The Hidden
Published on 23. September 2025
250 pages
979-8-3372-0285-3 (ISBN)
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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
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BILL PRONZINI's novel
Snowbound received the Grand Prix de la Littérature Policière as the best crime novel published in France in 1988.
A Wasteland of Strangers was nominated for best crime novel of 1997 by both the Mystery Writers of America and the International Crime Writers Association. In addition to six Edgar Award nominations and one win for
A Wasteland of Strangers, Pronzini has received three Shamus Awards, two for best novel and the Lifetime Achievement Award. He is also the author of the Nameless Detective novels, the longest-running private investigator series currently in print, which includes the award-winning entries
Hoodwink and
Boobytrap. He lives in northern California with his wife, the crime novelist Marcia Muller.
