The Hiding Place: A haunting, compelling novel of mothers and daughters, secrets and deception for fans of Laura Purcell

A compelling, atmospheric and deeply unsettling novel set in a haunted house in Whitby. \r\n\r\nSome secrets can never be concealed . . .\r\n\r\nNell Galilee, her husband and twelve year old step-daughter Maude rent a holiday cottage by the sea, needing time and space away from home after Maude became involved in some troubling events. Nell grew up in this small, wind-blown town and has mixed feelings about returning, and it isnt long before she is recognised by a neighbour, seemingly desperate to befriend her. The cottage too has been empty for some time, and from the start Nell feels uncomfortable there. Something isnt quite right about this place . . .\r\n\r\nMaude, furious about being brought here against her will and her fathers attention falling so often elsewhere, soon finds herself beguiled by the houses strange atmosphere. There are peculiar marks in the roof beams above her bedroom, and in another room, a hiding place, concealing a strange, unnerving object.\r\nAs the house gradually reveals its secrets, Nell becomes increasingly uneasy - and Maude spellbound. But these women - and the women that surround them - are harbouring their own secrets too, and soon events will come to a terrible head . . .\r\n\r\nA brilliant, unsettling and chilling novel of mothers and daughters, truth and deception and the lengths people will go to, to obtain power over their own lives, The Hiding Place is the second chilling novel from the acclaimed author of The Wayward Girls.\r\n\r\nHaunting and atmospheric, The Hiding Place lingers in the dark spaces of a home as Mason deftly crafts a steady, creeping tension. As Elder Houses secrets are revealed, Mason shines a brilliant light on the unsettling extents of desire AJ Gnuse, author of The Girl in the Walls \r\n\r\nThe Hiding Place has everything; chills that build, an immersive setting and a wonderful clash between the present and the past, the living and the dead. At the heart of this haunting novel are characters so real and compelling their stories continue to resonate long after reading Jess Kidd\r\n\r\nFull of intrigue, with hidden agendas, lingering resentments & thwarted desires, this sinister tale is dripping with an insidious malice that is sure to leave readers unsettled Anita Frank, author of The Lost Ones\r\n\r\nSatisfyingly unsettling, this is a hugely atmospheric novel that oozes with uncanny menace Lucie McKnight Hardy\r\n\r\nA near-perfect ghost story Guardian on The Wayward Girls