In our weekly look at books, we focus on Waterstones Thriller of the Month for August…
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore is a white-knuckle ride of a literary thriller that centres on the inscrutable Van Laar family and whether their odd reactions to the disappearance of two of their children hide a guilty secret.
When their 13-year-old daughter Barbara goes missing at summer camp, all eyes fall on the family.
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore. Picture: Waterstones
They’re cold, rich people. They own the camp, and it’s happened to them before.
Fifteen years ago, their little boy, Bear, vanished without a trace.
Two children lost to the same wilderness.
Is it a tragedy… or a crime?
Top ten chart with Waterstones of Norfolk Street, in Lynn:
1. Sleepwalkers – Scarlett Thomas
2. The Safekeep – Yael Van Der Wouden
3. The Black Loch – Peter May
4. Strange Houses – Uketsu, Jim Rion
5. The Place of Tides – James Rebanks
6. Rewitched – Lucy Jane Wood
7. The Hotel Avocado – Bob Mortimer
8. The Last Gift of The Universe – Riley August
9. The God of the Woods – Liz Moore
10. Supremacy – Parmy Olson