Product Details

[Title] The God of the Woods [Genre] Literary Mystery / Psychological Thriller / Historical Fiction / Family Saga [Blurb] In August 1975, thirteen-year-old Barbara Van Laar disappears from her bunk at the summer camp owned by her wealthy family. Her disappearance is especially chilling: fourteen years earlier, her older brother vanished from the same property and was never found. As the search intensifies, long-buried secrets begin to surface, exposing the complicated history of the Van Laar family and the working-class community surrounding them. Told across multiple timelines and perspectives, The God of the Woods is an atmospheric mystery about family, privilege, power, and the lasting consequences of buried trauma. [Key Tropes] Missing Person Mystery, Dual Timeline, Multiple POVs, Cold Case, Summer Camp Setting, Wealthy Family Secrets, Small-Town Mystery, Female Investigator, Class Divide, Dysfunctional Family, Atmospheric Setting, Unreliable Characters, Past and Present Collide [Trigger Warnings] Missing children, child death, murder, grief, alcoholism, addiction, drug use, domestic abuse, child abuse, emotional and physical abuse, toxic relationships, sexual assault, adult/minor relationship, misogyny, sexism, forced institutionalization, mental illness, dementia, animal death, blood, violence, and injury. [Spice Level] 1/5 — No Spice. Contains brief sexual content and references to sexual assault, but romance and explicit intimacy are not a focus. [Condition] Like New [Condition Notes] No visible flaws or notable wear. The hardcover, dust jacket, spine, and pages are clean and in excellent condition.