In August of 1975, Barbara Van Laar is missing from the overnight camp that her wealthy New York family owns. Coincidentally, fourteen years ago her older brother, Peter Van Laar IV(nicknamed Bear) went missing on the same property and his body has never been recovered. Is it a coincidence? Is it the same perpetrator? Going back and forth in time from the 1950’s to 1975, The God of the Woods keeps its readers guessing who is responsible for the two disappearances and what is his/her motivation.

For me this the ideal airplane read. It is a page turner-a mystery that is more than a mystery. The God of the Woods has a lot of characters, and it often switches from past to present, so it does require a fair amount of concentration.