The Hiding Place

A Novel

By: C. J. Tudor

Narrated by: Richard Armitage

“The Hiding Place is terrific in every way.”—Lee Child

From the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man comes an unputdownable psychological thriller about a man who returns home to settle old scores—and uncovers a secret darker than he could have imagined.

Joe never wanted to come back to Arnhill. After the way things ended with his old gang—the betrayal, the suicide—and what happened when his sister went missing, the last thing he wanted to do was return to his hometown. But Joe doesn’t have a choice, not after a chilling email surfaces in his inbox: I know what happened to your sister. It’s happening again . . .

Lying his way into a teaching job at his former high school is the easy part. Facing off with onetime friends who aren’t too happy to have him back in town—while avoiding the enemies he’s made in the years since—is tougher. But the hardest part of all will be returning to the abandoned mine where his life changed forever, and finally confronting the horrifying truth about Arnhill, his sister, and himself. Because for Joe, the worst moment of his life wasn’t the day his sister went missing.

It was the day she came back.

WaaaAaaYYYyyyYyy too wordy

Remember back in school when you would have to write an essay and use extremely long words and beat around the bush as much as possible before anything meaningful was conveyed just so you would make the word count? That explains this book plus the plot is pretty predictable. As for narration, to each his own but listing to this guy requires your FULL attention. No multitasking here.

the Hiding place

I loved the way Richard Armitage brought this book to life. Great book! Won't regret!

Evocative of other authors. Must read!

An excellent book. Some may feel it starts slowly, I do not. It lays a perfect groundwork for the rest of the story, which is a sucks-you-in page turner you'll not want to put down.

A definite thriller in the vein of Tana French & others I can't name (for reasons that'll become clear), grab you by the throat, drain you of contol/free will, & release you when it's good & ready.

An absolute must read!

Great book

Loved the twists and turns, kept me engaged to the story. The narrator did an awesome job.

Creepy

Spooky and atmospheric and and kept me listening all the way through. Really good narration also.

Excellent!

Richard Armitage is an amazing narrator. He narrates this book perfectly, and the characters are created in depth. He brings them to life very well, and the storyline is part horror, and part story of life in that area. It is really an excellent book!

stunning performance

as always a stunning performance by the narrator
the writing was amazing. colorful characters. nice suspense pace and great ending

Decent enough

I'm very mixed with this one. It was painfully slow and had obvious Stephen King influences (Pet Sematary and It), but at no point did I know what was going to happen next. I wasn't trying very hard to figure it out, so that might be why. Not a bad read overall, but nothing to write home about.

It was Ok

The last portion of the book left unanswered questions. There were two story lines then all of a sudden there were more. It reminds me of movies where nothing happens for the first 1 hrs and a half and then the last 30 min is filled with explosion and twist. Everything has to get wrapped up quickly. It just feels empty. I wouldn't recommend. The speaker was awesome tho.

suspenful

Even w all the homework nursing school brings, I could not stay away from this book. loved it so much i hated that it had to end