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The Memory Wood

By: Sam Lloyd
Narrated by: Emily Beecham, Joe Jameson
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"I was pulled into The Memory Wood from the very first page - it grabs you by the throat and doesn't let you go" (Shari Lapena, number-one best-selling author of The Couple Next Door)

A heart-stopping, chilling thriller about an abducted girl, the boy who can save her, and the terrifying cat and mouse game of deception and betrayal that they are playing.

"If you've only just arrived . . . then why do you want to leave?"

Elissa arrived in Memory Wood on the most important day of her life. The 13-year-old chess prodigy was competing at the English Youth Grand Prix when she was snatched, and then woke up in a makeshift cell underground.

Elijah has lived beside Memory Wood for as long as he can remember. He's only 12, but he's spent his life so far exploring every inch of it, and that's how he finds Elissa.

When he appears in her cell, Elissa assumes Elijah will help her; that he'll go to the police and give them the answers they desperately need. But Elijah doesn't want her to leave.

As her abductor's behaviour becomes increasingly erratic, Elijah's company is soon her only source of relief and Elissa realizes that this strange, lonely boy is her one hope for survival. Drawing on all her resilience and powers of logic to outwit him, their deadly game of cat and mouse, of deception and betrayal, but also their bond of friendship, will determine both their fates....

©2020 Sam Lloyd (P)2020 Doubleday Canada
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Critic reviews

"I was pulled into The Memory Wood from the very first page - it grabs you by the throat and doesn't let you go. It's an intense, atmospheric and truly original thriller. Put everything else aside when you enter The Memory Wood, including your expectations..." (Shari Lapena, number one best-selling author of The Couple Next Door)

"Brilliant writing, a terrifying story and characters so real it feels like you know them. If you enjoy dark, twisty thrillers that stay with you, read this book." (Samantha Downing, number-one international best-selling author of My Lovely Wife)

"Remarkable. Stunning prose and compulsive reading. It's undoubtedly the best thriller I've read in a long, long time." (Lesley Kara, author of The Rumor)

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