Review: Keeps you guessing right to the end
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 6, 2013
Ever notice that some women repeatedly attract a certain kind of man despite their best efforts to avoid doing so?  Despite their conviction that they've learned from past experience?  Well, meet Kate, human magnet to the violent psychopath.  She's fled her past, changed her identity, and set herself up thousands of miles away from home and still she remains a repeat offender.I thoroughly enjoyed HIDDEN, a refreshing thriller by Australian author Lucy Flood.  The story takes off with a jolt and a series of disturbing events follow.  It's obvious that Kate needs to deal with her past, but to do that she must also deal with the past of those around her.  As the mystery unravels, surprises are shed and the reader is kept guessing right to the end.One thing that I particularly liked about this author's style is her ability to capture and form into words credible real life experiences.  Yes, Kate has a drinking problem, and yes, each morning she wakes to regret her actions of the previous night - if she can at all remember them.  It's her crutch, a temporary stand in for a more adequate coping response, and not an uncommon one.  The drunken sexual encounters follow the binges (as they oft tend to do) and I commend the author here in having the ability to describe them just as they are.  Nothing more.  Nothing less.  Even the dialogue used by the author is authentic.The potential for more books to follow HIDDEN clearly exists.  I hope the author is toying with this idea if not working on a sequel already.I highly recommend this read.