/"Paver is one of the great names of modern Britain. This sinister gothic chiller shows why./"
– The big problem
“The most impressive novel of the year. It is a triumphant book, a perfect evocation of the stories of MR James and AC Benson filtered through a 21st century sensibility. Concise and intense, filled with references to the tradition of English ghost stories, Paver's novel succeeds on several levels. Since his 2010 novel, Dark Matter, and continuing with 2016's Thin Air, Paver has written ghost stories that are distinguished by their vividly evoked settings and the struggles of their protagonists. Wakenhyrst is a more than worthy addition to their ranks.
-John Langan, Locus Magazine
“A masterfully chilling gothic thriller”
– The bookstore
*Selected by the BBC Radio 2 Book Club*
"A captivating ghost story… It's a brilliantly atmospheric read (warning: it's also terrifying!) with a brave, forward-thinking heroine who I loved."
– Joanna Finney, Good Housekeeping
“Paver’s storytelling is irresistible”
– The temperature
“As in Dark Matter, Paver manages with great skill the balance between outright supernaturalism and the suggestion that the horrors are psychological in origin. It's harder to achieve this in a novel than in a short story, and harder today than 100 years ago, but she succeeds. Revisiting MR James territory with a modern feminist sensibility, Wakenhyrst is strangely compelling.
– David Sexton, Evening Standard
“This dark, gothic tale will hook you with its atmospheric setting of a house on the edge of the Suffolk marshes and its themes of superstition, witchcraft and religion”
– The sun
“Months after reading it, I remain obsessed with Wakenhyrst by Michelle Paver… Scary, twisted and unforgettable”
– The Observer – Best thrillers of the year, Alison Flood
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