The Hidden Things

By: Jamie Mason

Narrated by: Corey Brill, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Madeleine Maby, Joy Osmanski, Rebekkah Ross, Pete Simonelli

Inspired by the real-life unsolved theft of a 17th-century painting, this is a “smart and hugely entertainingly thriller, with so many sharp twists and hairpin turns that you’ll need to hold on for dear life” (Lou Berney, author of November Road) from the acclaimed author of Three Graves Full.

Twenty-eight seconds.

That’s all it takes for a home-security camera to capture the hidden resolve in fourteen-year-old Carly Liddell as she fends off a vicious attack just inside her own front door. The video of her heroic escape appears online and goes viral. As the view count climbs, the lives of four desperate people will be forever changed by what’s just barely visible in the corner of the shot.

Carly’s stepfather is spurred to protect his darkest secret: how a stolen painting—four hundred years old, by a master of the Dutch Golden Age—has come to hang in his suburban foyer. The art dealer, left for dead when the painting vanished, sees a chance to buy back her life. And the double-crossed enforcer renews the hunt to deliver the treasure to his billionaire patrons—even if he has to kill to succeed.

But it’s Carly herself, hailed as a hero, whose new perspective gives her the courage to uncover the truth as the secrets and lies tear her family apart.

A suspenseful and edgy mystery, “Hidden Things is a treat: a heist story taken to pieces and expertly put back together at off-kilter angles into a startling, smart, vivid book” (Tana French, New York Times bestselling author).

Great story!

Enjoyed it very much! I highly recommend it. The author is one of my favorites.

First Jamie Mason book I’ve read, will be looking for more!

My first Jamie Mason book and definitely not my last - fast paced but brilliantly detailed. Each character came to life, not only by the excellent narration, but in the writing as well.

Smart writing, with well developed characters

Young girl, gets attacked and sets off a chain of events surrounding an almost mythical art hiest from years before that will for ever change her life and how she sees the world.

This was a well written web of characters with their own back stories and agendas. It is a rarety and was nice to have a character that is a tween be smart yet still be a child with glimps of an adult most author seem to write them one way or the other but miss that strange time in every ones life when the begin the metamorphosis in to who they will become.

The Hidden Things

This was mostly a miss for me, though not a complete fail. Long and meandering, I mostly listened to the end to see how it resolved. And it did redeem itself with its wrap up. But, limited character development, so no one felt fully fleshed out.

Some of the narrators were more successful than others.

A decent but drawn out story

Extra details making unnecessary pages. A little predictable. Personally I don’t like multiple people narrating one book. Overall 4/5.