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Hidden pictures / Jason Rekulak ; illustrations by Will Staehle and Doogie Horner.

ISBN: 9781250819345
ISBN: 1250819342
ISBN: 9781250870261
ISBN: 1250870267
Physical Description: 372 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First US edition.
Publisher: New York : Flatiron Books, 2022.

Rekulak, Jason, (author.). Staehle, Will, (illustrator.). Horner, Doogie, (illustrator.).

Summary:

From Jason Rekulak, Edgar-nominated author of The Impossible Fortress, comes a wildly inventive spin on the classic horror story in Hidden Pictures, a supernatural thriller about a woman working as a nanny for a young boy with strange and disturbing secrets. Fresh out of rehab, Mallory Quinn takes a job as a babysitter for Ted and Caroline Maxwell. She is to look after their five-year-old son, Teddy. Mallory immediately loves it. She has her own living space, goes out for nightly runs, and has the stability she craves. And she sincerely bonds with Teddy, a sweet, shy boy who is never without his sketchbook and pencil. His drawings are the usual fare: trees, rabbits, balloons. But one day, he draws something different: a man in a forest, dragging a woman's lifeless body. Then, Teddy's artwork becomes increasingly sinister, and his stick figures quickly evolve into lifelike sketches well beyond the ability of any five-year-old. Mallory begins to wonder if these are glimpses of a long-unsolved murder, perhaps relayed by a supernatural force. Knowing just how crazy it all sounds, Mallory nevertheless sets out to decipher the images and save Teddy before it's too late."-- Provided by publisher.