The Lost Village

Today’s post is on The Lost Village by Camilla Sten. It is 340 pages long and is published by Minotaur Books. The cover is a house standing alone with fog around it. It is a stand alone horror novel. The intended reader is someone who likes horror, thrillers, and mystery novels. There is some foul language, no sex, and some violence in this novel. The story is told from the first person perspective of Alice the main character. There Be Spoilers Ahead.

From the dust jacket- 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?

Review- A wonderful and atmospheric horror novel. Sixty years ago every man, woman, and child in Silverjarn went missing with the expectation of a baby and a murdered woman. Alice’s grandmother was from the village and had moved to Stockholm before everything changed. Alice and her friend Tone want to understand what happened there and they are going to make a documentary about it. But when they get to Silverjarn, strange things start to happen. Sten is a great writer, she knows how to build a tense story with interesting characters. There is one big red herring and I did not go with it but it was a fine subplot. What really happened in Silverjarn was horrible and I was very glad that the murder of the one woman was not in too much detail because it was horrible. The resolve of the mystery was good and I was impressed by the whole plot. I would recommend this novel, and I really enjoyed this novel and I look forward to reading more by Sten. 

I give this novel a Four out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I borrowed this novel from my local library.