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The Woman in the Wood

A missing teenager. An outcast woman. And a girl determined to find the truth . . . From the Sunday Times bestselling author

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The Woman in the Wood

By: Lesley Pearse
Narrated by: Rosie Jones
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About this listen

Penguin presents the unabridged downloadable audiobook edition of The Woman in the Wood by Lesley Pearse, read by Rosie Jones.

Fifteen-year-old Maisy Mitcham and her twin brother Duncan watch their mother being sent away one night in 1960.

The twins are sent to their grandmother's country house, Nightingales. Cold and distant, she leaves them to their own devices, to explore and to grow. That is until the day Duncan doesn't come home from the woods.

With their grandmother seeming to have little interest in her grandson's disappearance, and the police soon giving up hope, it is left to Maisy to discover the truth. And she will start with Grace Deville. A woman who lives alone in the wood, about whom rumours abound . . .

 20th Century Crime Thrillers Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Romance Thriller & Suspense Crime Thriller Suspense Mystery

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Critic reviews

Fifteen-year-old twins Maisy and Duncan Mitcham have always had each other. Until the fateful day in the wood . . .
A real page-turner, a family story that is multi-layered just as you'd expect from Lesley Pearse, who is deservedly one of the world's favourite story tellers
A gripping new novel
Praise for Lesley Pearse
Heart-warming and evocative, a real delight to read
A narrative that gallops along, this is quintessential Pearse that will delight her army of readers
Glorious, heartwarming
Evocative, compelling, told from the heart
All stars
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A far fetched story with explicit sexual content. I feel this is not up to Lesley's usual standard. Most disappointing

Not one of her best

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Brilliant 😊 another super book by Lesley Pearse . did nt want to put it down

The woman in the wood

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!mother Lesley Pearce classic Although very harrowing in parts. A little predictable but good

good story

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loved it so much. one of her Best books to date. Just couldn't stop listening.

Woman in the woods

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Brilliant story telling from
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In a few sittings. Didn’t want it to end

Loved this story

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