In the Woods

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WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD
FDR BEST FIRST NDVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHDR
A LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST
THE DEBUT NOVEL OF AN ASTONISHING NEW VOICE IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE In Tana French's powerful debut thriller, three children leave their small Dublin neighborhood to play in the surrounding woods. Hours later, their mothers' calls go unanswered. When the police arrive, they find only one of the children, gripping a tree trunk in terror, wearing blood-filled sneakers, and unable to recall a single detail of the previous hours.
Twenty years later. Detective Rob Ryan—the found boy, who has kept his past a secret—and his partner Cassie Maddox investigate the murder of a twelve-year-old girl in the same woods. Now, with only snippets of long-buried memories to guide him, Ryan has the chance to uncover both the mystery of the case before him, and that of his own shadowy past.
"Readers who like their hard-boiled police procédurals with an international flair will love [In... Tovább

Fülszöveg

WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD
FDR BEST FIRST NDVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHDR
A LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST
THE DEBUT NOVEL OF AN ASTONISHING NEW VOICE IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE In Tana French's powerful debut thriller, three children leave their small Dublin neighborhood to play in the surrounding woods. Hours later, their mothers' calls go unanswered. When the police arrive, they find only one of the children, gripping a tree trunk in terror, wearing blood-filled sneakers, and unable to recall a single detail of the previous hours.
Twenty years later. Detective Rob Ryan—the found boy, who has kept his past a secret—and his partner Cassie Maddox investigate the murder of a twelve-year-old girl in the same woods. Now, with only snippets of long-buried memories to guide him, Ryan has the chance to uncover both the mystery of the case before him, and that of his own shadowy past.
"Readers who like their hard-boiled police procédurals with an international flair will love [In the Woods]." —USA TODAY
"Tana French's intense debut novel. In the Woods, is part whodunit, part psychological thriller, and wholly successful. . . . French's plot twists and turns will bamboozle even the most astute reader. . . . A well-written, expertly plotted thriller."
-Nancy Pearl, correspondent for NPR's MORNING EDITION
"Even smart people who should know better will be able to lose themselves in these dark woods."
-Marilyn Stasio, THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Vissza