In a Dark, Dark Wood
Nora hasn't seen Clare for ten years. Not since the day Nora walked out of her old life and never looked back. Until, out of the blue, an invitation to Clare's hen party arrives. A weekend in a remote cottage - the perfect opportunity for Nora to reconnect with her best friend, to put the past behind her. But something goes wrong. Very wrong. And as secrets and lies unravel, out in the dark, dark wood the past will finally catch up with Nora.
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A reclusive crime writer is invited to a hen weekend for a friend she has not seen in ten years. The hen party is in a glass house in the middle of a snowy forest. By the end of the weekend, someone is dead.
Yes. In a Dark, Dark Wood is a 2015 psychological thriller by Ruth Ware. It was her debut novel and follows a writer at a hen-night weekend in a remote glass house in the woods that turns deadly.
No. In a Dark, Dark Wood is a standalone. Ruth Ware has written several other standalone thrillers, including The Woman in Cabin 10 and One by One.
In a Dark, Dark Wood was written by Ruth Ware, published in 2015 by Vintage.
In a Dark, Dark Wood is 352 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, In a Dark, Dark Wood takes most readers 5 to 8 hours to finish.
In a Dark, Dark Wood is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
