Liz Moore

Hay quien dice que lo que les pasó a los Van Laar fue una tragedia.Hay quien dice que se lo merecían.A primera hora de una mañana de agosto de 1975, un monitor de un campamento de verano descubre una litera vacia. Barbara Van Laar, la hija de los dueños del campamento, ha desaparecido. Pero no es la primera vez que sucede algo asi en esa familia: hace quince años, el hermano de Barbara tambien desaparecio sin dejar rastro. ¿Como es posible que haya vuelto a pasar?A partir de este inquietante comienzo, Liz Moore urde un drama lleno de matices emocionales e impulsado por un doble misterio. Persiguiendo los muchos secretos de la familia Van Laar y de la comunidad que trabaja a su sombra, las multiples tramas dramaticas de Moore llevaran a los lectores hasta los corazones de unos personajes cuyas vidas cambiaran para siempre a raiz de este verano lleno de acontecimientos.El dios de los bosques es la novela mas ambiciosa y de mayor alcance de Liz Moore hasta el momento: una historia de amor, herencia, identidad y segundas oportunidades, un drama emocionantemente complejo sobre las tensiones entre una familia y una comunidad, y una historia de secretos que no dejara a ninguno de ellos indemne.

GANADOR DEL PREMIO GOODREADS DE THRILLER 2024MEJOR THRILLER DE 2024 POR EL NEW YORK TIMESHay quien dice que lo que les pasó a los Van Laar fue una tragedia. Hay quien dice que se lo merecían. A primera hora de una mañana de agosto de 1975, un monitor de un campamento de verano descubre una litera vacia. Barbara Van Laar, la hija de los dueños del campamento, ha desaparecido. Pero no es la primera vez que sucede algo asi en esa familia: hace quince años, el hermano de Barbara tambien desaparecio sin dejar rastro. ¿Como es posible que haya vuelto a pasar? A partir de este inquietante comienzo, Liz Moore urde un drama lleno de matices emocionales e impulsado por un doble misterio. Persiguiendo los muchos secretos de la familia Van Laar y de la comunidad que trabaja a su sombra, las multiples tramas dramaticas de Moore llevaran a los lectores hasta los corazones de unos personajes cuyas vidas cambiaran para siempre a raiz de este verano lleno de acontecimientos. El dios de los bosques es la novela mas ambiciosa y de mayor alcance de Liz Moore hasta el momento: una historia de amor, herencia, identidad y segundas oportunidades, un drama emocionantemente complejo sobre las tens

When their thirteen-year-old daughter Barbara goes missing at summer camp, all eyes fall on the Van Laar family.They're cold, rich people. They own the camp. And it's happened to them before.Fourteen years ago their little boy, Bear, vanished without a trace.Two children lost to the same wilderness.Is it a tragedy or a crime?

GANADOR DEL PREMIO GOODREADS DE THRILLER 2024MEJOR THRILLER DE 2024 POR EL NEW YORK TIMESHay quien dice que lo que les pasó a los Van Laar fue una tragedia. Hay quien dice que se lo merecían. A primera hora de una mañana de agosto de 1975, un monitor de un campamento de verano descubre una litera vacia. Barbara Van Laar, la hija de los dueños del campamento, ha desaparecido. Pero no es la primera vez que sucede algo asi en esa familia: hace quince años, el hermano de Barbara tambien desaparecio sin dejar rastro. ¿Como es posible que haya vuelto a pasar? A partir de este inquietante comienzo, Liz Moore urde un drama lleno de matices emocionales e impulsado por un doble misterio. Persiguiendo los muchos secretos de la familia Van Laar y de la comunidad que trabaja a su sombra, las multiples tramas dramaticas de Moore llevaran a los lectores hasta los corazones de unos personajes cuyas vidas cambiaran para siempre a raiz de este verano lleno de acontecimientos. El dios de los bosques es la novela mas ambiciosa y de mayor alcance de Liz Moore hasta el momento: una historia de amor, herencia, identidad y segundas oportunidades, un drama emocionantemente complejo sobre las tensiones entre una familia y una comunidad, y una historia de secretos que no dejara a ninguno de ellos indemne.

** SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING RENEE ZELLWEGER, LOUIE ANDERSON AND OWEN TEAGUE **Former academic Arthur Opp weighs 550 pounds and hasnt left his rambling Brooklyn home in a decade.

Kensington, Philadelphie. Dans ce quartier gangréné par la drogue se croisent deux soeurs autrefois inséparables. Aujourd’hui, tout les oppose. Mickey, l’aînée, la protectrice, a rejoint la police. K

**NOW A MAJOR CHANNEL 4 TV SERIES**SELECTED BY BARACK OBAMA AS ONE OF HIS BEST BOOKS OF 2020A New York Times bestseller and Guardian Book of the MonthThis flawless masterpiece deserves to be a bestseller.DAILY EXPRESSTough, tense and twisty - but tender, human and deeply affecting, too ... I dont have a sister, but when I finished the book I called my brother, just to hear his voice.LEE CHILDAn outstanding crime novel.PAULA HAWKINS, author of The Girl on the Train_____________________________________Once inseparable, sisters Mickey and Kacey are on different paths, but they walk the same streets. Mickey on her police beat and Kacey in the shadows of the citys darkest corners where the drug addicts and sex workers preside. When a string of murders coincides with Kaceys disappearance, Mickey is terrified her sister could be next.But in a community where death and murder is rife, will Mickey be able to save her sister before its too late?_____________________________________A remarkable, profoundly moving novel about the ties that bind and the irrevocable wounds of childhood. Its also a riveting mystery, perfectly paced. I loved every page of it. DENNIS LEHANEIt is by some considerable distance my crime novel of the yearIRISH TIMESOutstanding . . . an intense family thriller . . . The clever plot and involving characters set a high standard for this new year.DAILY MAILThis is a thrilling and heartbreaking exploration of the strain the opioid crisis puts on families. A masterpiece.DAILY MIRRORA dazzling, propulsive, humane work that not only bears comparison to Dennis Lehane and George Pelecanos but occasionally beats them at their own gameMETRO heart-pounding thrillerVOGUEcompassionate and enthrallingINDEPENDENT

__________________________________A remarkable novel, elegant, wise, and beautifully constructed.Roddy DoyleTommy Mays, Titan Records biggest act, is verging on a mid-life crisis; learning the hard way that a life of fame and fortune comes at a price. But things are looking up for his support band, The Burn, which could be a career-changer for Theo, Titans young A&R executive. Meanwhile, secretary Cynthia has her eyes on Titans latest rising star, singer-songwriter Lenore Lamont. But with a billboard in Times Square, is Lenore starting to feel the pressure?Set in the sleek offices, high-tech recording studios and hip downtown clubs of New York, The Words of Every Song depicts the realities of making it in an industry where glamour and fame can often conceal the harsh realities for those hoping to hit the big-time.

__________________________________A remarkable novel, elegant, wise, and beautifully constructed.Roddy DoyleTommy Mays, Titan Records biggest act, is verging on a mid-life crisis; learning the hard way that a life of fame and fortune comes at a price. But things are looking up for his support band, The Burn, which could be a career-changer for Theo, Titans young A&R executive. Meanwhile, secretary Cynthia has her eyes on Titans latest rising star, singer-songwriter Lenore Lamont. But with a billboard in Times Square, is Lenore starting to feel the pressure?Set in the sleek offices, high-tech recording studios and hip downtown clubs of New York, The Words of Every Song depicts the realities of making it in an industry where glamour and fame can often conceal the harsh realities for those hoping to hit the big-time.

A staggeringly beautiful meditation on love, legacy and the emotional necessities that make life worth living. Téa Obreht, author of The Tigers WifeBOSTON, 1980Ada Sibelius is twelve years old and home-schooled. Her days are spent in a lab with her father David, a computer science professor, and the brilliant minds of his colleagues.David is widely regarded as one of best in his field. That is, until he starts to forget things.When David is diagnosed with Alzheimers, Adas world falls apart. But when he leaves a floppy disk for his beloved daughter, she has no idea that the coding within it holds the key to a past that her father refused to talk about. Navigating her teenage years without his guidance, will Ada be able to piece together the father she lost?

