NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A high-stakes hide-and-seek competition turns deadly in this “marvelously creepy thrill ride of a book that keeps twisting until the very end” (Karen M. McManus, author of One of Us Is Lying

“The suspenseful plot combines elements of Thomas Tryon’s classic Harvest Home, Netflix’s Squid Game, and the social commentary of Jordan Peele’s film oeuvre and mixes these with a revelatory pacing reminiscent of Spielberg’s Jaws.”—Booklist


The challenge: Spend a week hiding in an abandoned amusement park and don’t get caught.

The prize: enough money to change everything.

Even though everyone is desperate to win—to seize a dream future or escape a haunting past—Mack is sure she can beat her competitors. All she has to do is hide, and she’s an expert at that.

It’s the reason she’s alive and her family isn’t.

But as the people around her begin disappearing one by one, Mack realizes that this competition is even more sinister than she imagined, and that together might be the only way to survive.

Fourteen competitors. Seven days. Everywhere to hide but nowhere to run.

Come out, come out, wherever you are.

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Published May 2, 2023

272 pages

Average rating: 6.11

160 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

literarily_occupied
Aug 12, 2025
6/10 stars
⭐⭐⭐
na_na_cakes
May 28, 2025
10/10 stars
SO GOOD!! I love the unreliable narrator and each character is so well portrayed. Ending was amazing even though it’s a cliffhanger. Did very well to make me confused about who was still alive. Predictable in a fun way and unpredictable plot twists that come out of no where. 9999/10 -1 for killing off my favorite character >:’[
TaylorMarie94
Jan 26, 2025
Very odd concept. Enjoyed it but not what I expected
Codeliusthe2nd
Sep 04, 2024
8/10 stars
Thoroughly entertaining, but has an ending that felt far too rushed, leaving little resolution and more questions to be answered.
Shahna
Jul 18, 2024
6/10 stars
I don't hate it. But I wish it wasn't supernatural.
Or maybe it could have been pushed farther?

Also, the constant jumping between character POVs with no warning is annoying.

I like the cover a lot. And the ends papers are fun.

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