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In the Woods: A Novel Paperback – May 27, 2008

by Tana French (Author)

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Book 1 of 5 in the Dublin Murder Squad Series

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The bestselling debut with over a million copies sold that launched Tana French, author of The Witch Elm, 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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"[An] ambitious and extraordinary first novel...rank it high."
—The Washington Post

“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.”
—NPR

“In the Woods is as creepily imaginative as it gets.”
—USA Today

“Drawn by the grim nature of her plot and the lyrical ferocity of her writing, even smart people who should know better will be able to lose themselves in these dark woods.”
—The New York Times Book Review

Praise for Tana French

“When you read Ms. French — and she has become required reading for anyone who appreciates tough, unflinching intelligence and ingenious plotting — make only one assumption: All of your initial assumptions are wrong”
—The New York Times

"Tana French is the most interesting, most important crime novelist to emerge in the past 10 years."
—The Washington Post

"[Tana French] inspires cultic devotion in readers…most crime fiction is diverting; French's is consuming."
—The New Yorker

“To say Tana French is one of the great thriller writers is really too limiting. Rather she’s simply this: a truly great writer.”
—Gillian Flynn

“French is a poet of mood and a master builder of plots.”
—The Washington Post

“One of the most distinct and exciting new voices in crime writing.”
—The Wall Street Journal

“French does something fresh with every novel, each one as powerful as the last but in a very different manner. Perhaps she has superpowers of her own? Whatever the source of her gift, it’s only growing more miraculous with every book.”
—Salon.com

About the Author

“It has become increasingly clear that American-born, Dublin-based Tana French is the most interesting, most important crime novelist to emerge in the past 10 years." (The Washington Post) Tana is the author of the bestselling In the Woods, The Likeness, Faithful Place, Broken Harbor, The Secret Place and The Trespasser. Her books have won awards including the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, and Barry awards, the Los Angeles Times Award for Best Mystery/Thriller, and the Irish Book Award for Crime Fiction. She lives in Dublin with her family.

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Paperback: 464 pages
Publisher: Penguin Books; Reprint edition (May 27, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0143113496
ISBN-13: 978-0143113492
Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 1 x 8.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 3,186 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,411 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #337 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Mystery > Police Procedurals
- #443 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Thrillers & Suspense > Crime > Murder
- #971 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Thrillers & Suspense > Suspense

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Rodger Shepherd

Overwritten

October 28, 2016

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I gave up on the book on page 33. This is the most overwritten book that I have tried to read in years. The writing is so burdened with allusions and other literary devices that I actually struggled to follow the story.

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Diane Steward

Great book, depressing ending...

January 16, 2018

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Just finished this book today. I give it four stars because it was very well written and rivetingly intense. I could hardly put it down. However, I have to say that I have seldom been more disappointed by a book ending. There was not much of lessons learned, take away value or redemption here...let alone any happily-ever-after. SPOILERS AHEAD: The Murder Squad gets their man but loses the psychopath girlfriend who instigated the whole thing because of a technicality that professionals should certainly not have missed. I found it puzzling that the main character would excuse his lack of suspicion of the psycho girl with an aside to the reader to the effect that "she tricked you too." That was so not true! The partnering detectives "break up" in a very silly way and go their separate ways, with one so far demoted that I wondered why he stayed on. AND the opening hook with the disappearance of the children 20 years before is NEVER resolved and remains as much a mystery at the end of the book as at the beginning! All in all, this was an excellent read, but I am not sure if I will read more by this author as I prefer stories with a more positive finale.

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China Jewell Thompson

Horribly slow!

February 9, 2017

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The main character is completely unlikeable and the ending is utterly unsatisfactory. Please do not spend money on this book.

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nicnatmom2

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June 2, 2017

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This book had be under its spell. As someone who remembers copious details of my childhood-I couldn't imagine what it would be like to have that memory stolen by a tragedy that stole your two best friends. After the tragedy, Rob starts a new life at a boarding school far away. Then he finds himself back at his old stomping grounds as a detective investigating the murder of yet another child. Everything did not resolve itself the way I had hoped it would but it definitely have me lots of introspective thoughts! But really Ms. French- don't I deserve to know what really happened in the woods all those years ago???

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Darren M. Reed

One of the most anticlimactic books I have ever read (and finished)

February 11, 2018

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The book starts off detailing a bizarre unsolved tragedy involving 3 kids. To disappear without a trace in the last one is phoned with his fingers dug into a tree. Many years later that loan survivor becomes a detective and find some self involved in a murder case of a young girl from his hometown. The author tries to get us excited that there is some connection to the mysterious disappearance years before. The book moves slowly with out any real excitement or suspense.

Soon the detectives have some possible suspects. The family of the victim is involved of course.

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by the end of the book we do find out who killed the modern girl but never find out anything more about the original mystery. There is no connection. To make this book even less of a thriller, the prime antagonist is obvious, and the author seems to think we will be shocked...

Maybe some people were surprised... I have read a lot of suspense and thriller novels and don't see right through it as easily as I did in this one... If you would like mystery, suspense or thrills look elsewhere. This book has none of that.

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Helene Stephens

Beautifully Written! More than a Mystery of Lost Children. Exquisite.

January 15, 2018

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One of the best written books ever. French absolutely transports the reader to the scene through her poetic prose. All one has to do is read the Prologue to see it: "Picture a summer stolen whole from some coming-of-age film set in small-town 1950's." When I read that first line, I could visualize the summer day that French goes on to describe further as to its sky, which is "summer full-throated and extravagant in a hot pure silkscreen blue." It is a child's summer she is asking us to remember. a "summer [that] explodes on your tongue tasting of chewed blades of long grass."

This is an extraordinarily book! And when a shadow darkens that perfect summer, we can feel it. And Rob, one of the main characters, will always remember the golden parts of that day, but not when his two best friends disappeared, when he was left with a sneaker full of blood with no memory at all of what happened when the dark shadow of evil blotted out the sun. To adulthood, Rob will never recall the details and his friends are never found, never heard of, after that day.

Those woods in summer - Adult Rob (with partner Cassie) is now investigating a child's death in the same area. Of course, his tragedy in youth haunts those woods and Rob's mind. Is it possible there is a link between the two crimes? The author's language is exquisite, so wonderfully readable, perfect. I have read this book several times. My favorite scene: At one point, Rob tries to re-live his earlier experience in the woods by staying at the site, alone, and overnight. It is frightening, incredibly done, and so very real.

Another reviewer says that this book "is much more than a detective story. It is a great novel!" I agree.

After this, I went on to read The Likeness and Faithful Place. Both were excellent. But still, like Rob, I'm haunted by the visions that are In The Woods. A remarkable book and one of my favorites.

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