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER and ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMESS NOTABLE BOOKS OF THE YEARA NEW YORK TIMES "BEST THRILLER" and "BEST CRIME NOVEL" OF THE YEARPEOPLE MAGAZINES #1 BOOK OF THE YEARExtraordinary . . . Reminds me of Donna Tartts 1992 debut, The Secret History . . . I was so thoroughly submerged in a rich fictional world, that for hours I barely came up for air. Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air, NPRThis expertly paced thriller has the kineticism of a well-crafted miniseries. The New YorkerWhen a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collideEarly morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isnt just any thirteen-year-old: shes the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the regions residents. And this isnt the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbaras older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found.As a panicked search begins, a thrilling drama unfolds. Chasing down the layered secrets of the Van Laar family and the blue-collar community working in its shadow, Moores multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moores most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet.

** SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING RENÉE ZELLWEGER, LOUIE ANDERSON AND OWEN TEAGUE **Former academic Arthur Opp weighs 550 pounds and hasnt left his rambling Brooklyn home in a decade. Twenty miles away, in Yonkers, seventeen-year-old Kel Keller navigates life as the poor kid in a rich school and pins his hopes on what seems like a promising sporting career - if he can untangle himself from his family drama. The link between this unlikely pair is Kels mother, Charlene, a former student of Arthurs. After nearly two decades of silence, it is Charlenes unexpected phone call to Arthur - a plea for help - that jostles them into action.

Considerado pelo New York Times o melhor thriller e romance policial de 2024, incluído na lista dos "100 livros de leitura obrigatória do ano" da revista Time e eleito o número 1 do ano pela People, Ecos da floresta conduz o leitor a uma historia de sucesses e segundas chances, mergulhando nas tenses entre uma familia e a comunidade ao seu redor e da qual ninguem saira impune. Em breve uma serie da Netflix!Manh, agosto de 1975. A monitora do Acampamento Emerson encontra uma das camas vazia a campista Barbara Van Laar desapareceu.No entanto, Barbara no e qualquer menina de treze anos; ela e a filha dos donos do acampamento, que tambem empregam grande parte dos moradores da regio. E essa no e a primeira vez que uma criança dos Van Laar some: catorze anos antes, o irmo mais velho de Barbara desapareceu de forma semelhante e nunca mais foi encontrado.Junto com uma busca frenetica, desenrola-se uma emocionante trama, com pontos de vistas de diferentes pessoas e epocas. Ao destrinchar todas as camadas do misterio em torno da poderosa familia Van Laar e da comunidade que vive e trabalha a sua sombra, a historia multifacetada de Liz Moore convida os leitores a uma rica e cativante dinastia de segredos."Uma joia rara, um thriller literario imersivo e envolvente. Um romance sobre o amor apos uma tragedia e sobre familias do melhor e do pior tipo." PAULA HAWKINS"Um romance que, no começo, e dificil parar de ler. E, a partir da pagina duzentos, impossivel." STEPHEN KING"Extraordinario me lembra da estreia de Donna Tartt, em 1992, com A historia secreta... Eu estava submersa em um mundo ficcional to rico, que passei horas sem emergir em busca de ar." MAUREEN CORRIGAN"Esse thriller ardilosamente ritmado tem o cinetismo de uma minisserie bem elaborada." THE NEW YORKER

From the acclaimed author of Long Bright River and Heft, a novel that allows us to take a peek behind the curtain of the music industryLiz Moore shows us the inner workings of an industry weve been fascinated with for decades. In these fourteen linked episodes, we meet a cast of characters from all the corners of the industry that weve come to glamourize. Theres the arrogantly hip, twenty-six-year-old A&R man; the rising young singer-songwriter; the established, arena-filling rock star on the verge of a midlife crisis; the type-A female executive with the heavy social calendar; and other recognizable figures.Set in the sleek offices, high-tech recording studios, and grungy downtown clubs of New York, The Words of Every Song offers an authenticity drawn from Liz Moores own experience and brings an insiders touch to its depiction of the music industry and its denizens.

