Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I believe the word most often used to describe Rekulak’s writing is “propulsive.” This is DEAD ON… in so many ways!
We meet the ‘junkie” Mallory Quinn first: high on oxy while taking part in a college research study. She aces the “awareness” test, blindfolded: the doctor in charge is ecstatic!
Alas, when Mallory leaves the campus research lab, she almost immediately disappears down the rabbit-hole of drug addiction.
On a seemingly brighter note, the very next chapter speeds ahead and finds Mallory 18 months sober and prepping for a job interview. A VA vet psychiatrist and her engineer husband decide to give Mallory a chance and hire her as a nanny for their introverted young son – who may have a few behavioral issues of his own to deal with!
I am not going to go into any more details, because you really do need to go into this blind.
I just want to say that all of those spooky bits had my heart pounding so hard that I had to start speed reading the pages just to survive them!
I highly recommend this to fans of horror and the supernatural. Stephen King gave it a glowing thumbs up: can’t argue with that!
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