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The God of the Woods

By: Liz Moore
Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
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AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF 2024

WINNER OF GOODREADS MYSTERY & THRILLER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024

'I was totally gripped' DOUGLAS STUART

'Immersive and enthralling' PAULA HAWKINS

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When their thirteen-year-old daughter Barbara goes missing at summer camp, all eyes fall on the Van Laar family.

They're cold, rich people. They own the camp. And it's happened to them before.

Fourteen years ago their little boy, Bear, vanished without a trace.

Two children lost to the same wilderness.

Is it a tragedy… or a crime?

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‘Brilliantly plotted and perfectly paced … I can't remember the last time I felt so entangled in a novelist's coils’ Clare Chambers, author of Small Pleasures

'A beguiling novel with a relentless grip. You won't be able to put it down' Claire Fuller, author of Unsettled Ground

'At once an immersive family saga and utterly propulsive mystery. Beautifully written' Emilia Hart, author of Weyward

‘A masterful literary thriller’ Lucy Clarke, author of The Hike

‘Riveting from page one to the last breathless word … This book flew by at lightning speed, but will stick with me for a very long time’ Rebecca Makkai, author of I Have Some Questions For You

‘Dickensian in scope … Very entertaining’ Vogue, Best Picks for Summer 2024

The God of the Woods debuted at #3 on the New York Times bestseller list on 21 July 2024.

©2024 Liz Moore (P)2024 Penguin Random House LLC Crime Thrillers Editors Select Family Life Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Mystery Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Exciting Fiction

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Editorial Review

“When lost, sit down and yell”
I’ve been a huge fan of Liz Moore since her memorable novel Long Bright River wowed me in 2020. It also kept me up all night, speed-listening until I finished the last chapter. When I heard Moore was releasing a new novel, not only did I know that The God of the Woods would be an auto-download, I was also prepared for another sleepless night. And sleep I did not. This haunting and heartbreaking story centers on a 13-year-old camper who goes missing 14 years after her older brother vanished in the same Adirondack woods. Alternating between present day and flashback, Saskia Maarleveld’s narration is captivating, echoing the story’s eerie atmospheric tension and rich complex characters. Her ability to convey deep emotions and suspense enriches this thrilling journey through one family’s troubled legacy that builds to a dramatic final act. I would gladly forgo another night of sleep to go back and listen to this one from the beginning again. — Margaret H., Audible Editor

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Kept you guessing, well written and read. Kept loosing my place a bit as chapters aren’t numbered as such but it was very enjoyable.

Lots of twists and turns. Couldn’t stop listening once it got going!

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I really liked parts of this - the beginning and the end, namely - but a lot of it seemed irrelevant or boring. I felt like I didn’t care about what happened to the characters a lot of the time. It was really well read, just the plot of the actual story let it down!

Too long

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I can always tell how much I love a book. I find myself thinking about the characters throughout my day. This was such a great story. Narration was 10/10

Character rich.

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A NYT Book of 2024. Interesting right up to the very end. Good narration, too. Definitely recommend!

Excellent read!

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Never really gripped me. Didn’t feel it got going. Very average in my opinion. Would not recommend

Not a wow

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This is a mystery story but more character than plot driven. The reader is excellent.
To be recommended

A cracking story beautifully read.

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Really gripping story and well drawn characters. I couldn't stop listening!
will look for this author again.

Really gripping.

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Listened to this on under a week. Great story a mystery tragedy unputdownable book. Good narration

Riviting

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for a story about kids going missing at a summer camp there are many other stories and characters involved. satisfying ending.

missing kids at camp

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i was pleased with the ending as it could so easily have gone a different way, so I'm pleased the author didn't take that route.

there were a lot of characters and jumping from one decade to the other, which made it a little conconfusing at times. But it was a good 'whodunit' without gratuitous violence

interesting story and good ending

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