The Lost Village

A Novel

By: Alexandra Fleming - translator, Camilla Sten

Narrated by: Angela Dawe

Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins

Publisher's summary

2021 NPR Best Book of the Year

"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)

©2021 Camilla Sten and Alexandra Fleming (P)2021 Macmillan Audio

Overall good entertainment

I liked the overall story except some parts were a bit hard to be believed as realistic. Narration was great except the one voice of the character "Ina" really was over the top as far as being irritating and unlikable.

50/50 on this one

One thing that really is disappointing in a ghost story for me is when you feel like the story had everything it needed to get 5 stars on the Creep Scale. Personally, I think GREAT ghost stories have to have a fairly significant creepy historical factor to get things going, and this book DOES! The story takes place in a town that was completely abandoned a hundred years ago and no one ever found out what happened to the residents, although theories of cults, plague, and even aliens exist. A team of documentary filmmakers who have undisclosed ties to the ghost town arrive to uncover the past and confirm what really happened. The relationships between the characters have their own story and the history behind some of the conflict is conveyed slowly with the perfect tension that draws out the suspense. Super creepy things start happening from page one, and I was SO prepared to give this book a great review. Alas, my biggest critique is with the ending where things devolve pretty quickly into an almost comical conclusion. I would probably still recommend the book but just be prepared that you may be shaking your head a bit at the end. Narrator does a good job.

Kept me wondering

Fantastic story, despite a somewhat lackluster ending. Really kept me wondering what would unfold next.

Had some good moments, but...

Story had some good moments, but fell short overall. I think it was mainly the ending that I didn't care for. The story itself at the end just seem to lose steam, and the narration, which had been okay for the most part, at the end just seemed too silly to be serious.

great story

gripping story full of lively characters and great descriptions! fully enjoyed the tale! had me on the edge of my seat. the reader did a great job of making the story come to life.

Dual timeline and urban exploring

I was searching for a dual timeline are usually do romance, but this book popped up. It immediately had me hooked and had a few other things that I love the most dual timeline, urban, exploring mystery, and then that little bit of a shiver I would get listening to this at night excellent book I’ll be looking into more from this author

great story bad audio

The story was amazing and truly creepy. But the audio levels were awful, to the point i had to stop listening and just buy the physical book instead.

Good story but...

The narration was overwrought. She didn’t know if she had an American, British, or Swedish accent. I could only listen in small spurts.

Spectacular....so so good!

I wasn't sure if I would like this book in the beginning but then it got good and the longer I listened, the better it got all the way to the end.

So so good!

Once I started to read The Lost Village I couldn’t put the book down.Over 300 pages I find myself laying in bed at 3:00 in the morning with my heart pounding.This was a great book can’t wait to read more of Camilla Sten’s books.