{"product_id":"the-counting-game-9781668099407","title":"The Counting Game","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eInto the woods.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCount to ten.\u003cbr\u003e Only one of us comes home again.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eWhen a teenager disappears from her small Irish town and a therapist is brought in to break the silence of the only witness, old wounds are opened in a search that becomes a race against time\u003c\/b\u003e--perfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eGod of the Woods \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Witch Elm.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSouthwest Ireland, 1995: Two children go into the woods. Only one comes out. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When thirteen-year-old Saoirse Kellough goes missing, panic grips a rural Irish community. Saoirse is not the first girl to disappear in the forest, rumored by locals to be haunted, and the only witness--her troubled younger brother, Jack--refuses to speak. Saoirse went missing when they were playing the Counting Game, a ritual believed to ward off evil, and Jack has sworn to protect the forest's secrets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Freya Hemmings, a psychotherapist still healing from a loss of her own, is brought in to help investigators break Jack's silence. As the race to find Saoirse alive accelerates, the search threatens to unravel a family facing the unthinkable. Everyone is a suspect, and the closer Freya and Jack become, the more danger they find themselves in. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Haunting and emotional, \u003ci\u003eThe Counting Game \u003c\/i\u003eis a suspenseful debut from an unmissable new voice in crime fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sinéad Nolan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gallery\/Scout Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668099407\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/09\/2026 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSinéad Nolan grew up playing in the forests and on the beaches of leafy County Dublin, Ireland. She was a regular freelance feature writer for the \u003ci\u003eSunday World\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/i\u003e and has had short stories shortlisted for the Momaya Press Awards and the Francis McManus Awards for RTE Radio. Apart from writing, she works in private practice as a BACP Registered Counsellor seeing clients in central London.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Sin\u0026#195;\u0026#169;ad Nolan \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47834217480349,"sku":"9781668099407","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_3db1656b-83f4-4833-a467-9ad61c670403.jpg?v=1776146640","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-counting-game-9781668099407","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}