Silencio del Bosque, El - by Jess Lourey (Paperback)

About the Book

Two girls vanished. A woman buried alive. Between two crimes lie decades of secrets yet to be unearthed in a pulse-pounding novel by the Edgar Award-nominated author of Unspeakable Things. Summer 1980: Despite the local superstition that the Bendy Man haunts the woods, three girls go into a Minnesota forest. Only one comes out, dead silent, her memory gone. The mystery of the Taken Ones captures the nation. Summer 2022: Cold case detective Van Reed and forensic scientist Harry Steinbeck are assigned a disturbing homicide--a woman buried alive, clutching a heart charm necklace belonging to one of the vanished girls. Van follows her gut. Harry trusts in facts. They're both desperate to catch a killer before he kills again. They have something else in common: each has ties to the original case in ways they're reluctant to share. As Van and Harry connect the crimes of the past and the present, Van struggles with memories of her own nightmarish childhood--and the fear that uncovering the truth of the Taken Ones will lead her down a path from which she, too, may never return.

About the Author

Jess Lourey writes about secrets. Nominated for the Edgar Awards, a bestseller on Amazon, winner of the International Thriller Award, Anthony Award and Minnesota Book Award, she is the author of crime novels, non-fiction, children's books, young adult adventures and magical realism. She has over a million readers worldwide. She was also a professor of creative writing and sociology, has received The Loft's Excellence in Teaching scholarship, is a Psychology Today blogger, and TEDx presenter. When she's not reading, traveling or fostering kittens, you'll find her writing her next story.