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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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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 . . .

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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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An excellent story well narrated. Very hard to put the book down. Would highly recommend it

Great book

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another brilliant story filled with all matters of twists and turns to make you keep listening till the very end

Drama

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was so good engrossing story line well read will read more of the author GREAT

was great loved it

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Absolutely loved the tale! I was laughing out loud, crying and even ranting with the characters!

I was a captive audience until the end!

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An excellent story. Not just the usual but something different. Would recommend. Great reader. Will try more from this author.

Excellent story

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