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The Hiding Place
- Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Some secrets can never be concealed....
Nell Galilee, her husband and 12-year-old step-daughter, Maude, rent a holiday cottage by the sea, needing time and space away from home after Maude became involved in some troubling events. Nell grew up in this small wind-blown town and has mixed feelings about returning, and it isn't long before she is recognised by a neighbour, seemingly desperate to befriend her. The cottage, too, has been empty for some time, and from the start, Nell feels uncomfortable there. Something isn't quite right about this place....
Maude, furious about being brought here against her will and her father's attention falling so often elsewhere, soon finds herself beguiled by the house's strange atmosphere. There are peculiar marks in the roof beams above her bedroom, and in another room, a hiding place, concealing a strange, unnerving object.
As the house gradually reveals its secrets, Nell becomes increasingly uneasy - and Maude spellbound. But these women - and the women that surround them - are harbouring their own secrets, too, and soon events will come to a terrible head....
A brilliant, unsettling and chilling novel of mothers and daughters, truth and deception and the lengths people will go to, to obtain power over their own lives, The Hiding Place is the second chilling novel from the acclaimed author of The Wayward Girls.
Critic Reviews
"The Hiding Place has everything; chills that build, an immersive setting and a wonderful clash between the present and the past, the living and the dead. At the heart of this haunting novel are characters so real and compelling their stories continue to resonate long after reading." (Jess Kidd)
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- Dee L
- 20-12-2023
Great folk horror story!
I loved this book and the excellent narration. My only quibble is that I’d have liked the horror, the baddie if you will, to be a bit more present, explored a little more. It took a long time to get to it and then it still felt strangely sketchy. Superb ending that makes us think about the choice we hope Nell made.
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