The God of the Woods

THE RUNAWAY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ΓÇ£Extraordinary . . . Reminds me of Donna TarttΓÇÖs 1992 debut,The Secret History . . . I was so thoroughly submerged in a rich fictional worldthat for hours I barely came up for air.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöMaureen CorriganFresh AirNPR ΓÇ£This expertly paced thriller …has the kineticism of a well-crafted miniseries.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöThe New Yorker ΓÇ£Riveting from page one to the last breathless word.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöRebecca MakkaiNew York Times bestselling author of I Have Some Questions For You When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camptwo worlds collide Early morningAugust 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupantBarbara Van Laarhas gone missing. Barbara isnΓÇÖt just any thirteen-year-old: sheΓÇÖs the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the regionΓÇÖs residents. And this isnΓÇÖt the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. BarbaraΓÇÖs older brother similarly vanished fourteen years agonever to be found. As a panicked search beginsa thrilling drama unfolds. Chasing down the layered secrets of the Van Laar family and the blue-collar community working in its shadowMooreΓÇÖs multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz MooreΓÇÖs most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet.