Hidden Pictures

By Jason Rekulak,

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER · OPTIONED FOR NETFLIX BY A PRODUCER OF THE BATMAN

“I loved it." —Stephen King

From Edgar Award-finalist Jason Rekulak comes a wildly inventive spin on the supernatural thriller, for fans of Stranger Things and Riley Sager, about a woman working as a nanny for a young boy…

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When recovering addict Mallory Quinn is given the job of live-in nanny for a shy little boy who loves to draw, she soon begins to notice that things aren't quite right.

Despite her employers' generosity and her new surroundings in a picture-perfect upscale community, Mallory senses that her young charge's parents are hiding something from her, something that could turn out to be deadly.

I love mysteries, particularly those of the paranoic, things-are-not-what-they-seem variety. Hidden Pictures kept me guessing until the mind-blowing big reveal.

A young woman desperate for a second chance accepts a position as a nanny which comes with lodging in the pool house behind the family’s main house. The pool house is nicer than any place she’s lived recently, but she soon starts hearing strange noises and the little boy she’s watching starts drawing pictures that become creepier and more detailed as time goes on. I loved the flawed but kind heroine and cheered for her to figure out what happened in that pool house and what’s going on with the seemingly normal family who hired her. A real page-turner!

From S.W.'s list on mysteries with creepy houses.

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