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Book Review of In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, Bk 1)

In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, Bk 1)
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Three children go off to play in the woods. Hours later when they don't return, the parents call the police. the police find only one of the children gripping the trunk of a tree wearing blood-filled sneakers and unable to recall a single detail.

20 years later, Detective Rob Ryan is the boy who was found, although he has kept that part of his life secret even to his good friend and partner Cassie Maddox. Then as part as the Dublin Murder Squad, he and Cassie are assigned to the case of a 12 year old girl, killed in the same woods, where he was found. Knowing that if he tells his supervisor who he really is, he'll be pulled off the case and he doesn't want that. He wants to find the killer but he also wants to know what happened to him and his friends 20 years ago.

This is a great first novel and just when you think you know the ending, you'll be suprizsd.