Hidden Pictures -- Jason Rekulak, Hardcover

"I loved it. --Stephen King

From Jason Rekulak, Edgar-nominated author of The Impossible Fortress, comes a wildly inventive spin on the classic horror story in Hidden Pictures, a supernatural thriller 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 as a babysitter for Ted and Caroline Maxwell. She is to look after their five-year-old son, Teddy.

Mallory immediately loves it. She has her own living space, 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.

Then, Teddy's artwork becomes increasingly sinister, and his stick figures quickly evolve into lifelike sketches well beyond the ability of any five-year-old. Mallory begins to wonder if these are glimpses of a long-unsolved murder, perhaps relayed by a supernatural force.

Knowing just how crazy it all sounds, Mallory nevertheless sets out to decipher the images and save Teddy before it's too late.

Author: Jason Rekulak
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Published: 05/10/2022
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.59lbs
Size: 9.53h x 6.52w x 1.36d
ISBN: 9781250819345

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 12/01/2021 pg. 2
Publishers Weekly 02/14/2022
Booklist 03/01/2022 pg. 36
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2022
Library Journal 04/01/2022 pg. 69