The God of the Woods by Liz Moore is a novel published in 2024 on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3WKjdch

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It tells the story of Camp Emerson, a summer camp in the Adirondack Mountains, and the mysterious disappearances that plague it. In 1961, eight-year-old Bear Van Laar, a camper and son of the wealthy family who owns the Preserve on which the camp sits, vanishes without a trace. Decades later, in 1975, a teenage camper named Barbara Van Laar also goes missing, prompting a police investigation led by Investigator Judyta Luptack. As Judy investigates, she uncovers a web of secrets and lies surrounding the Van Laar family and Camp Emerson.

The novel explores them ...