The God Of The Woods

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore is a 2024 literary mystery novel about the disappearance of 13-year-old Barbara Van Laar from a summer camp in the Adirondacks in 1975, which echoes the unsolved disappearance of her older brother years earlier. The story explores the secrets of the wealthy Van Laar family and the surrounding working-class community, weaving together themes of class, gender, and identity through multiple perspectives, including the investigator on the case.