Something dark is walking in the woods, and it knows her all too well.Īuthor jen williamsAuthor Jen Williams is a two-time winner of the British Fantasy Award who, in addition to writing novels, works as a bookseller and freelance copy writer. Yet to do that, she must speak to Michael Reave herself and expose herself to truths she may not be ready to face. Teaming up with Detective Inspector Ben Parker, Heather hopes to find answers for herself and the newest victims of a depraved murderer. What did Heather's mother know? Why did she kill herself?Īnd how well can we ever know our own family members.

With the monstrous Red Wolf safely locked inside a maximum security prison, who is stalking young women now? The crime was committed in exactly the same manner that the Red Wolf once killed and staged his victims. The body of a young woman has just been found, dismembered and placed inside a tree, the corpse planted with flowers. Now Heather isn't the only one with cause to reexamine the murders. He has always protested his innocence, but the police have never had any reason to listen to or give credence to his claims. The “Red Wolf,” as he was dubbed by the press, has been incarcerated for over twenty years, serving a life sentence for the gruesome and ritualistic murders of several women across the country. Shortlisted for the Anthony Award for Best Novel Shortlisted for Strand Magazine Award for Best Novel From the Trade Paperback edition.Prodigal daughter Heather Evans returns to her family home following her mother's baffling suicide and makes an alarming discovery: stacks and stacks of carefully preserved letters from notorious serial killer Michael Reave. With the clues leading back to Holly's close-knit group of friends, to their rival clique, and to the tangle of relationships that bound them all to the murdered boy, the private underworld of teenage girls turns out to be more mysterious and more dangerous than the detectives imagined. The photo had been posted at 'The Secret Place,' the school's anonymous gossip board, and the caption says 'I KNOW WHO KILLED HIM.' Stephen joins with Detective Antoinette Conway to reopen the case-beneath the watchful eye of Holly's father, fellow detective Frank Mackey. Tana French is simply this: a truly great writer.' -Gillian Flynn Read the New York Times bestseller by Tana French, 'the most interesting, most important crime novelist to emerge in the past 10 years' (The Washington Post)-and don't miss her newest, The Trespasser, now available In this 'dizzyingly addictive'* novel, Detective Stephen Moran has been waiting for his chance to join Dublin's Murder Squad when sixteen-year-old Holly Mackey arrives in his office with a photo of a popular boy whose body was found at a girls' boarding school a year earlier.

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