In a Dark, Dark Wood

In a Dark, Dark Wood

2015 • 354 pages

Ratings18

Average rating3.4

15

Someone's getting married. Someone's getting murdered. The next big thing in crime fiction - we've had toxic marriages, this is about toxic friendships Nora hasn't seen her former best friend, Clare, for ten years. Not since Nora walked out of school one day and never went back. Until, out of the blue, an invitation to Clare's hen party arrives. Is this a chance for Nora to finally put her past behind her? To meet Clare and learn more about her new friends? But out in those dark, dark woods, something goes wrong. Very wrong. And Nora soon discovers that some things can't stay secret for ever. In a dark, dark wood, There was a dark, dark house And in the dark, dark house there was a dark, dark room And in the dark, dark room....

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I read this after Woman in Cabin 10, which I did not like. This one is so much better! Parts of it were predictable, but it was still scary. Although it was told retroactively, it was well done.

June 13, 2018

Quite good thriller! Bit cliche at time at times but I liked the ending and thought the characters were generally unlikeable in a good way. Picked it up after reading The Turn of the Key by her last year and think this was better!

February 21, 2023

A Fun Enough Lark

The plot is silly thriller territory. The villain isn't really a surprise. But I was sufficiently entertained. Points for not boring me. I am tired of the fraught female friendship trope in thrillers though.

May 8, 2021

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