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Hidden Pictures

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Hidden Pictures

Written by: Jason Rekulak
Narrated by: Suzy Jackson
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2022 Goodreads Choice Awards, Winner
2022 Amazon.com Best Books of the Year, Long-listed
2022 Barnes and Noble Best New Books of the Year, Long-listed
2022 Chapters Indigo Best of the Year, Long-listed

“I loved it."Stephen King

From Jason Rekulak, Edgar-nominated author of The Impossible Fortress, comes a wildly inventive spin on the classic horror story in Hidden Pictures, a supernatural thriller about a woman working as a nanny for a young boy with strange and disturbing secrets.

Fresh out of rehab, Mallory Quinn takes a job as a babysitter for Ted and Caroline Maxwell. She is to look after their five-year-old son, Teddy.

Mallory immediately loves it. She has her own living space, goes out for nightly runs, and has the stability she craves. And she sincerely bonds with Teddy, a sweet, shy boy who is never without his sketchbook and pencil. His drawings are the usual fare: trees, rabbits, balloons. But one day, he draws something different: a man in a forest, dragging a woman’s lifeless body.

Then, Teddy’s artwork becomes increasingly sinister, and his stick figures quickly evolve into lifelike sketches well beyond the ability of any five-year-old. Mallory begins to wonder if these are glimpses of a long-unsolved murder, perhaps relayed by a supernatural force.

Knowing just how crazy it all sounds, Mallory nevertheless sets out to decipher the images and save Teddy before it’s too late.

A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2022 Jason Rekulak (P)2022 Macmillan Audio
Domestic Thrillers Fiction Horror Supernatural Thriller Scary Paranormal Heartfelt

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Unique Story

loved this story. I had no idea what was coming next and it was so beautiful tied up at the end! would recommend!

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Loved It!!

This is not my go to genre but even though I was a little scared during some parts I couldn't wait to see how it ended. This was so good and a definite recommend.

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Shocking

Multiple plot twists I didn’t see coming! I followed along with a physical copy of this book and the actual pictures in the book are crazy!

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Wow what a great book. Really good story line. Kept me so entertained and made me feel so much. Loved it.

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Light on Horror, Heavy on Suspense

Absolutely great first dip into the horror genre. Great performance and excellently told story, had me entertained the whole way.

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Pleasant recommendation

My wife is an avid reader so I generally go to her looking for suggestions. She recommended this one and I was pleasantly surprised that unlike many crime/supernatural thrillers I didn't guess the ending before it came. the narrator did a good job as well, I find sometimes when a woman is doing the male characters they can blend together, but she was able to give each a distinguishable voice which made for a really pleasant listening experience, especially for chapters when I am listening while at work. Highly recommend!

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Creepy & huge plot twist

If your into thrillers this book is definitely for you. Amazing plot twist all throughout the book. And i love that the author includes pictures to add to the detail of the story.

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Overall a great read

Had me hooked from the start, good build up and great ending. I really enjoyed this book and would definitely recommend for anyone who likes a intriguing mystery

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The pictures were great!

I loved the idea of this book to include spooky pictures! I had this as an audio book so I went and looked up the pictures that were in the book. Very cool! The child-like scribbly ones were the best. It would have been better having the physical book for this one. I kind of feel the pictures are the selling point of this story, and being able to see the picture right there as it gets mentioned in the story would have been much better. The story was pretty good too.

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Surprising, fun, creepy, cool ending

This one had me guessing and I really liked what was all really going down. It does a great job of working with the notion of “crazy” and reminds readers the worst kind of crazy is tangible. It was fun and had a little cute bit of romance too.

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