Hidden pictures : a novel / Jason Rekulak ; illustrations by Will Staehle and Doogie Horner.
Edgar-nominated author of The Impossible Fortress, comes a wildly inventive spin on the classic horror story in Hidden Pictures, a creepy and warm-hearted mystery about a woman working as a nanny for a young boy with strange and disturbing secrets. Fresh out of rehab, Mallory Quinn takes a job in the affluent suburb of Spring Brook, New Jersey as a babysitter for Ted and Caroline Maxwell. She is to look after their five-year-old son, Teddy. Mallory immediately loves this new job. She lives in the Maxwell's pool house, goes out for nightly runs, and has the stability she craves. And she sincerely bonds with Teddy, a sweet, shy boy who is never without his sketchbook and pencil. His drawings are the usual fare: trees, rabbits, balloons. But one day, he draws something different: a man in a forest, dragging a woman's lifeless body. As the days pass, Teddy's artwork becomes more and more sinister, and his stick figures steadily evolve into more detailed, complex, and lifelike sketches well beyond the ability of any five-year-old. Mallory begins to suspect these are glimpses of an unsolved murder from long ago, perhaps relayed by a supernatural force lingering in the forest behind the Maxwell's house. With help from a handsome landscaper and an eccentric neighbor, Mallory sets out to decipher the images and save Teddy-while coming to terms with a tragedy in her own past-before it's too late"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250819345
- ISBN: 1250819342
- Physical Description: 372 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First US edition.
- Publisher: New York : Flatiron Books, 2022.
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Subject: | Nannies > Fiction. Children's drawings > Fiction. Murder > Fiction. Secrecy > Fiction. |
Genre: | Horror fiction. Paranormal fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. |
Available copies
- 29 of 37 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
- 1 of 1 copy available at North Kansas City. (Show)
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- 3 current holds with 37 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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North Kansas City Public Library | FICTION REKULAK 2022 (Text) | 0001002414744 | Fiction | Available | - |
Barry Lawrence - Aurora Library | FIC REK (Text) | 37884103332288 | Fiction | Available | - |
Barry Lawrence - Cassville Library | FIC REK (Text) | 37884103332262 | Fiction | Checked out | 04/29/2024 |
Barry Lawrence - Monett Library | FIC REK (Text) | 37884103332270 | Fiction | Available | - |
Camden County Library District - Osage Beach | FIC REKULAK (Text) | 31320003862633 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Camden County Library District - Sunrise Beach | FIC REKULAK (Text) | 31320003872467 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 05/06/2024 |
Cape Girardeau Public Library | REK (Text) | 33042004846211 | Adult Mystery | Available | - |
Carthage Public Library | FIC Rekulak, Jason (Text) | 34MO2001812942 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Caruthersville Public Library | F REK (Text) | 38417100629023 | Fiction | Available | - |
Crawford County Library-Bourbon | F REK (Text) | 33431000627081 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |