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The Salvage


Publishing Details

Full Title:

The Salvage

Contributors:

By (Author) Anbara Salam

ISBN:

9781399806633

Publisher:

John Murray Press

Imprint:

Baskerville

Publication Date:

17th February 2026

UK Publication Date:

6th November 2025

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Other Subjects:

Historical crime and mysteries
Historical fiction
Fiction: literary and general non-genre

Physical Properties

Number of Pages:

448

Dimensions:

Width 138mm, Height 222mm

Description

'The Salvage is a novel to keep you up all night. Anbara Salam is a master of suspense' Rene Denfeld, bestselling author of The Child Finder

'A rich, gothic mystery, The Salvage has a moody, salt-drenched atmosphere, and layers of intrigue that span centuries. I couldn't put it down' Flynn Berry, New York Times bestselling author of A Double Life

It is 1962, and Marta Khoury, a trail-blazing marine archaeologist, has travelled to Cairnroch, a small island off the east coast of Scotland. An Arctic shipwreck containing the remains of a famous Victorian explorer has been towed back to the island at the behest of his wealthy descendants. Marta's job is to retrieve valuable artefacts from the vessel, deep beneath the freezing Scottish waters. But on her first dive, she becomes convinced she has seen a ghostly figure lurking in the wreckage.

When Marta discovers objects from the vessel have inexplicably disappeared, she must work to uncover their whereabouts before her boss - who is also her ex-husband - discovers their absence. As a series of unsettling and strange occurrences begins to unfold, Marta's work trip turns into a long winter as the worst snowstorms of the century sweep in and trap the islanders, and their ghosts, in an icy wilderness.

Reviews

A rich, gothic mystery, The Salvage has a moody, salt-drenched atmosphere, and layers of intrigue that span centuries. I couldn't put it down

-- Flynn Berry, New York Times bestselling author of A DOUBLE LIFE
As chilly as the icy sea, as haunting as the prospects of ghosts, The Salvage is a novel to keep you up all night. Anbara Salam is a master of suspense. Be careful when you start this book, because you won't want to stop -- Rene Denfeld, bestselling author of THE CHILD FINDER and the forthcoming THE TALKING BONE

Author Bio

Anbara Salam is the Palestinian-Scottish author of Things Bright and Beautiful and Belladonna. Her novel Hazardous Spirits was shortlisted for Fiction Book of the Year at Scotland's National Book Awards. She has a PhD in Theology and now lives in Oxford.

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