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The Woods | 
 enlarge | Author: Harlan Coben
Creator: Scott Brick
Publisher: Brilliance Audio on CD
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  182 reviews
Sales Rank: 890706
Format: Abridged, Audiobook, Cd
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Abridged
Number Of Items: 5
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Dimensions (in): 7 x 5.4 x 1.5
ISBN: 1597376434
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781597376433
ASIN: 1597376434
Publication Date: April 17, 2007
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Product Description
Twenty years ago, four teenagers at summer camp walked into the woods at night. Two were found murdered, and the others were never seen again. Four families had their lives changed forever. Now, two decades later, they are about to change again.
For Paul Copeland, the county prosecutor of Essex, New Jersey, mourning the loss of his sister has only recently begun to subside. Cope, as he is known, is now dealing with raising his six-year-old daughter as a single father after his wife has died of cancer. Balancing family life and a rapidly ascending career as a prosecutor distracts him from his past traumas, but only for so long. When a homicide victim is found with evidence linking him to Cope, the well-buried secrets of the prosecutors family are threatened.
Is this homicide victim one of the campers who disappeared with his sister? Could his sister be alive? Cope has to confront so much he left behind that summer twenty years ago: his first love, Lucy; his mother, who abandoned the family; and the secrets that his Russian parents might have been hiding even from their own children. Cope must decide what is better left hidden in the dark and what truths can be brought to the light.
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 Suspense Packed Book! October 10, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
The star of this book is Paul Copeland the Essex County Prosecutor. He
and his former girlfriend Lucy Gold were involved in an incident at a summer camp. Two teenagers were murdered and two more dissapeared. One of
the dissapearing teenagers was Copeland's sister. Wayne Steubens the Summer Slasher was convicted of the murders. One of the missing teens,Gil Perez is finally found,a murder victim. Copeland begins to wonder if hif sister Camille could be alive as well. Copeland is involved in a high profile case. Pressure is being applied to stop his prosecution of two
wealthy college kids. Besides all of this he is raising a 6 year old daughter as well. There are many twists and turns as thie camp mystery
is unraveled. Deep unknown secrets are uncovered as this story evolves.
This is an excellent thriller that you should take time to read. You will
enjoy this book.
a very readable and *controlled* mystery by Coben October 9, 2008
Harlan Coben is one of my favorite mystery writers. His prose is very readable and easy flowing. Dialog and characterizations are always excellent. 'The Woods' have all these fine qualities. However Coben has a tendency to throw in too many plot twists in the end which often ruin an otherwise excellent read. And in 'The Woods', a story about people coming to terms with a multiple homicide which occurred twenty years ago in a wooded campground, the author throws in a few plot twists but they are mercifully restrained. And so overall reading 'The Woods' is an enjoyable experience.
Bottom line: although relatively short on any sort of "WOW!" factor, 'The Woods' is a fine mystery. Well done.
 Not Coben's best....maybe 3 stars September 9, 2008
Harlan Coben's series starring Myron Bolitar are must read books. This book, "The Woods," is not worth your time. No, it's not a terrible read, but it is far from Coben's best.
In this mystery/thriller, Paul Copeland is a big time district attorney who is still grieving about a camp that he helped out with while in high school. His sister and a few others were brutally killed at the camp....or were they?
Skip ahead twenty years. Copeland is a widowder with a young daughter. His life is not bad, but he still wonders about what happened at the camp out in those woods. The plots are everywhere as Copeland deals with a rape case involving an call girl and a fraternity house along with another political issue about his wife's foundation that raises money for cancer research. Oh, and there is a KGB twist along with a serial killer in prison. Confused? You should be.
The book was too long, too weird and too confusing. He meets his old girlfriend from the camp and the book just never got rolling. When it ended I was disappointed. Coben can do far better. Skip this unless you just want to read all of his works.
It Kept Me On the Edge of My Seat... August 28, 2008
Really great read. I couldn't put the book down. It only took me a few hours to read. It was thoroughly enjoyable! I highly recommend this for a light read.
Quite a Ride (Read) August 21, 2008
The central character is Paul Copeland, a county prosecutor in New Jersey. While in the midst of arguing the prosecution's case at the trial of two wealthy college fraternity brothers accused of rape, he is questioned about the murder of a man in New York City. This man's death appeared to be connected to an incident that happened twenty years earlier at a summer camp attended by the then-teenaged Copeland. It was believed that four youths were murdered one night, deep in the woods, although only two bodies were found. One of the victims was Copeland's sister. Copeland has long been haunted by the events of that night, for, it turns out, he was more than just the brother of a victim.
From this starting point, the novel takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride of plot twists and turns. I'm not a speed reader, but I finished this book in record time (for me) because I was able to race through the extremely well written pages. The only speed bumps were occasional digressions in the form of overlong explanations as the story developed. Also, there were a few false conclusions, something like the amusement park ride that gives you a couple of extra shocks near the end.
But it was an exciting read (ride), well worth the cost of admission.
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