In the Woods by Tana French

Rob Ryan feels like he is getting somewhere in his life. His past is completely behind him but when a girl is found in the small Dublin town of Knocknaree everything falls apart. He was the only survivor of an incident in the forest twenty years before. He begins to question everything around him including his partner Cassie Maddox. They have to go door to door to find out what happened to the little girl. Rob might finally get the closure he needs as well as helping solve a case where every time they think they have something, it goes up in smoke.

Ms. French has a fantastic story on her hands. It is full of twists and turns that were great! The characters were very brilliant and enjoyable. They came from every angle and motive. I was not sure who was behind any of it and the ending surprised me.

Adam Rob Ryan has such a difficult time with this case. He knows it could have something to do with the disappearance of his friends but he just does not know where to turn. Cassie is a woman in a male dominated field. But she is up for the challenge and willing to prove herself. I really liked her and how she fought so hard to get somewhere. The minor character I liked the most was their boss O’Kelly. He could be one difficult man but he had their best interests at heart. He didn’t want any issues of any kind to pop up in an investigation. The thing that I found the most odd was the Devlin family who Katy, the murdered girl, was a part of. They were so eccentric that it surprised me how they were able to even be a family. It really gave the story a great spin!

This was a great thriller! Ms. French definitely was worthy of winning the Edgar Award. A book like this was just scary enough not to be too scary yet the twist at the end had me shaking my head. I cannot wait to read her next book to see what she writes about next!

Tana French/Chunkster/ 464 pages/ Ireland/ Thriller/ New Author/ 4 out of 5

Definitely a great book. :) I would have posted it sooner but got busy and now working on more review books.

My June Stats and Reads

My Reads:

Love’s Reflection by Carol North 05-30-08 through 06-03-08 B
The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen 05-31-08 through 06-02-08 A+
Double Enchantment by Kathryne Kennedy 06-06-08 through 06-12-08 B
Kindred by Delany Scott 06-13-08 through 06-15-08 B
Master by Colette Gale 06-15-08 through 06-16-08 B
Department of Lost and Found by Allison Winn Scotch 06-16-08 through 06-17-08 B
Ties That Bind by Phillip Margolin 06-18-08 through 06-20-08 B
The Witness by Sandra Brown 06-20-08 through 06-22-08 A
Together in Darkness by Sloan McBride 06-23-08 B
Prophesied by Liz Craven 06-23-08 through 06-24-08 B
Burning Bridges by Anne Krist 06-24-08 through 06-25-08 A+
The Amnesiac by Sam Taylor 06-25-08 B
Gone but Not Forgotten by Phillip Margolin 06-26-08 A+
Chilli Heat by Carrie Williams 06-26-08 through 06-27-08 A
Wild Fires by Lisa Dawn MacDonald 06-27-08 through 06-28-08 A
Twisted Steel and Sex Appeal by M.E. Ellis 06-28-08 A
In the Woods by Tana French 06-29-08 through 06-30-08 B

My stats:
Total Books Read: 17
New Authors: 11
Fiction: 17
Non-Fiction: 0
TBR: 0
Chunksters: 5
Books I reviewed: 16
Memoirs/True crime: 0
Autobiographies: 0
Romances: 8
Mysteries: 2
From the stacks: 9
Books I bought: 0
PBS Sent: 1
PBS Received: 3
Total pages read: 5,259

Those are my reads for last month. :) I had a good month! LOL