Into the Woods

by D. L. Mark

Overview

A powerful psychological thriller about secrets in a small English town from Sunday Times bestselling author D.L. Mark.

Thirty years ago, three girls followed a stranger into the woods.
Only two came back.

Even now, the girls who returned are unable to remember what happened, or what the fate of the missing girl was. Locals in the Lake District whisper about hippies, drugs and mystic rituals, but nobody has learned the truth.

Rowan Blake, a journalist struggling with debt and his past, has retreated to the Lake District to write. The story of the missing girl is just what he needs to rejuvenate his career.

Yet Rowan isn't prepared for the evil he is about to unearth, for the truth is far darker than he or anyone else ever imagined.

Into the Woods is a darkly captivating thriller perfect for fans of Alex Michaelides, Ruth Ware and Lisa Jewell.

Reviews for D.L. Mark

'An extraordinary talent' M.W. Craven
'Dark, compelling crime writing of the highest order' Daily Mail
'Breathtaking' Peter May
'A wonderfully descriptive writer' Peter James

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781800244016
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	01/21/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	448
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

D.L. Mark spent more than fifteen years as a journalist, including seven years as a crime reporter with the Yorkshire Post. His writing is heavily influenced by the court cases he covered: the defeatist and jaded police officers; the competent and incompetent investigators; the inertia of the justice system and the sheer raw grief of those touched by savagery and tragedy. He writes psychological suspense thrillers and historical novels, plus the DS McAvoy series (as David Mark).

Follow D.L. Mark at @davidmarkwriter www.davidmarkwriter.co.uk

Read an Excerpt

"Eve listens. Files the information away. Looks up at the smudge of grey clouds and can’t help wondering whether she could ever have tolerated a life like this. She reckons she could probably still play the role of farmer’s wife – she has the strong forearms and the round, red cheeks that she associates with the cartoon caricature version of the role. She just isn’t sure about the making jam and the beating eggs and making packed lunches for some taciturn husband. Can’t see herself rubbing blood and afterbirth off a new lamb with a fistful of damp straw. Can’t imagine tweezing white hairs from the black face of a champion tup. She’d rather just get on with what she’s good at. Get on with being a copper; a thief-taker.

Not that her single-mindedness hasn’t cost her dear. Her last three lovers have all told her she’s too much like hard work. She’s felt sorrow at the end of each relationship but she has never felt regret. She’s twenty-nine, a detective sergeant, a respected copper with a record that shows more commendations than black marks. She had to move to this little corner of England to take a step up the career ladder but she doesn’t view it as a sacrifice. She’s learning to love it here, in this dull brown blob in the top left-hand corner of the map. It’s only forty miles from one side to the other but the variety is such that on any given day she could be called to locations as different in character as the sun and the moon.

Cottages; castles; urban sink estates glaring out into the sea. She’d thought that all mountains looked the same. Now she feels able to recognise the different fells from description alone. She favours the wilder lands; the rugged mountaintops with their serrated edges and hidden hazards; sudden drops and concealed mineshafts; waterfalls that pound the rocks with a cold, endless fury.

She’s starting to fit in”

Editorial Reviews

'A lovely and atmospheric read, filled with magical moments' Samantha Tonge, author of The Winter We Met” —Richard Madeley, Richard and Judy Book Club, on Dark Winter

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