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In the Woods: A Novel

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Steven Crossley

20 Hours 30 Minutes

Penguin Audio

May 2007

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The bestselling debut, with over a million copies sold, that launched Tana French, author of the forthcoming novel The Hunter and “the most important crime novelist to emerge in the past 10 years” (The Washington Post). 

“Required reading for anyone who appreciates tough, unflinching intelligence and ingenious plotting.” —The New York Times

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 silent woods. 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, 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 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.

Richly atmospheric and stunning in its complexity, In the Woods is utterly convincing and surprising to the end.

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  • Linda M.

    This is often rated to be Tana French's best novel, and I can honestly say that it was one of the best mystery novels that I have ever read/listened to. The plot is interesting, the writing wonderful, the character development excellent. A really great book. The narration was just as good.

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  • Rosana V.

    Probably the most senseless book I've ever heard. Wasted 20 hours of nothing.

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  • Judy S

    I loved this book! It was a mystery/thriller that kept me interested in finding out "who did it" and what happened next - but it also had a wonderful, detailed, evocative writing style that is far superior to most murder mysteries. I highly recommend it - it set a mood that I can still recall when I think about it weeks later. I can still recall the interesting characters - made very clear, and I can see the woods.

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  • Bob Stewart

    Not your standard murder mystery, this one. Beautifully written, with complex character development...I felt as though I was a part of each of the main characters in the story. It is very long (791 pp. in the written version, I believe), but well worth the time and effort. It takes a little while to get used to a book which takes place entirely in Ireland being narrated with a British accent (explained in the beginning, though), but the reader is excellent. This book is probably not for everyone...if you're looking for a detective novel in the style of James Patterson or David Baldacci, then look elsewhere. If you're looking for a finely wrought novel with very real people at the center of the story, this might be for you.

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  • Jill W

    Wish there were more! Loved all books in series. Excellent narrator!!

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  • Susie Pryor

    Tana French is a great storyteller. I found the book riveting. The author doesn't create fall into the trap of predictability (even when you actually wish she would!)

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  • lauri Preston

    tana french does a superb job of developing her characters, brilliantly making them so human as to render me frustrated and annoyed at rob's ridiculous decision-making. other reviewers have written about their dissatisfaction with the ending. i think the ending merely highlights the genius that is ms french. she writes truth in the fiction, and it's so believable, we're as upset by unacceptable outcomes as we would be with the kinds of crazy heard on the news. i loved it, even though i had no resolution or relief from the ending, the narrator was a wee bit too expressive, making most of the characters' dialogue sound rather excitable, with nowhere to go. if he'd tone down the phrasing, it would be nice.

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  • Peggy Stortz

    I'm not a fan of formulaic murder mysteries so I was uncertain about ordering "In the Woods." But from the very beginning I was spellbound--convincing characters, fascinating story: for 18 CD's I didn't want to get out of my car.

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  • Kevin R.

    Clear indication that this was an early audiobook production when they noted "This is the end of Disk 3; Disk 4 Begins". Nonetheless, the narrator was excellent, as was the book itself. Best of the Dublin Murder Series in my opinion.

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  • sylmcan

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