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Hide and Seek

By: Andrea Mara
Narrated by: Jessica Regan
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Brought to you by Penguin.

A missing child. A house full of secrets. A mystery waiting to be solved.

Close your eyes.
The game of hide and seek is over, but little Lily Murphy hasn't been found. Her parents try to stay positive, but they know this peaceful Dublin suburb will never be the same again.

Count to ten.
Years later, Joanna moves into a new house. It seems perfect in every way, until she learns that Lily Murphy used to live here.

And when you open them, your child is gone.
Because Joanna thinks she knows what really happened to Lily – and if the truth gets out, it might be her undoing...


'Next-level domestic suspense - even the twists have twists. I loved it – Andrea Mara is a star.'
Lee Child

‘A relentless, twisting page-turner.’ Chris Whitaker

'Original, clever and unputdownable.’ Sarah Pearse


©2022 Andrea Mara (P)2022 Penguin Audio
Crime Fiction Family Life Fiction Psychological Suspense Exciting Mystery
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Great twist at the end!

Loved this book once again Andrea Mara sends me into another world. Her books are so well written and as a parent they really are gripping. She is able to strike such a strong chord in me every time in her books. This one is no different. I loved the story and thought I had it figured out until the twist at the end with what actually happened. Had a little giggle at the lamb stew!

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Excellent

Couldn’t stop listening this book. Lots of twists and turns especially at the end! Would certainly recommend!

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Great twist

Great twisrs and turns right up to the end. slow in parts midway through

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The characters

I liked the way the story built up to the twist at the ending. A real page turner.

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Brilliant - Highly recommend.

I've been waiting all summer for a decent thriller and this was it.
It's brilliantly crafted and so entertaining.
I discovered Andrew Mara recently and love her but a few of her books have been narrated by an actress with a British accent and the pronunciation and her hammy 'Oirish' accent so bad I just couldn't keep listening and had to return the book. So it was such a relief that the narrator was good here. Highly recommend!

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Great book

Beginning, middle and ending, 5 stars. Lots of twists especially towards the end. Extremely good story and narration

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Buy it!

Really enjoyable listen. Thought the different twists were imaginative and well weaved into the story.

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Brilliant!

Brilliant story, wonderful narration. Loved it! Couldn’t wait to get back to this every time I paused.

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A variant on the Unreliable Narrator Trope

As a whole, I liked it. It was captivating and engaging, with twists and turns along the way that I hadn't guessed ahead of time, but which seemed believable.

But unfortunately there were also some things I didn't like. The chapters were far shorter than they needed to be, and could sometimes have been replaced by a paragraph break. The fact that I noticed this even when reading this as an audiobook is proof that it really was excessive, as - generally speaking - chapter breaks are less noticeable there than in other types of books.

Secondly, while I am a fan of the unreliable narrator, I am very much not a fan of the "keeping a secret from the audience" narrator. Those situations where you KNOW that the narrator knows something that will influence the entire plot, yet they keep it from the reader because of reasons. They frustrate me no end, and seem like lazy writing more than anything else.

The first point I could probably have ignored, but the second did subtract a couple of stars, as while I was curious about what had happened, and interested in seeing where the book took me - the road to getting there was slightly annoying at times.

Fortunately I was satisfied with the ending, so at the end of the day, I'm glad to have read it.

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Good but …

Too many characters it got a bit confusing at times but overall enjoyable for the most part

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