The Woman in the Wood: A missing teenager. An outcast woman. And a girl determined to find the truth . . . From the Sunday Times

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The enthralling new novel from the 10-million-copy, Number One bestselling author Fifteen-year-old Maisy Mitcham and her twin brother Duncan lose their mother to an asylum one night in 1960. The twins are sent to their grandmother's country house, Nightingales. Cold and distant, she leaves them to their own devices, to explore and to grow. That is, until the day Duncan doesn't come home from the woods. With their grandmother seeming to have little interest in her grandson's disappearance, and the police soon giving up hope, it is left to Maisy to discover the truth. And she will start with Grace Deville. A woman who lives alone in the wood, about whom rumours abound . . .

Lesley Pearse was told as a child that she had too much imagination for her own good. When she grew up she worked her way through a number of jobs, including nanny, bunny girl, dressmaker and full-time mother, before, at the age of forty-nine, settling upon a career that would allow her gifts to blossom- she became a published writer. Lesley lives in Devon and has three daughters and four grandchildren. Connect with Lesley and keep up to date with what she's been doing- Follow her on Twitter @LesleyPearse Follow her on Facebook @LesleyPearseAuthor Sign up for her newsletter www.lesleypearse.com

Fifteen-year-old twins Maisy and Duncan Mitcham have always had each other. Until the fateful day in the wood . . . * from the publisher's description * A real page-turner, a family story that is multi-layered just as you'd expect from Lesley Pearse, who is deservedly one of the world's favourite story tellers * My Weekly * A gripping new novel * HELLO! Magazine * Praise for Lesley Pearse * - * Heart-warming and evocative, a real delight to read * Sun * A narrative that gallops along, this is quintessential Pearse that will delight her army of readers * Daily Mail * Glorious, heartwarming * Woman & Home * Evocative, compelling, told from the heart * Sunday Express *