The Boy in the Woods
Tommy Devereaux is a best-selling author of thrillers about female serial killers. He has a lovely wife, two great kids, a beautiful home, and heaps of money. But he’s hiding a terrible secret. When Tommy was a teenager, he and two friends witnessed the brutal murder of a young boy. After being threatened by the killer and fearful of ending up in prison, the boys kept silent about what they’d seen. Years later, the killer reenters their lives, and Tommy soon finds himself in a nightmare that could have come from one of his books. He senses that history may repeat itself when he’s dragged into a deadly scenario that makes him question everything he’s believed about himself and his life. The question is whether this time he will do what’s right, or whether he will once again succumb to the killer’s magnetic and awful power. Gripping, gory, and terrifying, this thriller is at times frustratingly implausible, but it’s also impossible to put down, and the shock ending will leave readers reeling. --Emily Melton