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The Counting Game

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

The Counting Game

Contributors:

By (Author) Sinad Nolan

ISBN:

9780008668983

Publisher:

HarperCollins Publishers

Imprint:

HarperNorth

Publication Date:

18th June 2025

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Other Subjects:

Psychological thriller
Myths and Legends / Mythic fiction
Contemporary horror and ghost stories
Family life fiction
Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world
Narrative theme: Social issues

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

336

Dimensions:

Width 153mm, Height 234mm, Spine 21mm

Weight:

270g

Description

Into the woods.

Count to ten.

Only one of us comes home again.
1995, Ireland. Panic grips the village of Drumsuin when a teenage girl goes missing in the nearby forest.

Saoirse is not the first girl to disappear in those woods. And when its revealed she was playing the Counting Game that day a ritual believed to ward off the forests evils old superstitions send the community into turmoil.

One person saw what happened to Saoirse. But 9-year-old Jack wont tell the Gardai. Freya, an English psychotherapist with her own history of grief, is brought in to help the investigators break his silence.

As the race to find Saoirse alive accelerates, can Freya make Jack talk Why is he keeping the forests secrets And who is hell bent on driving Freya out of Drumsuin before the truth is discovered

The Counting Game is a deeply haunting, atmospheric and emotional mystery, from an unmissable new voice in Irish crime fiction, perfect for fans of Tana French, Erin Kelly and Belinda Bauer

Reviews

To come

Author Bio

Sinad Nolan grew up playing between the forests and beaches of leafy County Dublin, Ireland. She holds a degree in Creative Writing from University of Derby and a Masters in Newspaper Journalism from Nottingham Trent University. She has been a regular freelance feature writer for the Sunday World, the Irish Independent and has had short stories shortlisted for the Momaya Press Awards and the Francis McManus awards for RTE Radio.

Apart from writing, her other profession is Counselling and Psychotherapy. She works in private practice as a BACP Registered Counsellor in central London. In the moments she is not writing, she enjoys watching true crime documentaries, travelling and reading. She lives with her husband and three food-obsessed cats in London.

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