![]() ![]() I would rank her more Rendell than Vine, but Rendell at her finest, which is a pretty fine thing. Tana French is a first-rate writer, crafting gorgeous sentences and exhibiting total mastery over her storytelling. At least, until a possible connection emerges. When a body is discovered in the very same woods, Rob and Cassie leap at the case, with Rob swearing up and down that his role won’t be compromised by his personal history. Now, he is a detective on the murder squad and no one but his partner Cassie knows that he was once Adam. Rob was found with his shoes full of blood and no memory of what happened in the woods. When Rob Ryan was a boy, he went by the name Adam and lost his two best friends in a missing persons case that was presumed but not proved to be murder. Another customer snatched In the Woods off the shelf and the premise immediately intrigued me. Something character-based, with a lot of psychology and not too heavy on the forensics. ![]() We stopped into the murder mystery bookshop nearby, where I asked if they could request anyone who loves Barbara Vine, and likes Ruth Rendell but not as much. The other Sunday, Superfast Husband had to go to Home Depot after church, and since Superfast Toddler would certainly fall asleep in the car, I needed a book to read while listening to her dulcet snores. A murder investigation cuts too close to the bone for a detective who was once part of a missing persons case himself. ![]()
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