From my bookshelf: In The Woods

In The Woods by Tana French
My rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

In Knocknaree, Ireland in 1984, young Adam Ryan and two of his friends disappeared into the woods near their home. Ryan was later found standing in the woods, his shoes filled with blood, in a near-catatonic state. He has no memory of what happened in the woods or where his friends ended up, and he’s done everything he can to forget the experience, move on with his life, and prevent people from finding out that he was the boy who came back.

Now, twenty years later, Adam Ryan has become Rob Ryan, and he’s a homicide detective. When a twelve-year-old girl is found murdered in a clearing where Knocknaree’s woods used to be, Rob and his partner (and very close friend) Cassie Maddox are called to investigate, and Rob, wondering if this murder is somehow connected to the long-ago disappearance of his friends, is simultaneously excited and terrified.

Tana French's debut novel, In The Woods, is creepy and page turning like any good psychological thriller should.  Often it made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up as I read through two story lines all centering around Adam Ryan.

While this book does not go on my favorites list, it was entertaining.  It would be a perfect read for a cold, stormy evening.  And I would most definitely read another book by this author.