Synopsis
Seven friends. One killer. You can run, but you can’t hide…
It’s Boxing Day and your friendship group has planned a hike.
You know tensions are running high. You’ve heard the rumours flying around.
But this trip is a chance for you to reconnect.
As you head into the reserve, everyone is quiet. It almost feels like you’ve imagined the rift.
But as the sun sets, you hear a gun shot.
One of your group is dead.
And someone you know killed them…
A fast-paced, edge-of-your-seat thriller with a killer twist you just won’t see coming. Fans of Ruth Ware, Lucy Foley and T.M. Logan will be totally gripped from the very first page.
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Readers are completely gripped by HIDE!
‘I am *freaking* out!! … Has me on the edge of my seat…I've had to turn the light on because I genuinely feel like I'm stumbling through pitch-black woods in blinding snow and trying to outrun a murderer! … Incredible!’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Tense, twisty and full of toxic secrets – a chilly fight for survival guaranteed to give you shivers’ T.M. LOGAN, author of Trust Me and The Holiday
‘There’s a touch of Agatha Christie to Hide…her humour is crisp and even and the plotting as keen as an axe in the skull’ THE TIMES
‘Claustrophobic and intense’ Fabulous magazine
‘Holy. Hell. I haven’t finished a thriller this fast since Gone Girl’ NetGalley Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Wow! I'm so glad that I had a whole day off work to read it as I honestly couldn't put it down’ Goodreads Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘An outstanding thriller – impossible for me to put down!’ NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘I am still thinking about it – the last sentence was a jaw-dropper!’ NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘You’ll definitely be left with your jaw on the floor and your head spinning’ NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Wow, what a story! The ending just blew me away’ NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Publisher information
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- ISBN: 9780008468026
- Number of pages: 368
- Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 22 mm
- Weight: 260g
- Languages: English
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A plot that keeps revealing one more step right to the very last pages
Told in turns by all of the characters and yet still leaves the reader unclear as to who or what is at the root of this whodunnit. Characters are realistic... READ MORE
Becareful who go out walking with !
Great paced thriller. There were times when I was saying don't do that, don't do this and I actually felt cold when the snow came. Just goes to show people... READ MORE
Boxing Day thriller
This was a fab atmospheric thriller featuring seven acquaintances on a Boxing Day bird watching trip on a closed nature reserve. When one member is shot in... READ MORE
Slow burn thriller
The book's concept was intriguing yet slow paced until the end. I appreciated that each chapter presented different character points of view as secrets wer... READ MORE
Great fun thriller
Hide By Nell Pattison It is always great to find new Authors to add too my shelf and Nell Pattison is one such author that I will add, Hide is a claustroph... READ MORE
Great read
This one for me was a little slow starting and then introduced the main 7 characters very quickly, I kept trying to remember who's who. Once I got past tha... READ MORE
Twisty murder mystery
Written from seven perspectives, this tells the story of seven friends out on a nature walk when one of them is killed. As we learn about each friend, we ... READ MORE
Not just a winter wonderland
Lauren, Morna, Alec, Kai, Dan, Ben & Emily form the basis of a friendly nature watch group who have secured exclusive rights to meet at a local nature rese... READ MORE
Hide
A fantastic winter read!
The story is told from seven points of view; with each character giving their own version of events I thought I might struggle to... READ MORE
Engaging thriller
'Hide' by Nell Pattison s an engaging thriller that keeps you interested.
Seven friends. One killer. You can run, but you can’t hide…
The winter hike... READ MORE
Fast paced and suspenseful
Hide is fast paced and suspenseful with a premise that drew me in. I enjoyed the multiple points-of-view and loved the setting - a nature group goes on a w... READ MORE
Hide by Nell Pattison
There's nothing I love more than a snowy setting in my psychological thrillers. There's something about the isolation, the unpredictability and the sheer f... READ MORE
Full of twists and turns
I really liked this book and particularly the way it was set out with a chapter for each of the characters and we got the story from each of their perspect... READ MORE
Thrilling read
I’m a big fan of Nell Pattison’s “Silent” series and was excited to learn she had written a new stand alone thriller.
The story is based around a group of... READ MORE
Spellbinding read
7 friends join each other for a walk around a nature reserve on Boxing Day on a special arrangement. No one else is allowed in. So when 1 member of the g... READ MORE
A Good Murder Mystery
The winter hike is meant to bring their nature group together. Emily, the sister who never lets her hearing loss hold her back. Lauren, the sister who alw... READ MORE
A great winter read!
Another excellent read from Nell Pattison.
Seven people are meeting up for a hike and some bird watching at a nature reserve. the reserve is closed to t... READ MORE
Riveting!
Hide by Nell Pattison is a psychological thriller involving seven friends, Emily, Lauren, Morna, Ben, Dan, Kai and Alec who take a nature trail trip on Box... READ MORE
A cautionary Boxing Day tale
My thanks to Avon Books U.K. for an eARC via NetGalley of ‘Hide’ by Nell Pattison in exchange for an honest review.
For the past few years Lauren has bee... READ MORE
Atmospheric, intense and immersive
Gripping psychological thriller featuring a group of friends who have arranged a special trip to a nature reserve on Boxing Day. Relishing the prospect of ... READ MORE
Outstanding thriller in the snow!
An outstanding 5 star psychological thriller. Exceptional, amazing, jaw dropping, twisted……… Need I say more, other than, this is a must read, especially i... READ MORE
Good read in an unusual setting
I read this book as part as on online book group. I thought it was good storyline set in a nature reserve. It wasn't without fault, I would have like more ... READ MORE
Not how I'd want to spend my Boxing Day!
