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The Woods

By Harlan Coben

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| Hardcover | 9780525950127

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Twenty years ago, four teenagers at summer camp walked into the woods at night. Two were found murdered, and the others were never seen again. Four families had their lives changed forever. Now, two decades later, they are about to change again.

For Paul Copeland, the county prosecutor of EsseContinue

Twenty years ago, four teenagers at summer camp walked into the woods at night. Two were found murdered, and the others were never seen again. Four families had their lives changed forever. Now, two decades later, they are about to change again.

For Paul Copeland, the county prosecutor of Essex, New Jersey, mourning the loss of his sister has only recently begun to subside. Cope, as he is known, is now dealing with raising his six- year-old daughter as a single father after his wife has died of cancer. Balancing family life and a rapidly ascending career as a prosecutor distracts him from his past traumas, but only for so long. When a homicide victim is found with evidence linking him to Cope, the well-buried secrets of the prosecutor's family are threatened.

Is this homicide victim 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 twenty years ago: his first love, Lucy; his mother, who abandoned the family; and the secrets that his Russian 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.

Critics

  • The Woods

    Harlan Coben's breakthrough novel, Tell No One, featured a man who received an e-mail from a wife who had been murdered eight years earlier. The past plays similar tricks on the protagonist of The Woods. Paul Copeland, a county prosecutor in New Jers ... (read full critics)

    shotsmag published on Wed, 29 Sep 2010

  • The Woods By Harlan Coben

    Best-selling author Harlan Coben returns with a high-drama slasher thriller, The Woods. Twenty years back, four teenagers ducked out of their summer camp dorm rooms for a night of merrymaking in the forest. Two of them were discovered the following d ... (read full critics)

    bookpage published on Wed, 15 Sep 2010

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    Harlan Coben is a deliciously good mystery writer

    His plots have compelling, rich characters; his plots have wonderful twists and turns. I read this when I had some work to do and then stayed up far loo late to finish it. Few authors can grip me that well.

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    kensington said on Oct 29, 2007 | Add your feedback

  • Harlan Coben has a way of telling his stories with so much gripe, mystery and thriller. His plots are always so refreshing and original.

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    The Underdog said on Jan 25, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • A book about a county prosecutor who starts digging into the murder of his sister 20 years ago.

    This is my first read by the author and won't be my last. Just when I thought I had it all figured out, I was surprised all over again. A really good read.

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    Leahrussell76 said on May 7, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • I am quickly becoming a fan of Harlan Coben's books. There are so many twists and turns in them that you are liable to get dizzy. Just when you think you have it all figured out he twists the plot again, right up until the last second.

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    Heather Landry said on Jan 30, 2009 | Add your feedback

  • He is so good!!

    I never once could guess at the who or what in this book. Most mysteries I can figure it out but with a Harlan Coben book he just keeps you guessing. He also keeps the twists in the book coming to the very end. In this book I figured all was well and the second to the last page BAM another twist I n ... (continue)

    I never once could guess at the who or what in this book. Most mysteries I can figure it out but with a Harlan Coben book he just keeps you guessing. He also keeps the twists in the book coming to the very end. In this book I figured all was well and the second to the last page BAM another twist I never saw coming. I love that in a writer. Great book.

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    jazzescrapper said on Nov 21, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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