The God of the Woods

By:

Liz Moore

Spice Scale

Number of books

1 Published

KU

❌

Audiobook

✅

Series Status

Complete

Interconnected

N/A

Overall Rating

Coming Soon

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore unfolds in the remote Adirondack Mountains of 1970s New York, where wealthy landowner Peter Van Laar's daughter Barbara vanishes from the family's summer camp, echoing the unsolved disappearance of her brother Bear fourteen years earlier from their opulent estate. As state police, including eager investigator Judyta Soroka, launch a frantic search amid tense class divides between the elite Van Laars and the dependent local workers, buried family secrets, camp rivalries, and community resentments surface to complicate the probe. The multi-generational narrative probes privilege, grief, identity, and hidden truths in a forested world where the woods themselves seem to guard its mysteries, without unveiling resolutions.

Jamie’s review

"The word panic derives from Pan, the God of the woods. To panic was to make an enemy of the forest. To stay calm was to be its friend."

I was on the edge of my seat, ya'll. I could not put this book down!

Teenager Barbara Van Laar goes missing from summer camp in 1975, the same property where her 8 year old brother Bear went missing 14 years prior.

I struggled a bit with the time hops, going back and forth between 1961 and 1975. But the author is GENIUS for making you question EVERYONE. No one is safe! A classic who-done-it with several twists.

One of my favorite mystery/thriller books I've read in awhile. Keeps you guessing until the very end!

"The word panic derives from Pan, the God of the woods. To panic was to make an enemy of the forest. To stay calm was to be its friend."

I was on the edge of my seat, ya'll. I could not put this book down!

Teenager Barbara Van Laar goes missing from summer camp in 1975, the same property where her 8 year old brother Bear went missing 14 years prior.

I struggled a bit with the time hops, going back and forth between 1961 and 1975. But the author is GENIUS for making you question EVERYONE. No one is safe! A classic who-done-it with several twists.

One of my favorite mystery/thriller books I've read in awhile. Keeps you guessing until the very end!