Seven members of a nature group in Lincolnshire decide to meet up on Boxing Day to have a hike round the local nature reserve and try to watch a starling m... READ MORE
Spellbinding read
7 friends join each other for a walk around a nature reserve on Boxing Day on a special arrangement. No one else is allowed in. So when 1 member of the g... READ MORE
Beautifully claustrophobic
I will admit that I was surprised when I opened this to find out that the cover had completely misled me about the setting. Lots of snow and I assumed we w... READ MORE
Gripping
Having read a trilogy by this author, and absolutely loved each book, I was very keen to get my hands on ‘Hide’ and I wasn’t disappointed!
Emily and Laure... READ MORE
Atmospheric thriller
This was a fab atmospheric thriller featuring seven acquaintances on a Boxing Day bird watching trip on a closed nature reserve. When one member is shot in... READ MORE
Loved it!
I haven’t read a thriller in a while and Hide was the perfect one to kick start me back into reading them.
Lauren, Morna, Kai, Ben, Dan, Emily and Alec ... READ MORE
Tense
Thank you, Avon, and NetGalley for a copy of Hide by Nell Pattison. I was excited when I saw the author had a new book out and I jumped at the chanced to r... READ MORE
Gripping Thriller
This is a great suspenseful book about seven friends who meet in a wildlife park to watch birds in the hides. When one of them is murdered the other 6 have... READ MORE
Gripping!
What a book! Read it in two sittings because I had to know what happened next! Lauren & Emily are sisters who have met again after eleven years after Laur... READ MORE
Enjoyable
First book I've read by this author and I did enjoy it.
Emily,Lauren. Morna,Ben,Dan,Kai and Alex all meet on boxing day to birdwatch but 6 of them have a s... READ MORE
A slow burn
This is what I would call a slow burn - it never really ignites fully and sometimes fizzles to the point it almost goes out but, generally, it just stays a... READ MORE
Great read
This is the first standalone fro: author Nell Pattison. I thoroughly enjoyed this story and I couldn’t see where the story was going.
Seven people go out... READ MORE
Perfect setting for a closed-room murder mystery
I love a locked-room murder mystery as it goes without saying that the murderer - and next victim - is a character you know as there's a limited group of s... READ MORE
Quite a few red herrings
This book was ok, but I was not blown away by it. The premise was great, group of people going for a winter walk on a nature reserve. They all have secre... READ MORE
Really disappointing
A group of bird watchers head out together to watch a starling murmuration, only for one of them to be murdered. But who did it, and why?
I really enjoyed... READ MORE
Different but no less amazing
When I saw a new Nell Pattinson book was out I just had to drop everything and read iti which I did. Wow.
Different from the others I have read but no les... READ MORE
A captivating and engaging read
This was such a great read, it has everything you could want from a thriller. It is captivating and engaging but also tense and dramatic with plenty of twi... READ MORE
Gripping!
What a book! Read it in two sittings because I had to know what happened next! Lauren & Emily are sisters who have met again after eleven years after Laur... READ MORE
Absolutely explosive!
Thank you so much to Nell Pattison, Netgalley and Avon for this ARC. I thoroughly enjoyed it and will be reading many more of Nell's books.
I'm only 37% t... READ MORE
Great read
First book I've read by this author and I did enjoy it.
Emily,Lauren. Morna,Ben,Dan,Kai and Alex all meet on boxing day to birdwatch but 6 of them have a s... READ MORE
Edge-of-your-seat
This was a taut, edge-of-your-seat thriller. I could only read it when my son was asleep because it was so absorbing.
Trust hasn't just broken done, it's been obliterated!
A deserted nature reserve may be a remarkable place to observe birds in their natural habitat but when there is a killer amongst your group, the isolation ... READ MORE
Another thrilling book with great representation for the deaf community!
Rounded down from around 4.5 stars ⭐️ I absolutely love Nell Pattison’s works, I was so excited when I found out this book was coming out!
Hide follows a ... READ MORE
a brilliant fast paced gripping mystery\thriller
4.5 stars
This was a brilliant and gripping novel that was hard to put down , it definitely is a page turner. The whole novel only spans a few days and the... READ MORE
Hide
3.5 stars rounded up as it finished strong...
Seven people brought together by their love of nature. A boxing day hike arranged at the nature reserve behin... READ MORE
A plot that keeps revealing one more step right to the very last pages
Told in turns by all of the characters and yet still leaves the reader unclear as to who or what is at the root of this whodunnit. Characters are realistic... READ MORE
Amazing ending
What an ending, the tension and characterisation in the last few paragraphs is brilliant!
The book as a whole is a solid 4 star, I felt it was a little d... READ MORE
Suspenseful
This book is perfect to read at this time of the year, and I really enjoyed listening to it while I was painting my house. The story is about different ch... READ MORE
Run and Hide!
An enjoyable thriller by Nell Pattison.
Seven friends go on a nature walk after Christmas. They are all hiding secrets which one of them seems to know. Whe... READ MORE
Hide - Beware a bird hide! Terrific story
Lauren worked at a nature reserve and really enjoyed her job. She had a sister, Emily, who she had only just reconnected with and they were slowly getting ... READ MORE
A creepy & atmospheric whodunit!
It seemed a great idea- having access to the Nature Reserve for a Boxing Day Hike when it was closed over the holidays. Lauren felt quite proud of herself ... READ MORE
Enjoyable
Seven friends take a Boxing Day hike around a nature reserve to view a starling murmuration. But tension soon begins to surface. With heavy snow falling an... READ MORE