The Edge of the Woods
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Pub Date 27 Aug 2026 | Archive Date Not set
Avon Books UK | Avon
Description
Two survivors. One killer?
After narrowly escaping a serial killer, Isla has rebuilt her life. She has a devoted husband, two beautiful children, and a career helping other women survive the kind of trauma she knows all too well. The past is a locked box – until a girl is found with eerily familiar injuries, running down the verge of the very same highway where Isla was saved.
These wounds were meant to have died with the man who gave them to her. But as Isla begins to unravel the girl’s story, the lines between memory and reality blur. Is this a copycat? A cruel coincidence? Or could the man who once hunted her still be out there?
To protect her family – and herself – Isla must confront the truth she buried. Because some monsters never really disappear…
The Edge of the Woods is the unmissable new thriller from the USA Today bestseller, master of edge-of-your-seat reading and screenwriter of Netflix Original movie, The Weekend Away.
PRAISE FOR SARAH ALDERSON*The USA Today bestseller*
‘This is an exhilarating ride where nothing is what it seems… Good luck getting anything else done until you've turned the final page.’ Heat
‘Fast-moving and beautifully told, it is hard to put down.’ Daily Mail
‘Compelling, timely, yet very original all at once.’ Elodie Harper
‘Absolutely loved this… dark and satirical.’ Claire McGowan
‘An edge-of-your-seat, page-flipping, stay-up-all-night, heart-racing suspense thriller!’ Real Reviewer
‘Holy mother of…! This book was SO good. I devoured it…You NEED to read this!’ Real Reviewer
‘Holy cr*p! This is good! Riveting, exciting…kept me guessing. Loved it!’ Real Reviewer
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9780008829209 |
| PRICE | £2.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 384 |
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Average rating from 31 members
Featured Reviews
Gordon J, Reviewer
The Edge Of The Woods is a standalone thriller featuring Boston psychologist Isla. Having rebuilt her life after being abducted, she takes comfort in knowing her captor is dead. But then a young woman comes into her hospital with identical injuries to her own in very similar circumstances. Is this the same killer? A copycat?
Isla investigates, her mental health deteriorating as she seeks the truth, and her family fears the obsession is taking over. But is Isla actually onto something?
The twin narrative runs in the present and gives some detail of Isla's captivity. It's dark and in places a difficult read, but gripping. My one qualm is that the eventual revelation comes from nowhere. It's not an entirely satisfactory ending to a very good novel.
Dan B, Reviewer
I’ve been a fan of Sarah Alderson since The Cabin In The Woods and couldn’t wait to read this.
Isla works as a trauma counsellor on an ER ward, a patient comes in with injuries that remind her of her own, when she escaped the captivity of a twisted serial killer. Her captor was convicted and died in prison, is there a new Monster on the hunt?
It blends captivity thriller, a hunt for the killer and reinvesting old crimes with ever increasing pressure on Isla as she neglects work, her husband and children in her obsessive hunt. Very tense, dark and addictive.
I couldn’t put it down. Highly recommended.
Thanks to Netgalley and Avon Books UK
Judy O, Reviewer
4. 5 stars which I will gladly round up to 5.
The Edge of the Woods is a dark and gripping read from start to finish and you will be turning those pages as quickly as you can.
The book is terrifying at times and you will be holdiing your breath and hoping for the best for the girls.
When a Jane Doe who is badly injured is found running along the side of the road , memories for Isla come back with a vengenace.
She starts seeing the monster that did the same to her but is it her memories resurfacing or can he really be alive.
The pace is relentless, the tension is palpable as Isla tries desperatley to search for answers.
Sarah Alderson leads the reader down that twisted path that has your heart racing and you gasping at the jaw dropping twist.
The Edge of the Woods is totall bingeable and one book you wont soon forget.
Thanks to NetGalley and Avon Books UK/Avon the privilege of reading and reviewing The Edge of the Woods.
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