The Cardboard Box
What's in the Box? The cardboard box in the basement of the police station is like a smaller, sadder version of the woods. Rob's crime occurred about twenty years ago and, frankly, no one cares exc...
Move the Motorway
Red Herring HighwayThe Move the Motorway campaign is one of the novel's red herrings. A highway is going to be built through Knocknaree, and some people don't want it, because the historic woods wi...
Sam's Map
A Map of the WorldDuring the investigation, Sam draws a neat little map of Knocknaree, and Rob hates it. He says, "It got on my nerves for reasons I couldn't quite define. It was the perfection of...
The Secret Garden
It's a Secret to EveryoneAs Rob tries to remember details of what happened in 1984, he remembers something that couldn't possibly be true, a secret garden in the woods, peaceful and quiet. Not just...
Arrowhead
At the end of In the Woods, Rob goes back, er, in the woods one last time. The woods are about to be bulldozed for the highway, and Rob chats up one of the construction workers. The worker has foun...