The Hidden Things

By: Jamie Mason

Narrated by: Corey Brill, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Madeleine Maby, Joy Osmanski, Rebekkah Ross, Pete Simonelli

Inspired by a real-life unsolved art theft, this “startling, smart, vivid” (Tana French, New York Times bestselling author) thriller follows the fallout from a viral video that exposes a hidden crime and pulls four desperate lives into a deadly hunt for a stolen masterpiece.

In just twenty-eight seconds, a home-security camera captures fourteen-year-old Carly Liddell fighting off a brutal attack at her front door. The footage goes viral, turning Carly into an unlikely hero—and revealing far more than anyone realizes. Barely visible in the corner of the frame is the clue that threatens to unravel a long-buried secret.

Carly’s stepfather is driven to protect the truth about how a four-hundred-year-old painting by a Dutch Golden Age master ended up hanging in his suburban home. An art dealer once left for dead sees a chance at redemption. A ruthless enforcer resumes the hunt to recover the stolen work for his billionaire clients. And as the pressure mounts, Carly herself begins to question what really happened—and who she can trust.

As secrets surface and loyalties fracture, the search for the missing painting turns violent. Taut, twist-filled, and darkly clever, this suspenseful novel dismantles a classic heist story and rebuilds it into a gripping mystery about family, greed, and the dangerous power of what the camera catches.

Great story!

Enjoyed it very much! I highly recommend it. The author is one of my favorites.

First Jamie Mason book I’ve read, will be looking for more!

My first Jamie Mason book and definitely not my last - fast paced but brilliantly detailed. Each character came to life, not only by the excellent narration, but in the writing as well.

Smart writing, with well developed characters

Young girl, gets attacked and sets off a chain of events surrounding an almost mythical art hiest from years before that will for ever change her life and how she sees the world.

This was a well written web of characters with their own back stories and agendas. It is a rarety and was nice to have a character that is a tween be smart yet still be a child with glimps of an adult most author seem to write them one way or the other but miss that strange time in every ones life when the begin the metamorphosis in to who they will become.

The Hidden Things

This was mostly a miss for me, though not a complete fail. Long and meandering, I mostly listened to the end to see how it resolved. And it did redeem itself with its wrap up. But, limited character development, so no one felt fully fleshed out.

Some of the narrators were more successful than others.

A decent but drawn out story

Extra details making unnecessary pages. A little predictable. Personally I don’t like multiple people narrating one book. Overall 4/5.