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Woods may refer to:

• Woodland or Forest

• Wood, solid material from trees or shrubs

• Woods (surname), a family name
• Woods Motor Vehicle, manufacturer of electric automobiles in Chicago, Illinois between 1899 and 1916

Media[link]

• The Woods (2006 film), a film directed by Lucky McKee
• The Woods (2011 film), a film directed by Matthew Lessner
• The Woods (album), a 2005 album by Sleater-Kinney
• Woods (band), a freak folk band
• The Woods, a novel by Harlan Coben
• The Woods (play), a play by David Mamet

Sport[link]

• Wood (golf), a type of golf club
• Another name for lawn bowls

Places[link]

• Woods, Oregon
• Woods, municipality in Liberty County, Florida, USA
• The Woods, neighborhood in Shenandoah, Louisiana, USA
• The Woods, locality in Sandwell, England

See also[link]

• All pages beginning with "Woods"
• Wood (disambiguation)
• Wold (disambiguation)

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For the defunct avant-garde metal band from Kristiansand, Norway, see In the Woods...

In the Woods
Cover of In The Woods
Author(s)	Tana French
Country	Ireland
Language	English
Series	Dublin Murder Squad
Genre(s)	Mystery
Publisher	Viking Adult
Publication date	30 January 2007
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	496
ISBN	978-0-670-03860-2
OCLC Number	191864570
Dewey Decimal	823/.92 22
LC Classification	PR6106.R457 I52 2007
Followed by	The Likeness: A Novel

In the Woods is a 2007 mystery novel by Tana French about a pair of Irish detectives and their investigation of the murder of a twelve year old girl. The novel won several awards such as the 2008 Edgar Award for Best First Novel By An American Author,^[1] the 2008 Barry Award for Best First Novel,^[2] the 2008 Macavity Award for Best First Mystery Novel,^[3] and the 2008 Anthony Award for Best First Novel.^[4]

Plot[link]

Twenty years prior to the novel's events, twelve year-old Adam and his two best friends failed to come home after playing in the familiar woods bordering their Irish housing estate. A search is called by the families, and the police find Adam shivering, clawing the bark of a nearby tree, blood on his shoes and slash marks on his back. He is unable to tell them what happened or where his friends are. His amnesia holds to the present day, where he goes by his middle name, Rob, to avoid the attention of the media to his famous case. His friends were never found.

The plot of the novel circles around the murder of a twelve year old girl, Katy Devlin, whose case Rob and his partner Cassie Maddox are given to investigate. The body is found in the same woods where Rob’s friends disappeared, at an archeological dig site, and the coincidence is enough to make Rob nervous, though he insists to his partner that he is fine.

Cassie and Rob have been partners for a few years and get along famously, teasing one another and completing one another’s thoughts. There are many rumors at the station that they are romantically involved, though both of them scoff at the idea, despite the fact that they live almost like a married couple, spending a lot of time at Cassie’s cooking dinner for one another, drinking wine, and having Rob crash on Cassie’s couch across the room.

Katy’s murder takes the pair along many lines of investigation. Her death might be related to her father’s protests against the new highway meant to go straight through the dig site, or one of the students on the dig might have attacked her. She might have been abused by her father or someone else (her mother, twin sister, or older sister) in the family. She might have been previously poisoned over time. Or it might be related to the disappearance of Rob’s friends, as a hair clip that one of his friends was wearing that day appeared near the crime scene.

These possibilities are investigated, but the detectives come up frustratingly empty-handed at every turn. The case messes with Rob’s psyche as he tries to remember details about the two previous disappearances in case it would help. He tries spending the night in the woods, but freaks out and calls Cassie to pick him up. He’s afraid to sleep again, thinking that he’ll just have nightmares, so Cassie allows him into her bed. Things escalate from there and they end up having sex.

Rob feels immensely awkward after and can’t go back to their normal jokey-insult ways, but also feels that he can’t start a relationship with her. Their partnership deteriorates just as they start to uncover new leads in the case and they are unable to discuss the case and get along the way they used to.

