The Lost Village, Camilla Sten
The Lost Village, Camilla Sten
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The Lost Village
A Novel

Author: Camilla Sten, Alexandra Fleming

Narrator: Angela Dawe

Unabridged: 10 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/23/2021


Synopsis

"Listen to Angela Dawe’s eerie narration of the first seven minutes of Camilla Sten’s 'The Lost Village' - I defy you to stop there."- The Seattle Times

"Narrator Angela Dawe raises the stakes in this atmospheric horror novel...Her varying pacing amps up the suspense, and her flexible voice breathes life into the multitude of characters, regardless of gender and age. Horror listeners will be on the edge of their seats." -- AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner

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A Library Reads Pick!

The Blair Witch Project meets Midsommar in this brilliantly disturbing thriller from Camilla Sten, an electrifying new voice in suspense.

Documentary filmmaker Alice Lindstedt has been obsessed with the vanishing residents of the old mining town, dubbed “The Lost Village,” since she was a little girl. In 1959, her grandmother’s entire family disappeared in this mysterious tragedy, and ever since, the unanswered questions surrounding the only two people who were left—a woman stoned to death in the town center and an abandoned newborn—have plagued her. She’s gathered a small crew of friends in the remote village to make a film about what really happened.

But there will be no turning back.

Not long after they’ve set up camp, mysterious things begin to happen. Equipment is destroyed. People go missing. As doubt breeds fear and their very minds begin to crack, one thing becomes startlingly clear to Alice:

They are not alone.

They’re looking for the truth…
But what if it finds them first?

Come find out.

A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books

"An enthralling and claustrophobic read. Camilla Sten has written a lurid thriller that will send shivers down your spine.” -- M.T. Edvardsson, author of A Nearly Normal Family

"Come for the mounting horror and scares, but stay for a devastating examination of the nature of family secrets." -- New York Times Book Review

About Camilla Sten

CAMILLA STEN has been writing stories since she was a young girl. In 2019, Camilla published the now internationally acclaimed, hair-raising novel, The Lost Village. Rights for The Lost Village have been sold to nineteen territories around the world including film and TV. Her third novel for adults, The Resting Place, was one of Goodreads Most Popular Horror Books of 2022 and the same year Camilla was longlisted for the prestigious Viktor Crime Award in Germany. An ever prolific author, Camilla has released the third part in her YA series and continues to write new thrillers. Find her on Instagram: @AuthorCamillaSten.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer on June 05, 2023

Such a delicious, blood freezing, unputdownable combination: intense, gory, depressingly dark Scandinavian horror elements dances with a story reminds us of Blair Witch Project and Stand ( without apocalypse but insane leader and his batshit worshippers theme) It is fast paced. It is outstandingly e......more

Goodreads review by Melissa (Semi-hiatus for Work) on June 21, 2021

There are some good things about this book, but many other things disappointed me. The premise is amazing, but unfortunately the story just doesn't live up to the premise: In 1959, two men come to a tiny, remote town in Sweden to look for family members they hadn't heard from in a while. They find t......more

Goodreads review by Farrah on January 18, 2021

The Lost Village claims to follow a film crew making a documentary about a village where all 900 of its inhabitants mysteriously disappeared in the 1950s so I felt a little tricked considering I was looking forward to the doc aspect yet no one ever actually did any filming in the book. In my opinion......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on October 14, 2020

Sometimes you read a book and have a strong opinion and you just need someone to back you up. Is it really this good or this bad? And that is how I came to this one, after a book pal thought this was very bad and needed someone to confirm. I am a good book friend. I am kind of mad at the Midsommar co......more

Goodreads review by Debra on November 17, 2020

Alice Lindstedt, a documentary filmmaker has been obsessed with the missing/vanished residents of the town dubbed "The Lost Village" since childhood. Her grandmother's entire family disappeared and what remained was a dead woman tied to a tree and an infant found crying in a building. With curiosity......more


Awards

  • NPR Best Book of the Year