#142 in Thriller
The Woods
- 435
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 1 week on the list
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Our view
In “The Woods”, Harlan Coben braids an old disappearance, a new murder and a courtroom fight into one fast, twisting thriller. Paul Copeland, a county prosecutor, still mourns the sister who went into the woods twenty years ago and never came back, until a body turns up that points to that night. Some readers enjoy its twists and a hero who is never quite above suspicion; others find the outcome easy to foresee.
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About the book
Paul Copeland, a New Jersey county prosecutor, is still grieving the loss of his sister twenty years ago—the night she walked into the woods, never to be seen again. But now, a homicide victim is found with evidence linking him to the disappearance. The victim could be the boy who vanished along with Paul's sister. And, as hope rises that his sister could still be alive, dangerous secrets from his family's past threaten to tear apart everything Paul has been trying to hold together....
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.7 across 120 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 45% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Thriller average of 7.6. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.7 | 7 | 6% |
| Google Books | 8.0 | 7 | 6% |
| Hardcover | 7.7 | 106 | 88% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Woods?
It has 435 pages — longer than 61% of the ranked books in Thriller.
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