In a woods near Bath, a Halloween party is being attended by the pupils of the local school and at the end of the night, there is a dead body of one of the pupils. Ellie who attended the party tries to keep it secret from her mother, Rachel who works at the school and her father Ben, who is separated from Rachel and is the local detective. A good story with lots of twists and characters. This is my first novel by Hannah Richell and I look forward to her next.

My first experience of this author, and I found it well written, and a great thriller. I would recommend, a thoroughly good read!

A decent, quick read with a few twists and keeps your interest. The characters were fleshed out enough to matter, but not so involved. Typical teenage angst and weird school caretaker, it ticked many boxes!

An interesting tale on a creepy wood and the legend that lies within. Recommended.

After a Halloween party one night a young girl's body is found lying at a folly in the woods. The story follows the aftermath of this event in the week after with chapters split in to days and times so the timeline is easy to follow.
The chapters are split so we follow the story from the view of different characters which I didnt initially like and I thought made the story start a bit slowly however I absolutely zoomed through the second half of the book and found myself really resonating with the character of Ellie and her parents.
Shifting suspicions from the start right until the end makes this an absolute page turner. I absolutely thought I had it pegged until the reveal.

I loved how a local folk legend was carefully interwoven throughout the story toeing the line between ghost story and thriller.

Overall a really good read which I would highly recommend for lovers of mysteries and character driven stories.

Thank you to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for my Advanced Reader Copy.

A Tangled Web..
When a body is discovered in ritualistic pose in woodlands following Halloween night, people are afraid. Some people are afraid more than others, some with just cause. As an investigation begins, a tangled web is about to be unleashed. A carefully plotted and executed gothic suspense with a well drawn cast, both atmospheric and unsettling, and with a plot littered with twists. Compelling.

A good read with an interesting storyline and plot.

The characters were good, didn't keep me on the edge of my seat but a good read overall.

Thank you to Netgalley and Simon & Schuster for this ARC which I can recommend.

The dark night in question is Halloween, when a group of pupils from a private school heads to the supposedly haunted woods for a party, and one of them dies.
The story is told in real time, and from various perspectives, mainly Ellie, a pupil at the party, Rachel, her mother who is a counsellor at the school, and Ben, a detective who is Rachel’s estranged husband and Ellie’s father.
All the main characters have their own demons, there are secrets, drugs, modern angst in the form of social media, as well as stories of ghosts.
It moved along at a great pace, with well-drawn sympathetic characters, and lots of false leads. I read the final section with bated breath, and wasn’t disappointed by the ending.

Thanks to Netgalley and Simon and Schuster UK for the opportunity to read this book.

I don’t know what I was expecting, there was no description.

This book is probably a little too predictable for most longtime thriller readers but there is a good twist.

I think my recommendation would be mainly for those new to the genre who enjoy fast pace thrills.

I thought I knew where the plot was going and I was a bit sad that it was so easy to guess, but I'm happy to say that the twist was amazing. I really liked the story.