After her father vanishes while investigating the disappearance of thirteen young women, a teen returns home to pick up the trail.
June Hur is a three-time Edgar Allan Poe Award nominee, an ABA Indies Introduce selection (The Silence of Bones), has been included on more than a dozen ALA and Best Of lists, and debuted on the ABA Indies bestseller list with The Red Palace.
As a former employee of the Toronto Public Library, June knows her way around the book industry and is well-connected in the author community. Her ARC unboxing video got almost 17K views on Twitter!
Publishing the same day as June's next hardcover, A Crane Among Wolves.
The Forest of Stolen Girls:
"Haunting and lyrical. Beware, this tale will draw you deeper into the forest than you want to go." -Stacey Lee, award-winning author of The Downstairs Girl
"A brilliant historical fiction mystery that is suspenseful, gorgeous, and absolutely riveting! Hur brings Jeju Island during the early Joseon period completely to life in a rich, evocative manner that reminds me of watching my favorite historical Kdrama . . . I adored this book from start to finish!" -Ellen Oh, author of the Prophecy series (1/1/2024)
