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The Hiding Place
- Author
- Jenny Quintana
- Narrator
- Charlotte Worthing
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 18 March 2021
- Run Time
- 9 hours 15 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
'An engrossing and evocative read. Jenny Quintana captures layered atmosphere and complex emotions beautifully, alongside writing a compulsive tale. I loved it' – Kate Hamer, author of Crushed
Some houses have their secrets. But so do some people . . .
From the bestselling author of The Missing Girl and Our Dark Secret, comes The Hiding Place: a story about identity, love, long-buried secrets and lies.
Abandoned as a baby in the hallway of a shared house in London, Marina has never known her parents, and the circumstances of her birth still remain a mystery.
Now an adult, Marina has returned to the house where it all started, determined to find out who she really is. But the walls of this house hold more than memories, and Marina’s reappearance hasn’t gone unnoticed by the other tenants.
Someone is watching Marina. Someone who knows the truth . . .
Critics Review
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An engrossing and evocative read. Jenny Quintana captures layered atmosphere and complex emotions beautifully, alongside writing a compulsive tale. I loved it
Kate Hamer, author of The Girl in the Red Coat and Crushed
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Tense [and] skillful
Daily Mail
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An emotionally taut, spellbinding, vivid mystery . . . This is definitely a book readers won’t be able to put down
Karen Hamilton, author of The Perfect Girlfriend and The Last Wife
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I loved The Hiding Place. Wonderful writing, mystery and intrigue, and a great story . . . I shed a tear at the end
Emma Curtis, author of The Night You Left and Keep Her Quiet
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An emotional read for anyone who loves a good mystery
Woman's Weekly
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The Hiding Place is a real gem of a book. Jenny Quintana's evocation of the 1960s bursts from the page and the human stories that unfold for the residents of 24 Harrington Gardens are breath-taking and compelling. A gripping plot with characters who will keep you guessing (and break your heart a little, too)
Eleni Kyriacou, author of She Came to Stay
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Read this if you like Lisa Jewell . . . An emotional drama, skilfully divided across two timelines
Best magazine
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Another beguiling Quintana mystery . . . The Hiding Place is about the hopes, fears and impossible choices of ordinary people. It is about the things that connect and separate us. It is a testament to the fragile nature of truth and a masterpiece of storytelling
Claire Dyer, author of The Last Day
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A gripping suspense story that expertly interweaves the past and present . . . Beautifully written and extremely moving
Nikki Smith, author of All In Her Head
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An absorbing and moving mystery which Quintana unpacks with her inimitable flair
Rachel Edwards, author of Darling and Lucky
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From the first page of The Hiding Place I felt the delicious sense of security that comes from being in the hands of an expert storyteller . . . The Hiding Place is both a flawlessly-written mystery and a moving meditation on what it means to belong
Carolyn Kirby, author of When We Fall and The Conviction of Cora Burns
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Effortlessly engaging & full of secrets, I thoroughly enjoyed The Hiding Place, a credible mystery, intriguingly unravelled over two timelines, that kept me guessing to the very end
Anita Frank, author of The Lost Ones
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The Hiding Place is domestic suspense at its finest - tense, emotional and chock-full of secrets. Jenny Quintana's novels are always rich with atmosphere and social observation, but this is undoubtedly her best yet. Moving effortlessly between 1960s and 1990s London, Quintana keeps you guessing from the first page to the last
Caz Frear, author of Sweet Little Lies and Shed No Tears
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The Hiding Place is an emotionally-resonant and intriguing mystery, in which past and present, secrets and memories converge to unlock a vital truth, all woven together through Quintana's assured and sensitive prose
Philippa East, author of Little White Lies and Safe And Sound
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Marina, a foundling, tries to discover who she really is. But the house she was found in is full of secrets and the truth becomes more and more dangerous. Gripping and full of goose bumps - I couldn’t put it down
Frances Maynard, author of The Seven Imperfect Rules of Elvira Carr and Maggsie McNaughton's Second Chance
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At a time when I was finding it very difficult to read or concentrate, The Hiding Place came to my rescue. What a gently captivating and beautifully told mystery – I loved it
Nicola Rayner, author of You and Me and The Girl Before You
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With a cast of fascinating characters, a gripping, emotion-packed mystery rolling out across two timelines, and written with an insightful and languorous elegance, this absorbing, heartbreaking drama sees Quintana at her storytelling best
Lancashire Post
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Details
- Author
- Jenny Quintana
- Narrator
- Charlotte Worthing
- Duration
- 9 hours 15 minutes
- Release Date
- 18 March 2021
- ISBN
- 9781529040449
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Narrative theme: interior life / psychological fiction, Family life fiction / Stories about family
Synopsis
'An engrossing and evocative read. Jenny Quintana captures layered atmosphere and complex emotions beautifully, alongside writing a compulsive tale. I loved it' – Kate Hamer, author of CrushedSome houses have their secrets. But so do some people . . .From the bestselling author of The Missing Girl and Our Dark Secret, comes The Hiding Place: a story about identity, love, long-buried secrets and lies.Abandoned as a baby in the hallway of a shared house in London, Marina has never known her parents, and the circumstances of her birth still remain a mystery.Now an adult, Marina has returned to the house where it all started, determined to find out who she really is. But the walls of this house hold more than memories, and Marina’s reappearance hasn’t gone unnoticed by the other tenants.Someone is watching Marina. Someone who knows the truth . . .
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