#11 - In the Woods

Book No: 11
Title: In the Woods
Author: Tana French
Genre: Suspense
Published: 2007
Obtained: 2008/Kindle
Completed: 2/18/08
No. of Pages:429
Rating: 4/5*****

In the Woods is not only a mystery but a look at how the past shapes everything in our lives, and how psychological damage that is deeply buried is always there waiting for a chance to pop out its head and say got ya’.

Adam “Rob” Ryan was the victim of a mysterious crime when he was 12 years old. He is found alive but the two friends he was with disappear and Adam has total amnesia regarding the events of his ordeal. Now as an adult he goes by Rob and has told no-one about his background except his partner Cassie, with whom he has formed a unique friendship. They are both detectives on the Murder Squad, and when a young girl is found brutally murdered in the same place where Rob and his friends were the long ago victims the linking of the two crimes is inevitable. Or is it?

Well written, intricately plotted and with characters that were completely believable I found I could not put down this book. For those who expect their mysteries to be tied up in a neat little package, beware, this book ends the way life often does; not every question will have an answer.