What Lies in the Woods
A Novel
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What Lies in the Woods
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Karissa Vacker
About this listen
"Vacker's overall performance, especially her solid pacing, will keep listeners guessing."—AudioFile Magazine
"Clever and deliciously dark.”—Alice Feeney, bestselling author of Rock Paper Scissors
"Narrator Karissa Vacker, with scores of audiobooks under her belt, provides a pitch-perfect performance in what, for some, would be a tough ask. Vacker's voice is a solid touchstone guiding listeners through shocks and twists."—Booklist
They were eleven when they sent a killer to prison. They were heroes . . . but they were liars.
Kate Alice Marshall's What Lies in the Woods is a thrilling novel about friendship, secrets, betrayal, and lies—and having the courage to face the past.
Naomi Shaw used to believe in magic. Twenty-two years ago, she and her two best friends, Cassidy and Olivia, spent the summer roaming the woods, imagining a world of ceremony and wonder. They called it the Goddess Game. The summer ended suddenly when Naomi was attacked. Miraculously, she survived her seventeen stab wounds and lived to identify the man who had hurt her. The girls’ testimony put away a serial killer, wanted for murdering six women. They were heroes.
And they were liars.
For decades, the friends have kept a secret worth killing for. But now Olivia wants to tell, and Naomi sets out to find out what really happened in the woods—no matter how dangerous the truth turns out to be.
“What Lies In the Woods is a gorgeous fever dream of a novel about the dangers lurking in the hearts and imaginations of little girls. Kate Alice Marshall deftly charts a winding path through her creepy woods, doubling back and changing course to build a labyrinth of secrets and lies in which I was delighted to lose myself for hours. Hands down, it's the best thriller I've read in a long, long time.”—Chandler Baker, bestselling author of The Husbands
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©2023 Kate Alice Marshall (P)2023 Macmillan AudioCritic Reviews
“Utterly riveting. What Lies in the Woods is a stunner—dark, unflinching, and as twisty and sharp as a tangle of thorns.”—Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of The House Across the Lake
“I loved everything about this beautifully written and impossible to put down book. I was hooked from the first clever and deliciously dark page and couldn't stop reading. Readers will love What Lies in the Woods, an exciting new voice in the genre.”—Alice Feeney, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Darker
“Shines an incisive light on the secrets of a small-town community...Elevating this novel beyond the plethora of other thrillers is terrific writing…Great writing and boldly drawn characters bring a terrifying tale to all-too-vivid life.”—Kirkus, starred review
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- Harris
- 11-04-2023
Great thriller
Good read (listen) so many twists and turns, kept me guessing right up to the end.
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i predicted the ending
it was a decent ride. eventho i predicted the ending, i still enjoyed it.
light reading.
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- MARCELLA WATSON
- 09-03-2023
Kept me guessing until the end
Great story. Good narration as long as the it was a female but the way she read the males sounded like a cross between Humphrey Bogart and a sleazy stripper. None of the males try to impersonate a female when they read the female parts, why oh why do the female narrators try to sound like a male???
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- Anonymous User
- 27-05-2023
Unputdownable
A great, riveting and engaging thriller. Kept you guessing until the end. Beautifully written and narrated. Highly recommend.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-06-2023
Could not stop listening
I loved this book so much! It’s everything I look for in thrills mystery books and the narrator made it even more perfect! I listening to this non stop and finished in about a day or two!
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- Anonymous User
- 14-06-2023
Ehhhh
Couldn’t force myself to continue past half way - rambles and repeats itself CONSTANTLY, could easily be halved with the fluff removed and still get the entire story.
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- Melissa
- 16-04-2024
Hooked from the start
So many plot twists and countless jaw dropping moments. Always kept you guessing. Couldn’t stop listening, was always on the edge of my seat from the second half of the book. Karissa Vacker is such an amazing narrator.
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- Elizabeth Strain
- 11-09-2023
Amazing story
Honestly loved the depth of the characters and the twists and turns of this story!
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- Catherine
- 08-03-2023
Good Listen
Kept me interested throughout. Endings are the hardest and sometimes falls flat, I dont feel like this book did that.
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- Cath N
- 07-06-2024
Excellent book
Loved this, it kept me engaged the whole way and I smashed it in a day. A couple of things I saw coming, but it was still a thrilling story with great characters, plenty of twists, and good narration
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