The Hidden Girl
By (Author) Louise Millar
Pan Macmillan
Pan Books
28th August 2014
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.92
Paperback
384
Width 127mm, Height 203mm, Spine 22mm
422g
"Slick, stylish entertainment" The Guardian "The slow-building tension will ensure you'll be hooked right up until the last page" Essentials magazine Hannah Riley and her musician husband, Will, hope that a move to the Suffolk countryside will promise a fresh start. Hannah, a human rights worker, is desperate for a child and she hopes that this new life will realise her dream. Yet when the snow comes, Will is working in London and Hannah is cut off in their remote village. Life in Tornley turns out to be far from idyllic, who are the threatening figures who lurk near their property at night And why is her neighbour so keen to see them leave Plus Will's behaviour is severely testing the bonds of trust. Hannah has spent her professional life doing the right thing for other people. But as she starts to unbury a terrible crime, she realises she can no longer do that without putting everything she's ever wanted at risk. But if she does nothing, the next victim could be her . . .
'A creepy psychological thriller with a great twist' * Sunday Mirror *
'Unpredictable and menacing drama' * Good Housekeeping *
A slow-burning psychological drama which ramps up the tension towards a cracking denouement * Emlyn Rees *
With The Hidden Girl, Louise Millar has skilfully managed to paint a picture of a relationship under stress, and woven in disturbing elements of fear and threat which ultimately lead to the revelation of a shocking secret * Rachel Abbott *
No one does creepy quite like Louise Millar. I challenge you not to check under your bed at least once. I loved this book * Tamar Cohen author of The Broken *
This seriously creepy psychological thriller set deep in the Suffolk countryside is Louise Millar's best book yet. With a twist I did not see coming, it will make urbanites dreaming of bucolic bliss think again * Alex Marwood, bestselling author of THE WICKED GIRLS and THE KILLER NEXT DOOR *
Fabulously creepy -- Lisa Jewell
Slick, stylist entertainment * The Guardian *
The Hidden Girl takes us deep into the heart of obsession and mystery * Lancashire Evening Post *
The creepy, remote village provides a perfectly atmospheric backdrop to the chilling story, and the slow-building tension will ensure you'll be hooked right up until the last page * Essentials magazine *
Louise Millar was brought up in Scotland. She began her journalism career in mainly music and film magazines, working as a sub-editor for Kerrang!, Smash Hits, the NME and Empire. She later moved into features, working as a commissioning editor on women's magazines. She has written for Marie Claire, Red, Psychologies, Stella (Telegraph magazine), the Independent, the Observer, Glamour, Stylist and Eve.