Rob goes back to the dig site alone, where all the students are frantically digging before the site is shut down for the construction of the highway. He comes to a realization and calls in the forensics team again, who discover the location of the murder in a shed to which only three people have the key. After some heavy interrogation, one of the suspects confesses, though his motive is far from clear.

It becomes clearer when the suspect contends that he had been dating Katy’s older sister, Rosalind. When questioned by Cassie, she denies it and any involvement in Katy’s death, but also makes a comment that Cassie is obviously sleeping with Rob. Cassie takes it in stride, but after the interrogation, she has an idea of how to get a confession out of Rosalind: Go to her and admit sleeping with Rob and promise to keep her updated on the case if she promises not to tell.

Rosalind’s psychopathic tendencies get the better of her, and once she knows that she has Cassie in her debt, she brags about the whole thing and how she got the murderer to come up with the idea by telling him that all three girls were being sexually abused by their father, but that Katy liked it and was therefore their father’s favorite. Rosalind also told him that Katy told their father lies to make him beat them and would watch and laugh, that if Katy was gone, then they would be happy. She also admitted to Cassie that Katy was strong-willed and wouldn’t always do as Rosalind told her, so she had poisoned her to make her sick. After this confession, recorded on a wire, Cassie arrests her and takes her in, but because Rosalind was a few months from turning 18 (though she had told Rob previously that she was already 18), the confession is invalid. She is released with a smug smile.

The Police Captain has learned that Rob is actually Adam Ryan and confines him to desk work. He never goes back to Detective work. Cassie starts dating someone else and gets engaged. Rob is heartbroken and calls her, but it’s too late. He goes to the dig site to see the highway construction has begun, and thinks that he’ll never regain his lost memories of that night.

Reception[link]

Thomas Gaughan of Booklist gave In the Woods a starred review and hailed it as “…a superior novel about cops, murder, memory, relationships, and modern Ireland. The characters of Ryan and Maddox, as well as a handful of others, are vividly developed… Equally striking is the picture of contemporary Ireland, booming economically and fixated on the shabbiest aspects of American popular culture. An outstanding debut and a series to watch for procedural fans.” ^[5] Publishers Weekly praised author French, saying she “… expertly walks the line between police procedural and psychological thriller in her debut” and that “Ryan and Maddox are empathetic and flawed heroes, whose partnership and friendship elevate the narrative beyond a gory tale of murdered children and repressed childhood trauma.” ^[5] Kirkus Reviews said of the novel, “When not lengthily bogged down in angst, a readable, non-formulaic police procedural with a twist. It’s ultimately the confession of a damaged man.” ^[6]

Awards and nominations[link]

• Edgar Award for Best First Novel By An American Author, 2008^[1]
• Barry Award for Best First Novel, 2008^[2]
• Macavity Award for Best First Mystery Novel, 2008^[3]
• Anthony Award for Best First Novel, 2008^[4]

References[link]

James Vincent McMorrow
Background information
Birth name	James Vincent McMorrow
Origin	Dublin, Ireland
Genres	Folk, Indie
Occupations	Singer, songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, banjo, drums
Labels	Vagrant/Believe Digital
Website	www.jamesvmcmorrow.com

James Vincent McMorrow (born in 1983) is an Irish folk singer and songwriter.^[1] His debut album Early in the Morning was released in February, 2010.^[2] He wrote the album during a self-imposed seclusion in a beach house in Ireland.^[3] His music has been compared to Bon Iver,^[4] Sufjan Stevens,^[5] and Ray LaMontagne.^[6] Tracks from Early in the Morning have been used in American television programs.^[7]

McMorrow made his UK TV debut on BBC Two's Later... with Jools Holland on 27 May 2011.^[8]

McMorrow performed at the Eurosonic Festival in 2012 when Ireland was the "Spotlight Country".^[9]

Personal Life[link]

James is engaged to Emma Doyle and they are due to be married at the end of his tour this year.

Musical career[link]

McMorrow was born and brought up in Malahide in north County Dublin, he started his musical life as a drummer in a handful of post-hardcore rock bands, while studying marketing at college. Despite liking the comfort and anonymity of playing drums, he decided to take his chances as a solo singer during a summer spent pushing trollies in Dublin Airport. McMorrow retreated to the safety of his parent's house and started to re-educate himself as a musician and a songwriter, using the family piano to piece the jigsaw together.

