Hidden Pictures: A Novel (Paperback)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – OPTIONED FOR NETFLIX BY A PRODUCER OF THE BATMAN GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER “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.

• Author: Jason Rekulak
• ISBN: 9781250819352
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 6/06/2023

Specifications

Book format: Paperback
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Pages: 400
Pub date: 2023-06-06
Fiction/nonfiction: Fiction
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Awards won: Chapters Indigo Best of the Year (2022) (Long-listed), Barnes and Noble Best New Books of the Year (2022) (Long-listed), Goodreads Choice Awards (2022) (Winner), Amazon.com Best Books of the Year (2022) (Long-listed)
Age group: Adult
Language: English
Reading level: General