What the Woods Kept

The scariest thing at Campsite Six was never in the woods. It was in her father's phone.Fifteen-year-old Josie expects a normal week at the lake - until her father's forced smiles, a text signed only "R," and a man in a gray jacket watching their campsite from the treeline make it clear that something has been wrong for weeks, and everyone but her little brother already knows it. As the family's carefully held-together week comes apart, Josie has to piece together the truth her parents are trying to protect her from, before it catches up to all of them at the fire.What the Woods Kept is a domestic psychological thriller about the fear that hides inside families - the too-calm voice, the unanswered phone, the trip that was supposed to fix something and instead forces it into the open.What's inside:- A wilderness setting used to unravel a family secret, not just a stranger-danger scare- A teenage narrator piecing together the truth her parents won't say out loud- A tense, escalating week that ends in a decision, not a rescue- A short, complete read for one sittingPerfect for readers who love psychological thrillers about families under pressure, told through the eyes of the child who notices everything first.Josie was fifteen the summer her father decided, out of nowhere, that the family needed a week at Campsite Six on the lake, a place they hadn't been since she was small enough to still think camping was magic instead of a week without wifi. Her mother had gone along with it too easily, Josie thought, the way you go along with something you've already decided to worry about privately.