THE GOD OF THE WOODS

Listeners will be puzzled when 13-year-old Barbra Van Laar goes missing from her bunk at an Adirondack summer camp in 1975--and even more intrigued when they find out her brother vanished from the same location 16 years earlier. To complicate matters, the camp is owned by her wealthy family and is one of the few employers in the beautiful but economically depressed area. Narrator Saskia Maareleveld explores the impact the disappearances have on the Van Laar family and the surrounding working-class community amid the search for Barbra. Maarleveld delivers subtle drama as the fallout from both disappearances leads to complications no one expects. Maarleveld immerses listeners in this mystery, which is being hailed as reminiscent of Donna Tartt's SECRET HISTORY. N.R.S. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine [Published: AUGUST 2024]