When 2 sisters Emily and Lauren meet up with 5 friends for a Boxing Day walk in a nature reserve to watch a starling murmuratation none of them suspect that that there is a killer in their midst and not all of them will survive the day.
This is a great whodunit book set on a cold, snowy day in the middle of nowhere with no witnesses. Each chapter is told by one of the friends, there is no way you could put this book down without wanting to read a little bit more. I've read the authors previous novels, this is a standalone, but this one was my favourite.
All of the characters have flaws and secrets, some I guessed others I didn't. The ending was fab.
Many thanks to Netgalley and Avon books UK for the opportunity to read this advanced copy in exchange for my honest review

I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

You know, I was living for the idea of a winter murder mystery but this wasn't it. Really suffered from "telling," not "showing."

Firstly, thank you to #NetGalley and #AvonBooksUK for giving me a digital advanced reader's copy of #HIDE by #NellPattison in exchange for a genuine review.

This is my first Pattison book and I'm glad I picked this book up. I always love a good murder mystery especially if it's a whodunnit type of plot. It was a light read but still with a lot of twists and turns. I always like to work these stories out and try to guess who the culprit is. It was a well written novel and as redundant as this may sound - the author's writing was exceptional. I highly recommend this twisty murder mystery.

Thank you to Netgalley and Avon for this ARC!

Hide follows a group of bird-watchers as they are stuck in a reserve after one of them dies. The catch? It's a holiday, so there's no one else there. One of them must have done it.
This is really exciting and a page-turner if you don't think much about it. Unfortunately, there are so many inconsistencies in the story (someone who works at the reserve only remembers AN ENTIRE BUILDING WHERE THEY COULD BE SAFE EXISTS after she stumbles upon it; characters get hurt or are suddenly perfectly fine depending on what the plot needs them to do, etc) that it becomes difficult to actually care for the resolution, making turning a blind eye to all these flaws impossible.
Some of the reveals are pretty good, some are pretty obvious, some are simply ridiculous. This must be the smallest city in the world for all the stuff that links the characters. The guy who dies at the beginning had claimed he had dirt on everyone, which made them all suspects, but some of the supposed secrets are so silly that the behavior of the characters at the beginning makes no sense.
Oh, and if you don't mind people acting illogically and making decisions that make you want to scream, there is a total of 1 (one) person of color in this book and he's a crook with a heart of gold who's redeemed by his white friends, so yeah.

This was a new and welcome author for me. I have really gotten into these "locked room" type thrillers lately so I was really excited to read this one. The "locked room" in this instance is a nature reserve supposedly reserved for only their group of seven and a snowstorm closing in. One in the group turns up dead soooo....whodunnit? What follows is a fast-paced story where the characters feel they are being hunted and could possibly be next. There were some fairly predictable aspects and I did figure out a couple twists, but this did nothing to detract from the overall enjoyment of the story. We get to know each of the characters and Emily is a deaf character. I really liked her perspective, as she is trying to survive without being able to hear and has to use her other senses. That was an interesting piece. I am definitely looking for more from this author!

Thank you to #NetGalely, Nell Pattison and Avon Books UK for this ARC!

Having read a trilogy by this author, and absolutely loved each book, I was very keen to get my hands on ‘Hide’ and I wasn’t disappointed!

Emily and Lauren are sisters, although they were estranged for about ten years when Lauren moved away at 18, and they’d had a turbulent upbringing in care. Emily is deaf but she hasn’t let that hold her back, and she has a very successful career in London.

Emily, Lauren, and five people they’ve become acquainted with at the local nature reserve, go on a Boxing Day hike there. Each one of them has a secret, and Alec seems to know all of them. Instead of staying together in a group, they split up and go to different hides to watch a murmuration of starlings. Just as dusk is falling, a gunshot is heard and one of their number is dead.

There were so many twists and turns in this book, I was totally hooked and struggled to put it down. A fantastic read that I highly recommend.

Thank you to NetGalley and Avon Books for an advance reader copy in return for an honest review.

This book was fab! I love a good 'whodunnit' and this one didn't disappoint. Easy to read, with lots of twists and false leads so you think you have it worked out....but nope! I disliked most of the characters but especially Lauren, she's such a spoilt and moody brat....they are all flawed and not great people but make for an awesome set of characters 😊 I love Nell's writing and this book was brilliant ❤

A closed room murder, with plenty of red herrings to keep you guessing. Some things I guessed straight away but others came as a surprise at the end, overall I think it was a bit far fetched, but easy enough to read once I’d got used to the seven POV!

Hide is a murder mystery with a twist. Seven people leave together but they won't all return. Written from differing ponts of view, hide slowly builds a picture of they why behind the what. It's dynamic and interesting and I finished this quickly, it was hard to put down. I enjoyed it up until the end, I wanted more out of the ending but it does leave things open for a sequel, with perhaps more explanation and deeper looks into certain characters.

