The Girl in the Woods

MULTIPLE MURDERS. MULTIPLE SUSPECTS. NO PROOF.



Rebekah and Mark Walker find themselves in every parent’s worst nightmare when their dazzling and talented daughter Kezia vanishes after a night out. Soon they are propelled into the vortex of a fraught missing person inquiry.



Centring around the disappearance of an apparently captivating teenager, what follows is part whodunit, part police-procedural and part examination of the effects of the almost unendurable pressures on her parents, each dealing with the crisis in different ways. Her father becomes obsessed with pursuing his own investigation while her mother bottles up her emotions as she tries to keep her family together and marriage intact.



In a family torn apart by secrets, guilt and jealousy as the gradually building nightmare gathers steam, we discover a tangled web of intrigue: mutual suspicion, betrayal and sibling struggles.



As the days progress the mystery deepens. Strange and terrifying clues come to light, raising even more questions, while long-buried secrets of Kezia's friends, family and acquaintances - including a best-selling author - are uncovered with devastating consequences.



But Kezia’s disappearance is only the first in a series of apparently unconnected crimes. Detective Inspector Barbara Forster, heading the enquiry, must discover the pattern and reveal the chilling truth aided by investigative journalist Alice Myers whose own life is put at risk. But haunted by secrets of her own and an unshakeable belief that she knows the identity of the prime suspect - an obsession that threatens to end her career - she faces a frantic race against time, following a treacherous path that leads all the way to a dark and explosive climax.



A gripping crime thriller with a shocking triple twist you won’t see coming that ultimately forces you to question everything in this coldly harrowing exposé of the depths of human nature.



Revenge and unspeakable crimes converge on a small Peak District village in ... The Girl in the Woods.



Latest in the popular, gritty Alice Myers psychological crime thriller series and the best yet!



PRAISE FOR NORA JOHNSON (www.nora-johnson.net)



‘A COMPLEX PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER ... AND A PLOT THAT TWISTS AND TURNS LIKE AN OCTOPUS’