Book guide
In a Dark, Dark Wood
A hen party in a remote cottage turns into a chilling reckoning with buried secrets and a past Nora thought she'd escaped.
Genre and trope pairingsThrillerUnreliable narratorThrillerBetrayalThrillerMind gamesThrillerSecret pastCrimeBetrayalCrimeWhodunnitCrimeRed herringMysteryUnreliable narratorMysteryBetrayalMysteryWhodunnitMysteryRed herringMysterySecret pastPsychological ThrillerUnreliable narratorPsychological ThrillerBetrayalPsychological ThrillerMind gamesPsychological ThrillerSecret pastPsychological ThrillerMemory loss
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About In a Dark, Dark Wood
Nora hasn't seen Clare for ten years. Not since the day Nora walked out of her old life and never looked back. Until, out of the blue, an invitation to Clare's hen party arrives. A weekend in a remote cottage - the perfect opportunity for Nora to reconnect with her best friend, to put the past behind her. But something goes wrong. Very wrong. And as secrets and lies unravel, out in the dark, dark wood the past will finally catch up with Nora.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Fast
Content warnings
- psychological distress
- murder
- suicide and attempted suicide
- alcohol consumption
- recreational drug use
- overdose
- nonconsensual drugging
- teen pregnancy recounted
- abortion recounted
- hospitalization
- blood and injuries
- forced hospitalization
- grief/loss
- gun violence
- car accident
- animal hunting mentioned
- racial slurs
- homophobia mentioned
