The Hidden

Name: The Hidden
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Bill Pronzini
ISBN: 9781609980351

Author: Bill Pronzini

Narrator: Nick Sullivan

Unabridged: 6 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 12/01/2010

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Suspense & Thriller, Crime

Synopsis

A series of seemingly random murders have been happening along a fifty mile stretch of the rugged northern California coast, committed by an unknown dubbed the “Coastline Killer.” A young couple with marital problems, Shelby and Jay Macklin, decide to spend the week between Christmas and New Year’s at a friend’s remote coastal cottage. Two couples in a neighboring home, whose relationships are thick with festering menace, and a fierce winter storm lead to a night of unrelenting terror. These are the main ingredients in Bill Pronzini’s chilling and twist-filled tale about the hidden nature of crime and its motives.

About Bill Pronzini

Bill Pronzini has won numerous awards, including the 2008 Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and the Hammer Award from the Private Eye Writers of America.

About Nick Sullivan

Nick Sullivan has narrated audiobooks for over twenty years and has recorded over four hundred titles. An Audie Award winner, he is also the recipient of numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards. His TV and film credits include The Good Wife, The Affair, Bull, Boardwalk Empire, 30 Rock, Our Idiot Brother, and Private Life.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ed

Christmas story a la Hitchchock packs enough punch and suspense. The female protagonist is an EMT (my favorite character), and her husband is an out-of-work restaurant owner. Marriage on the rocks, they drive out to stay at a friend's seaside cottage in northern CA for some R&R. Of course things go......more

Goodreads review by Maddy

PROTAGONIST: Jay and Shelby Macklin SETTING: California coast RATING: 2.75 Shelby and Jay Macklin’s are experiencing marital problems, mostly because Jay is unable to share his inner self with his wife. His inability to communicate has led to a breakdown in their relationship. He experiences terrible n......more

Goodreads review by Rita

The book is short, just 110 pages. I really liked the quickness of this book until it gets to the climax. I was getting so twisted in the description of where Shelby was running. It might be my misunderstanding of the west coast? Heavily entwined wooded coastline with swampy marshes and paved drivew......more

Goodreads review by Emma-Leigh

I enjoyed this one. It was fairly fast paced and had a decent amount of mystery. It was a little annoying how when the story was told from Jay’s perspective he called himself Macklin, but that’s a minor annoyance. It twisted a little bit at the end. I am choosing to believe that the main characters......more

Quotes

“[A] stand-alone thriller that benefits considerably from Nick Sullivan’s dramatic interpretation…There are even moments in which he moves so effortlessly from voice to voice that the reading takes on the aspect of a classic radio drama with a full cast.” Publishers Weekly (audio review)

“Pronzini has written seventy-plus novels, and The Hidden demonstrates that he’s aging like fine wine. Jay, Shelby, and even the Coastline Killer are complex and engaging characters. The Mendocino coast and its storms are portrayed in all their palpable beauty and danger.” Booklist