Instant results were never part of the plan, and McMorrow spent the next four to five years learning and experimenting. He charted his development as a songwriter with demos made on an eight track recorder and he finally caught the ear of EMI Publishing, with whom he signed a modest record deal.

The next big step was a move to the big time in London, or so McMorrow hoped. But his five weeks spent in the studio there were far from productive. Alone in a strange city, McMorrow failed to transfer his ideas to tape and in the end his efforts yielded nothing. He returned home in disappointment, the big chance gone, and spent Christmas 2008 licking his wounds back in the family home in Dublin - "I thought that was it. I was minutes away from calling time on it".

But the songs that did not flow in London finally came out in the unlikeliest of places. With nothing else going on, McMorrow packed up and spent the next month living in a remote house by the beach in Termonfeckin, County Louth. The peace and solitude served as a welcome relief from the London music scene, and the inspiration resulted in what would become Early in the Morning.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

Extended Plays[link]

• The Sparrow and the Wolf (2008)
• Self Titled EP (United States only)^[14]

Singles[link]

Contributions to film and TV[link]

His song "If My Heart Should Somehow Stop" was featured on the MTV show Teen Wolf. His song 'Follow You Down to the Red Oak Tree' was used in the 2010 film Third Star. "We Don't Eat" was used in the Chuck fourth season episode "Chuck Versus the First Fight", as well as the "Ordinary People" episode of the hit CW show The Vampire Diaries. His cover of Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game" played during the final scene of the Gossip Girl episode, "The End of an Affair?".

In 2011, the song "Higher Love" was featured in the LoveFilm television advertisement.

Collaborations[link]

He sang 'My Singing Bird' solo, accompanying himself on guitar, and duetted with Jack Bruce on 'Waiting for the day' - both songs by the late Gerry Rafferty on a BBC Scotland recorded tribute concert to Gerry Rafferty as part of Celtic Connections 2012.

McMorrow played an intimate performance with Lisa Hannigan, 8 December 2011 at Dublin's Button Factory for the Meteor Choice Music Prize event.^[15]

Awards and nominations[link]

In January 2012 James Vincent McMorrow received an European Border Breakers Award.^[16]

He was nominated for the Hope for 2009 Award at the 2009 Meteor Awards, but ultimately lost to Wallis Bird.^[17]

References[link]

External links[link]

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James Vincent (July 19, 1882 – July 12, 1957) was an American actor and film director of the silent era. He appeared in 23 films between 1910 and 1951. He also directed 18 films between 1915 and 1931.

He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts and died in New York, New York.

Selected filmography[link]

• The Pursuit of the Smugglers (1913)
• Gold and the Woman (1916)
• The Hidden Hand (1917)
• Stolen Moments (1920)

External links[link]

• James Vincent at the Internet Movie Database

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Ryan Woods (born May 16, 1988 in Preston) is an English footballer currently playing for Carshalton Athletic.

Career[link]

College and amateur[link]

Woods attended Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School in Preston, and was part of the youth setup of English Premier League team Blackburn Rovers, for whom he started playing when he was just seven years old.

Woods came to the United States in 2007 after accepting a scholarship to attend and play college soccer at Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. He was a two-time all American at Embry Riddle, was his team's captain for three seasons, and as a Junior in 2009 he was a first team All-American, a first team Sun Conference All-Conference selection, and an Academic Sun Conference All-Conference honoree. He finished his college career with 23 goals and 19 assists in 55 career games.

During his college years Woods also played with Forest City London in the USL Premier Development League, scoring 2 goals in 16 games in the 2010 season.^[1]

Professional[link]

Woods began his professional career in 2011 when he was signed by the NSC Minnesota Stars of the North American Soccer League after attending the team’s preseason training camp.^[2] He made his professional debut on April 30, 2011, coming on as a substitute in a 1–1 draw with the Carolina RailHawks.

He returned to England to work as a recruitment consultant in London and in January 2012 signed for Carshalton Athletic.

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