Deep in the Woods - Mica Merrill Rice

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Résumé :
Every small town has secrets. In this small town, some are buried deep... Brandon has had the same dream each night until one night, that dream begins to turn into a nightmare. The nightmare will lead him back to the small town where his his mother mysteriously disappeared 20 years ago and he is about to learn that the visions in his dreams may hold the key to her whereabouts. Together with his best friend, Madeline, he leaves the city to return to his childhood hometown, hoping that the dream will help guide him to get the closure he so desperately needs. But this small town is full of dark secrets... He soon learns that the town he once loved has a past that no one wants to talk about. And when Madeline suddenly disappears on his quest to find answers, Brandon finds himself thrust into the middle of a decades-long plot for revenge against his family. A killer has been waiting twenty years for his return and he will stop at nothing until Brandon is dead. With no one to turn to, Brandon has only his dreams and his intuition to guide him. There is something, or someone, in his dream trying to warn him and he will have to find the killer before it's too late--for soon, the nightmare will become his reality. ...

Sommaire:
A town that never forgets. A killer who hides in plain sight. A secret that refuses to stay buried. He thinks he is seeking closure. Instead, he finds a trap. Brandon Arroyo-Stone has spent two decades haunted by unanswered questions about his father's death, his mother's disappearance, and the why behind his recurring dream. When a lead takes him back to his secluded hometown in the Hudson Valley, he thinks he's finally ready to uncover the truth. A town built on silence. Brandon and his best friend arrive to meet the locals in the idyllic town of Greenville, who haven't forgotten the Arroyo-Stone family. And they will stop at nothing to keep the past buried, especially an outsider who is trying to dig it up. On his quest to find answers to his mother's unsolved case, Brandon's best friend goes missing, and the nightmare becomes his reality. The dream is no longer a string of hazy images-it's a map. Guided by the cryptic scenes of the woman in his dreams, Brandon must navigate a labyrinth of small-town lies. But someone is watching from deep in the woods-someone who has been waiting twenty years to finish what they started. In these woods, the truth doesn't set you free. It buries you. Deep in the Woods is a psychological thriller that blends small-town secrets with a haunting supernatural twist. Perfect for fans of atmospheric dread set in the fall, cold cases, and fast-paced reads that can be devoured in a weekend. ...