OLDER FICTION
Elston, Ashley

The Lying Woods

(3) YA Boarding-school student Owen Foster's cushy life is upended when his father disappears after supposedly embezzling money from the family's influential Louisiana business. Returning to his small hometown, Owen and his mother deal with the aftermath and resentful locals. But a mysterious note from his father indicates something more sinister was afoot. Gripping chapters with alternating timelines slowly reveal the truth in this compelling mystery.

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