**AS HEARD IN THE TAYLOR SWIFT DOCUMENTARY, THE END OF AN ERA**AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF 2024 WINNER OF GOODREADS MYSTERY & THRILLER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 I was totally gripped DOUGLAS STUART Immersive and enthralling PAULA HAWKINS At first hard to put down. By page 200, impossible STEPHEN KING When their thirteen-year-old daughter Barbara goes missing at summer camp, all eyes fall on the Van Laar family. Theyre cold, rich people. They own the camp. And its happened to them before. Fourteen years ago their little boy, Bear, vanished without a trace. Two children lost to the same wilderness. Is it a tragedy or a crime? - Brilliantly plotted and perfectly paced I cant remember the last time I felt so entangled in a novelists coils Clare Chambers, author of Small Pleasures A beguiling novel with a relentless grip. You wont be able to put it down Claire Fuller, author of Unsettled Ground At once an immersive family saga and utterly propulsive mystery. Beautifully written Emilia Hart, author of Weyward A masterful literary thriller Lucy Clarke, author of The Hike Riveting from page one to the last breathless word This book flew by at lightning speed, but will stick with me for a very long time Rebecca Makkai, author of I Have Some Questions For You Dickensian in scope Very entertaining Vogue, Best Picks for Summer 2024 The God of the Woods debuted at #3 on the New York Times bestseller list on 21 July 2024. READERS ARE SAYING I simply couldnt put it down! An excellent page-turner I didnt see the end coming I strongly urge everyone to read it and experience the magic for themselves My top read for 2024 so far. Actually, top read full stop A fascinating story with lots of ups and downs I did like the conclusion, very clever!! Loved this book from page one! A book not to be missed! I cannot think of when I have read anything so evocative A riveting read. If youre looking for intriguing characters, a beautifully crafted, slow and atmospheric mystery that feels incredibly intense, then this is the one for you

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF JIMMY FALLON S SUMMER READS BOOK CLUB SELECTED FOR BARACK OBAMA S SUMMER 2024 READING LIST I was totally gripped DOUGLAS STUART Immersive and enthralling PAU

A staggeringly beautiful meditation on love, legacy and the emotional necessities that make life worth living. Tea Obreht, author of The Tigers WifeBOSTON, 1980Ada Sibelius is twelve years old and ho

Un turbulento viaje al mundo de las adicciones.En un barrio de Philadelphia sacudido por la crisis de opioides, dos hermanas antaño inseparables se encuentran en una encrucijada. Una de ellas, Kacey, es una adicta que vive en la calle. La otra, Mickey, es policia y patrulla por esas mismas calles en su ronda. Ya no se hablan, pero Mickey nunca deja de preocuparse por su hermana. Un dia, Kacey desaparece al tiempo que comienza una misteriosa serie de asesinatos en el distrito de Mickey, quien se obsesiona con encontrar al culpable (y a su hermana) antes de que sea demasiado tarde.Alternando un misterio en el presente con la infancia y la adolescencia de las dos hermanas, "El largo rio de las almas" logra al mismo tiempo acelerarte y encogerte el corazon: una apasionante novela de suspense que ahonda en la adiccion y los formidables lazos que perduran entre la familia.

Un turbulento viaje al mundo de las adicciones.En un barrio de Philadelphia sacudido por la crisis de opioides, dos hermanas antaño inseparables se encuentran en una encrucijada. Una de ellas, Kacey, es una adicta que vive en la calle. La otra, Mickey, es policia y patrulla por esas mismas calles en su ronda. Ya no se hablan, pero Mickey nunca deja de preocuparse por su hermana. Un dia, Kacey desaparece al tiempo que comienza una misteriosa serie de asesinatos en el distrito de Mickey, quien se obsesiona con encontrar al culpable (y a su hermana) antes de que sea demasiado tarde.Alternando un misterio en el presente con la infancia y la adolescencia de las dos hermanas, "El largo rio de las almas" logra al mismo tiempo acelerarte y encogerte el corazon: una apasionante novela de suspense que ahonda en la adiccion y los formidables lazos que perduran entre la familia.