The Woods

The Woods

by HarlanCoben (Author)

Synopsis

Paul Copeland's sister was one of the missing teenagers. Now raising a daughter alone, after the death of his wife, he balances family life with a career as a prosecutor. But when a homicide victim is found with evidence linking him to Cope, the well-buried secrets of the past are threatening everything. Is this body one of the campers who disappeared with his sister? Could his sister be alive? Cope has to confront so much he left behind that summer 20 years ago: his first love, Lucy, his mother who abandoned the family, and the secrets that his parents might have been hiding even from their own children. Cope must decide what is better left hidden in the dark and what truths can be brought to the light. And can he find absolution?O

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 448
Edition: Open Market Ed
Publisher: Orion
Published: 01 Nov 2007

ISBN 10: 0752882058
ISBN 13: 9780752882055
Book Overview: A stunning new novel about family, lost secrets and mistakes that can haunt a life forever. Harlan Coben is one of the thriller genre's biggest stars. He has won all the major US crime awards, including the Edgar and the Anthony. He is also a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller, a New York Times bestseller, and a multiple Guardian fastseller. Harlan Coben always receives incredible reviews: 'If you read only one American novel this year make sure that it is this one' Sunday Express. 'Coben's genius - and his most frustrating trick - is that he makes it all seem so obvious, then kicks your legs away before the end' FHM. 'Harlan Coben always has a good tale to tell, and he knows how to present it with elegance, pace and loads of tension' Guardian. 'One of America's top thriller writers. This is his best book yet' Daily Mirror 'A pulsing, pacy, devour-at-one-sitting thriller ... Coben grabs you with the opening paragraph and never lets you go. A class act' Observer.

Media Reviews
* 'If you read only one American novel this year make sure that it is this one' Sunday Express. * 'Coben's genius - and his most frustrating trick - is that he makes it all seem so obvious, then kicks your legs away before the end' FHM. * 'Harlan Coben always has a good tale to tell, and he knows how to present it with elegance, pace and loads of tension' Guardian. * 'One of America's top thriller writers. This is his best book yet' Daily Mirror
Author Bio
Harlan Coben was the first ever author to win all three major crime awards in the US, and has established at the top of the genre. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and four children.