The Woods
A Suspense Thriller
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3.9 • 37 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES!
The bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama The Stranger takes readers into the heart of family loyalty in this twisty page-turner that proves that the darkest secrets are often closest to home.
Paul Copeland, a New Jersey county prosecutor, is still grieving the loss of his sister twenty years ago—the night she walked into the woods, never to be seen again. But now, a homicide victim is found with evidence linking him to the disappearance. The victim could be the boy who vanished along with Paul's sister. And, as hope rises that his sister could still be alive, dangerous secrets from his family's past threaten to tear apart everything Paul has been trying to hold together....
Cover Art © Netflix 2020. Used with permission.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Suspense master Harlan Coben’s twisty thriller revolves around recently widowed prosecutor Paul Copeland, who is mourning his wife’s death. Paul also remains haunted by the disappearance of his sister, Camille, from summer camp 20 years ago, so when he identifies a homicide victim as the boy who vanished with Camille, the cold case becomes extremely personal. Coben draws you into Paul’s growing obsession as he reunites with Lucy, his girlfriend from those camp days, and pursues the hope that his sister might still be alive. Coben peppers smart insights about family dynamics into the suspense, making The Woods an intense psychological thrill ride.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
At the start of this disappointing stand-alone from bestseller Coben (Promise Me), Paul "Cope" Copeland, acting county prosecutor for Essex County, N.J., and Lucy Gold, his long-lost summer camp love, are still haunted by a fateful night, decades earlier, when their nighttime tryst allowed some younger campers, including Cope's sister, to venture into the nearby forest, where they apparently fell victim to the Summer Slasher, a serial killer. Cope's intense focus on a high-profile rape prosecution of some wealthy college students shifts after one of the Slasher's victims, whose body was never found, turns up as a recent corpse in Manhattan, casting doubt on the official theory of the old case. Cope's own actions on that night again come under scrutiny, even as the highly placed fathers of the men he's prosecuting work to unearth as many skeletons as possible to pressure him into dropping the rape case. Less than compelling characters fail to compensate for a host of implausibilities. Hopefully, Coben will return to form with his next book.
