<p><b>'A proper heartpounding thriller' <i>Sun,</i> Book of the Week</b><br><b>'Compelling and infused with a simmering tension' </b>Sarah Pearse, <i>The Sanatorium</i><br> <b>'A taut pacy murder mystery' </b>Imran Mahmood, <i>You Don't Know Me</i><br><br> <b>FOUR FRIENDS. ONE MURDER. A GAME THEY CAN'T ESCAPE</b><br><br>----------<br>'It was only a game'... <b><i>Until a boy went missing.</i><br></b> <br> 'No one was meant to get hurt'... <i><b>But a body has been found.</b></i><br><br> 'Just some innocent fun'... <b><i>Except one of them is a killer.</i><br></b> <br> Ready or not, here I come.<br><br> It's time to play hide and seek again.<br><br> <b><i>THE WHISPER MAN meets THE GUEST LIST in this gripping story; DI Fleet is up against some of the most powerful people in the country as he attempts to discover the truth about what happened on the day of the game...</i><br> </b>----------<br><br> <b><u>Praise for The Hiding Place</u></b><br><br> <b>'A terrifyingly tense thriller that takes you to the darkest places of the human heart'</b> Elly Griffiths, <i>The Locked Room<br> </i><br> <b>'This book delivers on its premise and then some... both compelling and beautifully written and infused with a simmering tension - I couldn't stop turning the pages!'</b> SARAH PEARSE, <i>The Sanatorium</i><br><br> <b>'A great police procedural . . . a gripping, breathless denouement'</b> HARRIET TYCE, <i>Blood Orange</i><br><br> <b>'Another totally thrilling page-turner. Masterful writing about teenage insecurity again, with a plot that twists and turns in to such a dramatic conclusion'</b> ARAMINTA HALL, <i>Hidden Depths</i><br> <b><br> 'Tense, full of misdirection & beautifully written</b>' GILLY MACMILLAN, <i>The Nanny</i><br><br> <b>'A dark and disturbing thriller right up to the heart-stopping finale. A must read' </b>MICHAEL WOOD author of<i> Survivor's Guilt</i><br><br> <b>'Lelic's best yet. As beautifully crafted as ever, and builds layer upon layer of tension'</b> CARA HUNTER, <i>The Whole Truth</i><br> <i><br> <b>'</b></i><b>A gripping crime thriller with a countdown to murder'</b> STEVE CAVANAGH, <i>Fifty Fifty</i><br><br> <b><u>Praise for Simon Lelic</u></b><br><br> <b>'What a read! It's proper clever. Loved it'</b> STUART TURTON, <i>The Devil and the Dark Water</i><br><br> <b>'A bloody good read and the very definition of unpredictable. Twisty, creepy, brilliantly paced and with a denouement I never saw coming'</b> JOHN MARRS, <i>What Lies Between Us</i><br> <b><br> 'Clever and atmospheric'</b> MARK EDWARDS, <i>The Hollows</i></p>
<p><b>'A proper heartpounding thriller' <i>Sun,</i> Book of the Week</b><br><b>'Compelling and infused with a simmering tension' </b>Sarah Pearse, <i>The Sanatorium</i><br> <b>'A taut pacy murder mystery' </b>Imran Mahmood, <i>You Don't Know Me</i><br><br> <b>FOUR FRIENDS. ONE MURDER. A GAME THEY CAN'T ESCAPE</b><br><br>----------<br>'It was only a game'... <b><i>Until a boy went missing.</i><br></b> <br> 'No one was meant to get hurt'... <i><b>But a body has been found.</b></i><br><br> 'Just some innocent fun'... <b><i>Except one of them is a killer.</i><br></b> <br> Ready or not, here I come.<br><br> It's time to play hide and seek again.<br><br> <b><i>THE WHISPER MAN meets THE GUEST LIST in this gripping story; DI Fleet is up against some of the most powerful people in the country as he attempts to discover the truth about what happened on the day of the game...</i><br> </b>----------<br><br> <b><u>Praise for The Hiding Place</u></b><br><br> <b>'A terrifyingly tense thriller that takes you to the darkest places of the human heart'</b> Elly Griffiths, <i>The Locked Room<br> </i><br> <b>'This book delivers on its premise and then some... both compelling and beautifully written and infused with a simmering tension - I couldn't stop turning the pages!'</b> SARAH PEARSE, <i>The Sanatorium</i><br><br> <b>'A great police procedural . . . a gripping, breathless denouement'</b> HARRIET TYCE, <i>Blood Orange</i><br><br> <b>'Another totally thrilling page-turner. Masterful writing about teenage insecurity again, with a plot that twists and turns in to such a dramatic conclusion'</b> ARAMINTA HALL, <i>Hidden Depths</i><br> <b><br> 'Tense, full of misdirection & beautifully written</b>' GILLY MACMILLAN, <i>The Nanny</i><br><br> <b>'A dark and disturbing thriller right up to the heart-stopping finale. A must read' </b>MICHAEL WOOD author of<i> Survivor's Guilt</i><br><br> <b>'Lelic's best yet. As beautifully crafted as ever, and builds layer upon layer of tension'</b> CARA HUNTER, <i>The Whole Truth</i><br> <i><br> <b>'</b></i><b>A gripping crime thriller with a countdown to murder'</b> STEVE CAVANAGH, <i>Fifty Fifty</i><br><br> <b><u>Praise for Simon Lelic</u></b><br><br> <b>'What a read! It's proper clever. Loved it'</b> STUART TURTON, <i>The Devil and the Dark Water</i><br><br> <b>'A bloody good read and the very definition of unpredictable. Twisty, creepy, brilliantly paced and with a denouement I never saw coming'</b> JOHN MARRS, <i>What Lies Between Us</i><br> <b><br> 'Clever and atmospheric'</b> MARK EDWARDS, <i>The Hollows</i></p>