{"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\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gallery\/Scout Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668099407\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/09\/2026 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sin\u0026#195;\u0026#169;ad Nolan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52239367930037,"sku":"9781668099407","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_7f3eb388-7183-473c-8ad7-def88cf80d15.jpg?v=1770917971","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-counting-game-9781668099407","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}