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The Woods: the emotional and addictive thriller you won't be able to put down
Vanessa Savage
South Wales, Welsh, Crime & mystery, Thriller / suspense, Horror & ghost stories, Natural history
A chilling, superbly plotted thriller about two sisters who become ensnared in a local crime and the efforts of the only surviving sister to confront the unsolved mystery a decade later.
*** Don't miss the obsessively gripping new thriller from Vanessa Savage - The Night They Vanished is out in ebook and available to pre-order in paperback now***
'Highly recommended' Nuala Ellwood
'Tense and creepy . . . brilliant' Harriet Tyce
'Hooks readers in and keeps them dangling will the very last page' Daily Mail
'Without a doubt the best book I've read this year' Reader Review *****
'Spine-chilling in its intensity, addictive and twisty, this was quite simply an AMAZING read' Reader Review *****
'Utterly addictive and impossible to second guess' Claire Douglas
'Dark and thoroughly compulsive, a definite up-all-nighter' Kate Hamer
'Extremely sinister . . . had me frantically turning the pages' Reader Review *****
'I literally could not put it down' Reader Review *****
'Taut, tense and brilliantly gripping' Simon Lelic
'Immersive and eerie' Heat
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For Tess, her older sister Bella is her whole world.
She's smart and beautiful and popular - everything Tess isn't - and since the death of their mother it's just been them and their grieving father.
But now a new family has moved into the empty house on the edge of the woods, bringing with them a world of boys and alcohol, and Tess can feel her sister slipping away from her. Until the bodies of two local schoolgirls are found in the woods, and Tess is convinced that this new family has something to hide.
As events threaten to destroy everything they hold dear, Bella and Tess determine to bring the truth to light.
So the two girls go into the woods . . .
More books by Vanessa Savage
Praise for The Woods: the emotional and addictive thriller you won't be able to put down
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An unputdownable thriller that I devoured in a couple of sittings - Laura Marshall on The Woman in the Dark
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Kept us utterly spooked and utterly hooked - Heat on The Woman in the Dark
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A vivid portrait of buried tensions - Daily Mail on The Woman in the Dark
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Scary, pacy and compelling - Claire Douglas on The Woman in the Dark
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Claustrophobic and compelling' - Good Housekeeping on The Woman in the Dark
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Creepy and atmospheric - Amanda Jennings on The Woman in the Dark
Vanessa Savage
Vanessa Savage is a graphic designer and illustrator and the author of three thrillers: The Woman in the Dark, The Woods, and The Night They Vanished. Her work has been shortlisted for numerous prizes, including the Caledonia Fiction Prize. Vanessa lives by the sea in South Wales with her husband and two daughters.
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