The incessant downpour, increasingly reminiscent of the biblical flood, changes the life of a small and cozy English town. Two teenagers disappear under mysterious circumstances. And only Chief Inspector Wexford, who is investigating the case, does not believe that they could drown in a river that overflowed its banks... Inexplicable actions of predictable people, unexpected plot twists, many details, the meaning of which only the most insightful characters can guess - all this and much more in traditional English Ruth Rendell's detective story "Children in the Woods."