The God of the Woods (Penguin LLC US)

ONE OF NPR s BOOKS WE LOVE 2024THE RUNAWAY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Extraordinary... Reminds me of Donna Tartt s 1992 debut, The Secret History... I was so thoroughly submerged in a rich fictional world, that for hours I barely came up for air.

Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air, NPR This expertly paced thriller...has the kineticism of a well-crafted miniseries. The New Yorker Riveting from page one to the last breathless word. Rebecca Makkai, New York Times bestselling author of I Have Some Questions For YouWhen a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collideEarly morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk.

Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn t just any thirteen-year-old: she s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region s residents. And this isn t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared.

Barbara s older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found. As a panicked search begins, a thrilling drama unfolds. Chasing down the layered secrets of the Van Laar family and the blue-collar community working in its shadow, Moore s multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances.

It is Liz Moore s most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet.