- Hardcover: 496 pages
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd (8 Mar 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340924748
- ISBN-13: 978-0340924747
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.8 x 4.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (106 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 415,247 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Wonderful, believable heroes and villains, a fantastic, driving plot that defies convention and keeps you guessing, and a stunning, shattering climax that will haunt you for weeks. But it also resonates with a deep, profound sadness, a longing for the simplicity of childhood, and the answers you can find in other people to the questions in your own life. It's brilliant. - William Hill, Hodder"
Marcel Berlins, The Times
`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.'
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.'
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
well worth the read - ignore the cover blurb!,
By perjam55 "perjam55" (Wales) - See all my reviews
This review is from: In the Woods (Hardcover)
I must admit that I like detective novels to have a well wrapped-up ending, the satisfaction of a puzzle solved, so on realising two-thirds of the way through this book that this wasn't going to be the case here I have to say I felt some disappointment. However, having taken a minute or so to get over this, I was thoroughly gripped by the plot and was hooked to the end. Great writing, very evocative of childhood and summer, and the way our memories can be very selective.
I would definitely buy the next book.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Enjoyable but let down at the end,
By Blue Cat "bluecat87" (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: In the Woods (Hardcover)
I really enjoyed this book which has two unsolved crimes running through it that may or may not be connected. There is a very strong plot here, it is just a shame that it is left partially unresolved at the end. The mystery of what happened to Adam and his friends in the woods is not revealed, and this is somewhat of an anticlimax as the story is building up to this throughout.
21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
not what the cover leads you to expect...,
By sarah "gherkingirl" (london) - See all my reviews
This review is from: In the Woods (Paperback)
Unlike many of the other reviewers I really liked this novel precisely because not every loose end is neatly sewn up like in a two hour TV adaptation.
I am an avid crime reader and I must say I was taken aback slightly by this novel as the cover is somewhat misleading and makes you expect something else...for me the strength of the writing was strong enough to overcome this and I had decided earlier on that this is a novel of friendship and human nature more than plot. I thoroughly enjoyed the vivid characters and constantly changing relationships and subtle humour in the novel as it made a refreshing change from the typical whodunnit with troubled jazz loving copper than saturates the market. Read this one with an open mind instead of taking the cover at face value and see what you think...I think you'll be pleasantly surprised with the calibre of writing!
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