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Hide and Seek

Hide and Seek

DI Helen Grace 6

Summary

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Hide and Seek by M J Arlidge, read by Elizabeth Bower.

Helen awaits trial in a crumbling women's prison in Southampton. She has a fight on to prove her innocence from inside her prison cell, but this soon turns out to be the least of her worries.

A serial killer is picking off fellow inmates, thriving in an environment where there is truly nowhere to run. Is it a criminal giving in to their dark urges or a member of the prison staff preying on the captive population?

Helen must work fast to reveal this devious killer, all the time wondering if she will be next on her list . . .

Audio updated as of May 2018.

'Helen Grace is one of the greatest heroes to come along in years'
JEFFERY DEAVER

'The new Jo Nesbo'
JUDY FINNIGAN

'Fast paced and nailbitingly tense ... gripping'
Sun

'DI Helen Grace is a genuinely fresh heroine ... MJ Arlidge weaves together a tapestry that chills to the bone'
Daily Mail

'Chilling stuff'
Fabulist

'A chilling read'
My Weekly

'A grisly, gripping thriller'
Sunday Mirror

'Gruesomely realistic, intriguing and relentless. Arlidge's fledgling army of fans is about to grow'
Sunday Sport

'Eeny Meeny debuts one of the best new series detectives, Helen Grace. Determined, tough and damaged, she must unravel a terrifying riddle of a killer kidnapping victims in pairs. Mesmerizing!'
Lisa Gardner

'Expertly pulled off. It has a devious premise. DI Helen Grace is fiendishly awesome. It's scary as all hell. And it has a full cast of realistically drawn, interesting characters that make the thing read like a bullet'
Will Lavender

'A fast-paced, twisting police procedural and thriller that's sure to become another bestseller'
Huffington Post

Reviews

  • Detective Inspector Helen Grace is one of the greatest heroes to come along in years
    Jeffery Deaver

About the author

M. J. Arlidge

M. J. Arlidge has worked in television for the last twenty years, specializing in high-end drama production, including prime-time crime serials Silent Witness, Torn, The Little House and, most recently, the hit ITV show Innocent. In 2015 his audiobook exclusive Six Degrees of Assassination was a number-one bestseller.

His debut thriller, Eeny Meeny, was the UK's bestselling crime debut of 2014. It was followed by the bestselling Pop Goes the Weasel, The Doll's House, Liar Liar, Little Boy Blue, Hide and Seek and Love Me Not. Down to the Woods is the eighth DI Helen Grace thriller.

In 2019 he published a standalone thriller, A Gift for Dying.
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