
Out of the Woods
A Girl, a Killer, and a Lifelong Struggle to Find the Way Home
Amazon Publishing · Print & ebook · August 1, 2025
From a girl’s abduction by a serial killer to the harrowing aftermath—a gripping and heart-wrenching true-crime story by Gregg Olsen, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of If You Tell.
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- Who it’s for
- Readers interested in true crime and psychological thrillers
- Themes
- survival, trauma, crime
- Pacing
- Mixed
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From a girl’s abduction by a serial killer to the harrowing aftermath—a gripping and heart-wrenching true-crime story by Gregg Olsen, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of If You Tell. In May 2005, authorities discovered the Groene family murdered in their Idaho home. The family’s youngest members—eight-year-old Shasta and her brother, nine-year-old Dylan—were nowhere to be found.
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As a community prayed for their return, Shasta and Dylan were already miles away in the woods of Montana at the hands of serial killer Joseph Edward Duncan. After a harrowing forty-eight day ordeal, Shasta was rescued. In many ways, her survival story was only beginning. In the following years, while Shasta struggled to outrun her trauma, a pattern of self-destructive behavior shadowed her like an ever-worsening thunderstorm. She still had hope buried deep inside. Every bit as much as the little girl who had been held captive in the woods. This would be an all-new battle for Shasta. And she was determined not to lose. Out of the Woods is the haunting and intimate true-crime story of one of the most notorious criminal cases in American history—and a young woman’s journey to reclaim her life in its wake.
Who it’s for
- Readers interested in true crime and psychological thrillers
- Readers drawn to stories of survival and trauma recovery
Where it sits
| Abductions & Missing Persons | 77% |
|---|---|
| Serial Killers | 60% |
| Criminals & Outlaws | 52% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Serial Killers
- Abductions & Missing Persons
- Sexual Assault Cases
- Authors
- Gregg Olsen
- Publisher
- Amazon Publishing
- Published
- August 1, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- survival · trauma · crime
- Reading lane
- Serial Killers