With help from a handsome landscaper and an eccentric neighbor, Mallory sets out to decipher the images and save Teddy-while coming to terms with a tragedy in her own past-before it's too late". Mallory begins to suspect these are glimpses of an unsolved murder from long ago, perhaps relayed by a supernatural force lingering in the forest behind the Maxwell's house. As the days pass, Teddy's artwork becomes more and more sinister, and his stick figures steadily evolve into more detailed, complex, and lifelike sketches well beyond the ability of any five-year-old. But one day, he draws something different: a man in a forest, dragging a woman's lifeless body. His drawings are the usual fare: trees, rabbits, balloons. And she sincerely bonds with Teddy, a sweet, shy boy who is never without his sketchbook and pencil. She lives in the Maxwell's pool house, goes out for nightly runs, and has the stability she craves. She is to look after their five-year-old son, Teddy. Fresh out of rehab, Mallory Quinn takes a job in the affluent suburb of Spring Brook, New Jersey as a babysitter for Ted and Caroline Maxwell. Destined to be a classic of the genre." -Ransom Riggs, bestselling author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children From Jason Rekulak, Edgar-nominated author of The Impossible Fortress, comes a wildly inventive spin on the classic horror story in Hidden Pictures, a creepy and warm-hearted mystery about a woman working as a nanny for a young boy with strange and disturbing secrets. About the Book ""Whip-smart, creepy as hell, and masterfully plotted, Hidden Pictures is the best new thriller novel I've read in years. 'Gripping, with intriguing characters and genuinely creepy moments' Daily Mirror But if Teddy isn't drawing the pictures anymore, who is? And what are they trying to tell Mallory about her new home? But the drawings somehow keep coming, telling a frightening story of a woman murdered. Teddy's crayons are confiscated, and his paper locked away. It is quite clear to Mallory and to Teddy's parents, even in his crude childlike style, that the woman Teddy is drawing in his pictures is dead. That is until Teddy starts to draw disturbing pictures of his imaginary friend, Anya. She's been sober for a year and a half and she's sure her new nannying role in the affluent suburbs will help keep her on the straight and narrow. Mallory is delighted to have a new job looking after gorgeous four-year-old, Teddy.
Truly fantastic' The TimesĪN AMAZON.COM BEST MYSTERY/THRILLER OF THE YEAR 'Must be the boldest double twist of the year. And the pictures are terrific!' Stephen King The surprises really surprise and it has that hard-to-achieve propulsiveness that won't let you put it down.
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