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Caro Carver

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Born

Belfast, Ireland

Genre

Fiction, Thriller, Contemporary

Member Since

October 2023

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Hello, and thank you for visiting my Goodreads page. I have been writing for as long as I can remember, using my grandparents old Remington typewriter to create little novels that I sent to publishers. I am a poet and novelist published in 23 languages, and have published a number of gothic fiction novels as C.J. Cooke. I hold a PhD in literature from Queen's University Belfast and work full-time at the University of Glasgow, where I teach Creative Writing. Scotland is a cool place to live; however, I do enjoy setting my thrillers in warm and sunny places :)

I am publishing my very first thriller as Caro Carver, Bad Tourists, in 2024. Set in the Maldives, it is optioned for a TV series and I am SO excited for everyone to read it! I am curren ...more

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Average rating: 3.64 · 11,829 ratings · 1,652 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

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Caro Carver and 43 other people liked Sadie Hartmann's review of The Last Witch: "Title/Author: The Last Witch by C. J. Cooke Format Read: eBook (NetGalley) audiobook (purchased from Libro.FM) Pub date: October 14th, 2025 Publisher: Berkley Page Count: 352 Affiliate Link: https://bookshop.org/a/7576/979821718... Recommended for readers " Read more of this review »
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Caro Carver and 4 other people liked Allison's review of Bad Tourists: "HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY!! :) Thanks to NetGalley and Avid Reader Press for the ARC copy of this book! I LOVED IT!! This was a twisty psychological thriller that I truly could not put down. It kept me on the edge of my seat and flipping through the pages" Read more of this review »
Jul 09, 2024 09:26AM · see review
Caro Carver made a comment on Nicole’s review of Bad Tourists " Thank you Nicole! "
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Caro Carver rated a book it was amazing Bad Tourists by Caro Carver (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I wanted to say thank you to everyone who has read and reviewed BAD TOURISTS! And for those who have yet to read - from the bottom of my heart, I hope you love it. This book was a gift to write (a rarity) and came to me almost fully formed. I had the ...more
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Caro Carver rated a book it was amazing Bad Tourists by Caro Carver (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I wanted to say thank you to everyone who has read and reviewed BAD TOURISTS! And for those who have yet to read - from the bottom of my heart, I hope you love it. This book was a gift to write (a rarity) and came to me almost fully formed. I had the ...more
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“Her default setting is to say no to any offers of help, that she’s fine, even when she’s not.”
― Caro Carver, Bad Tourists

tags: autonomy, helping-others, independence

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“Kate Miller’s email address on the screen. He begins to type a message.”
― Caro Carver, Bad Tourists

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“What will?” she says, turning angrily to face him. “Where I know you from,” he says. Darcy quickly shuts the door.”
― Caro Carver, Bad Tourists

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