CROOKEDWOOD by Liza Costello, read by Aoife McMahon - audiobook extract
b"One person's banished memory is another's unfinished business.\\n\\nCrookedwood, quiet Irish midlands town, place of secrets, past and present. Sarah left it behind years ago for life in the city, where she's now a rising star of the Dublin culinary scene.\\n\\nShe's home to help her mother sell the family farm. One evening, while out walking in the nearby woods, Sarah is chased by a man and his vicious dog, narrowly escaping injury. In the days to follow\\u2014as painful memories resurface of another dark night in the woods years before\\u2014further unsettling events unfold, and Sarah becomes convinced that she is under threat, despite the reassurances of those close to her.\\n\\nWhat might she have stumbled upon on her walk? Who could be after her, and why? As Sarah closes in on hidden agendas at work in the town, dangerous forces close in on her. \\n\\nIt soon becomes clear that, in order to survive, Sarah must return to the dark place where it all began.\\n\\nCrookedwood is a compulsive psychological thriller about buried trauma, small-town vendettas and how, in the dark woods, the only person who can save you is yourself."