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A FOREST. A BOOK. A MISSING GIRL. BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR - TOR.COM Charles Hayden has been fascinated by a strange Victorian fairy tale, In the Night Wood, since he was a child. When his wife, Erin - a descendant of the author - inherits her ancestor's house, the couple decide to make it their home. Still mourning the recent death of their daughter, they leave America behind, seeking a new beginning in the English countryside. But Hollow House, filled with secrets and surrounded by an ancient oak forest, is a place where the past seems very much alive. Isolated among the trees, Charles and Erin begin to feel themselves haunted - by echoes of the stories in the house's library, by sightings of their daughter, and by something else, as old and dark as the forest around them. A compelling and atmospheric gothic thriller, In the Night Wood reveals the chilling power of myth and memory.
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In the Night Wood, Dale Bailey
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- Released
- 2019
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- Title
- In the Night Wood
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Dale Bailey
- Publisher
- Harper Voyager
- Released
- 2019
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 224
- ISBN10
- 0008329192
- ISBN13
- 9780008329198
- Series
- Rating
- 3.2 out of 5
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- A FOREST. A BOOK. A MISSING GIRL. BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR - TOR.COM Charles Hayden has been fascinated by a strange Victorian fairy tale, In the Night Wood, since he was a child. When his wife, Erin - a descendant of the author - inherits her ancestor's house, the couple decide to make it their home. Still mourning the recent death of their daughter, they leave America behind, seeking a new beginning in the English countryside. But Hollow House, filled with secrets and surrounded by an ancient oak forest, is a place where the past seems very much alive. Isolated among the trees, Charles and Erin begin to feel themselves haunted - by echoes of the stories in the house's library, by sightings of their daughter, and by something else, as old and dark as the forest around them. A compelling and atmospheric gothic thriller, In the Night Wood reveals the chilling power of myth and memory.