In The Woods

Tana French

A New York Times Bestseller

Tana French

In TheWoods

As dusk approaches a small Dublin suburb in the summer of 1984, mothers begin to call their children home. But on this

warm evening, three children do not return from the dark and si-lent woods. When the police arrive, they find only one of the chil-dren gripping a tree trunk in terror, wearing blood-filled sneakers, and unable to recall a single detail of the previous hours.

Twenty years later, the found boy, Rob Ryan, is a detective on the Dublin Murder Squad and keeps his past a secret. But when a twelve-year-old girl is found murdered in the same woods, he and Detective Cassie Maddox—his partner and closest friend—find themselves investigating a case chillingly similar to the previous unsolved mystery. Now, with only snippets of long-buried memo-ries to guide him, Ryan has the chance to uncover both the mys-tery of the case before him and that of his own shadowy past.

Richly atmospheric, stunning in its complexity, and utterly con-vincing and surprising to the end, In the Woods is sure to enthrall fans of Mystic River and The Lovely Bones.

Something is Waiting....

In The Woods

“An ambitious and extraordinary first novel...rank it high” –The Washington Post Book World

About The Author: Tana French grew up in Ireland, the US, Italy and Malawi. She is the author of In the Woods (2007), The Likeness (2008) and Faithful Place (2010). Her books have won Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, Barry and ICVA Clarion awards and have been finalists for LA Times and Strand Magazine awards. She lives in Dublin with her husband and daughter.

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