Arctic

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…

The Ghost Woods

In the midst of the woods stands a house called Lichen Hall.

This place is shrouded in folklore – old stories of ghosts, of witches, of a child who is not quite a child.

Now the woods are creeping closer, and something has been unleashed.

Pearl Gorham arrives in 1965, one of a string of young women sent to Lichen Hall to give birth. And she soon suspects the proprietors are hiding something.

Then she meets the mysterious mother and young boy who live in the grounds – and together they begin to unpick the secrets of this place.

As the truth comes to the surface and the darkness moves in, Pearl must rethink everything she knew – and risk what she holds most dear.

About The Author:

C J Cooke (Carolyn Jess-Cooke) lives in Glasgow with her husband and four children. C J Cooke’s works have been published in 23 languages and have won many awards. She holds a PhD in Literature from the Queen’s University of Belfast and is currently Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow, where she researches creative writing interventions for mental health. Two of her books are currently optioned for film. Visit http://www.cjcookeauthor.com