I need a lie down
I've just been in a nature reserve, heard a shot, ran for dear life and stumbled in the snow and dark winter night.
Who was shooting and why?
Where are my friends I came with?
Who has got into this nature reserve as only our group is supposed to be here
God is it one of us?
I'm still catching my breath.
Top thriller!

A group of birdwatchers set off on a hike to watch a starling murmuration. When one of them gets murdered, the rest need to find their way out of the enormous nature reserve before it's their turn. Is the killer one of them?

I love the Paige Northwood series, so I was excited about the author's first stand-alone novel. I requested it without reading the blurb, so when I started reading, I had no idea what it was going to be about.
It turned out to be a multi-perspective whodunnit kind of story, which I'm not a fan of. But... after the story got going, I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. I loved how all the people had skeletons in their closets; it made me constantly change my mind about who the culprit was. The unique setting made the story creepy. Overall, it was a great, fast-paced and suspenseful read.

An isolated, snowy weather thriller? I am here. for. it! Lots of atmosphere, interesting characters and points of view. A thrilling read and one that I would recommend to my students!

Spiked With Adrenaline….
A Boxing Day hike, seven friends and…a killer. Riveting, character led psychological suspense spiked with adrenaline and fizzing with the anticipation of what will happen next. With a credible cast of characters, and a premise that delivers, this is an edge of seat, one sit read to devour.

Hide -Nell Pattison ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This tense and brooding novel was the perfect read as part of ‘Spooktober’. The mystery and tension was palpable- a real page turner that garnered my undivided attention from the very outset. Superb writing! I’d be very keen to read future publications by this author.

Tongue-gnawingly tense and suspenseful, Hide is full to the brim with atmosphere. Think darkness, deep snow, shadows, cold, no cell reception and being hunted on a large nature reserve. Gives me the willies just thinking about it! But in the best way possible. Even the cover is shivery!

A motley group of seven people meet at a nature reserve one December evening to watch the starling murmuration. The dynamic is a very interesting one as one of the characters knows something about each of the others and makes it known. When a body is found hysteria and shock take over, skewing logic and the route back to the nature reserve center becomes tricky with a blanket of snow and the knowledge that there is a killer on the loose. Not only that but there are injuries to deal with, slowing their progress.

My favourite aspects of this book are the atmosphere, bird information and original setting. That ending, though! Love it. A few of the characters and relationships are a bit unrealistic but this book is a winner.

My sincere thank you to Avon Books UK and NetGalley for the privilege of reading this thrill-a-second book! Unputdownable.

Nell Pattison has produced a book of a story told by the characters from their point of view and this doesn’t slacken the pace of the haunting mystery. Set during the night on a deserted marsh nature reserve each character’s story viewpoint lets you think you know who the killer is, but do you? The final twist is a clincher that you have been wrong from the start.

“Do we ever really know other people…sometimes the people we think are completely harmless are the ones who end up ruining lives…”

Seven nature enthusiasts enter a nature preserve on Boxing Day, but after one of their group is found murdered in one of the hides, they quickly start turning on one another. Who could have killed Alec…and why? As their secrets become uncovered, the mystery unfolds…one of the group is thirsty for vengeance…and there is nowhere to hide…

Wow! Personally, I found this story a wee bit frightening in that one of the characters is deaf and finds herself running for her life…in the dark…in the forest…alone…Can you even imagine how absolutely terrifying it would be? No sense of where you are and not being able to hear anything around you? Is the person chasing you friend or foe? *Shiver* Highly recommend this page-turner of a thriller!




**I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book that I received via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own. **

Wow! I haven't enjoyed a book quite this much in a long time and I'm so glad that I had a whole day off work to read it as I honestly couldn't put it down. This book has everything that I love: A locked room murder, well written and interesting characters, multiple POVs and a unique, vividly described location.

I haven't read anything by this author before but I immediately warmed to her writing style. I loved that we got a chapter from each of the 7 characters at the beginning so we could really get to know them before any of the action started. I really grew to care for some of the characters and hated others.

I love it when it is clear that there are multiple secrets to uncover as well as the main mystery and I really enjoyed reading as they all started to be revealed. Some I guessed, some I didn't but it was all really fun to read.

I can't say enough good things about this book, to me it was perfect. I haven't read the 'Silent' series by the author yet but after this I may have to.

Excellent story! Totally engrossing!. Looking forward to reading more by this author! Could not put this down!

Loved this book from the moment I met the sisters. I knew something was off with their relationship, but I did not see the twist coming. It was such a pleasure reading each character’s point of view and how they felt and reacted to the other characters individually. This book was intense, thrilling, and full of twists that you do not see coming. I always appreciate learning something new and I feel like I learned a lot about birds, starlings, murmurations and the intense snowing that made everything in the book much more thrilling. Highly recommend this book! And don’t forget to stick to the very end of the book, you will love the surprise that awaits you there.