The Hidden
Sep 2025 · Open Road Media
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A couple trying to save their troubled marriage encounters danger from a serial killer in this thriller by the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master.
Jay and Shelby Macklin have chosen to get away for the holidays. A week full of Christmas goodwill and New Year's hope in a secluded California coastal home is just what the two of them need to help restore the love they once shared.
Their nearest neighbors are two other couples struggling with their own relationships—four unhappy people simmering with anger and resentment. Then, a winter storm appears on the horizon, bringing freezing winds and rain that trap Jay and Shelby in isolation, forcing them to resolve their martial issues or separate.
But arriving with the storm is the serial murderer known as the Coastline Killer, pursuing a violent agenda for what he believes is the greater good . . .
"Taut, spare and seamlessly plotted. The real accomplishment, however, is the villain of the piece, portrayed sympathetically but without sentimentality." — Kirkus Reviews
Jay and Shelby Macklin have chosen to get away for the holidays. A week full of Christmas goodwill and New Year's hope in a secluded California coastal home is just what the two of them need to help restore the love they once shared.
Their nearest neighbors are two other couples struggling with their own relationships—four unhappy people simmering with anger and resentment. Then, a winter storm appears on the horizon, bringing freezing winds and rain that trap Jay and Shelby in isolation, forcing them to resolve their martial issues or separate.
But arriving with the storm is the serial murderer known as the Coastline Killer, pursuing a violent agenda for what he believes is the greater good . . .
"Taut, spare and seamlessly plotted. The real accomplishment, however, is the villain of the piece, portrayed sympathetically but without sentimentality." — Kirkus Reviews
About the author
Bill Pronzini has published seventy-nine novels, thirty-eight of which feature the Nameless Detective, Americas longest-running PI series, begun in 1971. He is also the author of four nonfiction books and three hundred fifty short stories, and the editor of numerous anthologies. Among his many awards is the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master, presented in 2008—a distinction he shares with his wife, crime novelist Marcia Muller, the 2005 Grand Master recipient. The couple lives in Northern California.
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