In the Woods by Tana French
When he was twelve years old, Adam Ryan went playing in the woods one day with his two best friends. He never saw them again. Their bodies were never found, and Adam himself was discovered with his back pressed against an oak tree and his shoes filled with blood. He had no memory of what had happened. Twenty years on, Rob Ryan - the child who came back - is a detective in the Dublin police force. He's changed his name. No one knows about his past. Then a little girl's body is found at the site of the old tragedy and Rob is drawn back into the mystery. Knowing that he would be thrown off the case if his past were revealed, Rob takes a fateful decision to keep quiet but hope that he might also solve the twenty-year-old mystery of the woods.
Tana French's IN THE WOODS is a terrific debut. . French's psychological insights into the damaged policeman's torment combine grippingly with the clammy atmosphere that surrounds the lethal woods. As an example of a novel in which the past returns to haunt the present, this scores very high marks. - Marcel Berlins, The TimesLyrical and haunting - Scotland on SundayA real show-stopper of a thriller . . . Author tightens the tension slowly until squealing point; Ryan's increasingly taut relationship with Maddox is woven cunningly around the crime plot. A splendid, page-turning debut. - SheA compellingly complex case with nuanced characters and a richly detailed sense of place - Kirkus ReviewsFrench expertly walks the line between police procedurial and psychological thriller in her debut.' - Publishers WeeklyA brilliant first novel . . . the reader's attention is slackened and tightened with a masterly hand. - Literary ReviewBeneath the lyrical descriptions of hot summers and happy childhood memories in small town Ireland lies an unsettling psychological thriller... A compelling page-turner of sinuous twists and turns. - Choice MagazineThe most breathtakingly brilliant and close-to-perfect thriller I've read for a long time. I stayed up until three in the morning two nights running unable to put it d
Tana French grew up in Ireland, Italy, the US and Malawi, and has lived in Dublin since 1990. She trained as an actress at Trinity College, Dublin, and has worked in theatre, film and voiceover. IN THE WOODS is her first novel.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340924754 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340924756 |
| Title | In the Woods |
| Author | Tana French |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2007-03-08 |
| Number of pages | 496 |
| Prizes | Winner of IVCA Clarion Book Awards: Best Fiction 2007, Short-listed for International Education Services Irish Newcomer of the Year Award 2008 |
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