num_pages: 328
description: When a small child is found wandering alone the local shopkeepers call the authorities immediately. Twenty minutes later the girls mother turns up panicked and distraught. It doesn't take long to clear things up and mother and daughter are soon reunited and sent on their way.Miles away the body of a man is discovered floating in a bathtub but the most surprising discovery of all is that he isn't dead. Despite his injuries he is very much alive.Two seemingly unrelated events. But as DS Harper begins to investigate disturbing truths start to come to light that connect the man to the mother and child and suddenly its not clear where the danger truly lies. Harper must find out and quickly. Because someone or something is closing in and she needs to uncover the truth before its too lateWeaving together the trademark folklore inspiration that readers loved in Little Darlings with the procedural narrative force of a brilliant mystery this is the excellent and unnerving new novel from Melanie Golding.
language: English
title: The Hidden
publisher: Crooked Lane Books