The Hiding Place
“Compelling and beautifully written”
Sarah Pearse
“Heart-pounding”
The Sun
“Gripping”
Steve Cavanagh
“Breathless”
Harriet Tyce
“Lelic’s
best yet”
Cara Hunter
“Terrifyingly tense”
Elly Griffiths
Four friends. One murder. A game they can’t escape.
‘It was only a game’ . . . until a boy went missing.
‘No one was meant to get hurt’ . . . but a body has been found.
‘Just some innocent fun’ . . . except one of them is a killer.
Ready or not, here I come.
It’s time to play hide and seek again . . .
Praise for The Hiding Place
‘A proper heart-pounding thriller that makes you feel uncomfortable, while also urging you on to read more and more . . . keep[s] you guessing all the way to the end – and beyond.’ — The Sun, Book of the Week, 4.5 stars
‘A terrifyingly tense thriller that takes you to the darkest places of the human heart.’ — Elly Griffiths
‘This book delivers on its premise and then some! This novel about a creepy school and a deadly game gone wrong is both compelling and beautifully written and infused with a simmering tension. I couldn’t stop turning the pages!’ — Sarah Pearse
‘The Hiding Place by Simon Lelic totally ruined by evenings! A taut pacy murder mystery that just won’t stop turning pages. Lelic manages to combine Golden age whodunnit charm with a hypnotic mystery. The thinking reader’s writer Lelic never disappoints and this one is the best yet.’ — Imran Mahmood
‘A great police procedural . . . a gripping, breathless denouement.’ — Harriet Tyce
‘Another totally thrilling page-turner. Masterful writing about teenage insecurity again, with a plot that twists and turns in to such a dramatic conclusion. Also so filmic, I could see every scene – surely has to be adapted!’ — Araminta Hall
‘Dual timelines unravel the truth behind a deadly game in a sinister boarding school and the present day hunt for a killer. Tense, full of misdirection and beautifully written.’ — Gilly Macmillan
‘Opens with a chilling first page and the tone is set for a dark and disturbing thriller right up to the heart-stopping finale. A must read.’ — Michael Wood
‘Lelic’s best yet. As beautifully crafted as ever, and builds layer upon layer of tension.’ — Cara Hunter
‘A gripping crime thriller with a countdown to murder.’ — Steve Cavanagh