Hidden Pictures: A Novel

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"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 with strange and disturbing secrets.

Mallory Quinn is fresh out of rehab when she 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.

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Published May 10, 2022

Average rating: 7.97

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Anonymous
Apr 01, 2025
10/10 stars
Each twist was more shocking than the next. The only reason this took me more than one sitting to read is because I started it late in the evening. This book was a page turner and had me in a chokehold. Highly recommend.
NakiaA
Jan 15, 2025
8/10 stars
Great book. I love this author's work. It's definitely an unexpected twist.
Cmorris🫶🏻
Jan 05, 2025
7/10 stars
“The longer you wait the harder it gets” This supernatural Thriller had me at the edge of my seat with a twist I wasn’t expecting. I truly don’t read thrillers but this might just be the beginning ❤️ ✨Supernatural ✨Creepy ✨Puzzling
Anonymous
Nov 01, 2024
10/10 stars
Each twist was more shocking than the next. The only reason this took me more than one sitting to read is because I started it late in the evening. This book was a page turner and had me in a chokehold. Highly recommend.
KaraBrown
Oct 15, 2024
8/10 stars
I definitely did not see that twist coming!

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