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Horror Book Club featuring author Gretchen McNeil

They Fear Not Men in the Woods

From eerie classics to pulse-pounding new releases, embrace the thrill of chilling tales with fellow readers of all things macabre.

Meetings take place via Zoom. Registered participants will be emailed meeting information prior to the event starting.

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ABOUT THE BOOK

When Jen Monroe hears her father's remains have been found, she returns home to disprove his death, only to find the forests of rural Washington are hiding unimaginable horrors.

Seven years ago Jen Monroe left behind her hometown of Barrow, Washington after her father, a forest ranger passionate about protecting old trees from the aggressive logging business, vanished. She vowed never to return. Then she gets a text from her estranged mother: Her father's remains have been found.

It seems impossible to Jen, who had always believed her father was alive, and she returns home determined to find out what happened. When her ex-boyfriend suggests a camping trip in the woods in her father's memory, it feels like the opportunity Jen has been hoping for: to find her father. To find the truth. But what she finds in the ancient, impenetrable forest may be deeper, darker and deadlier than she could have imagined—and it has no intention of letting her leave.

Content Warning: This book may contain depictions of violence that may be disturbing to some readers. Reader discretion is advised.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Gretchen McNeil is the author of fourteen young adult novels for Disney*Hyperion and HarperCollins including the horror/comedy #MURDERTRENDING—the #1 YALSA Teens’ Top Ten pick for 2019—TEN, which was adapted as the film Ten: Murder Island for Lifetime, and the Get Even series which was adapted as the series Get Even and Rebel Cheer Squad: a Get Even series for the BBC and Netflix. Gretchen’s adult horror debut with DAW Books hit shelves in 2025, and the follow-up WE ARE FOR THE DARK—which has already been optioned for film—will be released this fall.