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.

WOW! This book certainly keeps up the author's excellent writing style and unexpected bad guys. In this book, seven friends go out to see some birds in the nature preserve. While there, one of their number is shot and killed. The problem lies in trying to find out who it was - was it the one who seems injured but unreliable? The deaf girl with no real motive? The girl who seems so angry at everyone? The one who's working with poachers? The poachers? Someone else? I guarantee you, you won't figure out before the end who did the killing and why. And even once you figure that out, that isn't the end of the story!

I absolutely loved this book and all of its characters, even while I was busy hating some of them. They are so well written for me that I enjoyed even the small nuances of the bad guys. As a deaf man, I love reading books where a deaf character is written well and realistically. Nell Pattison is a genius at writing realistic characters, both deaf and hearing, and I would recommend this to anyone looking for an awesome thriller.

This is my first read by this author so I thought will I enjoy it? Yes I did. Liked the style of writing with chapters dedicated to the people involved. Had me hooked and read in a couple of days, did not predict the ending. Would thoroughly recommend to others.

What an amazing book i can't believe I've had it all this time and I only just read this. Release date 9th December 2021 thanks to netgalley, Avon publishers and Nell Pattison for the advanced digital copy of hide in exchange for my fair and honest opinions.

The Boxing Day hike is meant to bring their nature group together.
Emily, the sister who never lets her hearing loss hold her back. Lauren, the sister who always feels a step behind. Morna, who doesn’t get on with Lauren. Ben, whose feelings for Emily border on obsession. Dan, the quiet newcomer to the group. Kai, who isn’t just on the hike to enjoy the wildlife. And Alec, the one who knows all their secrets. 7 of them go out for this hike and not all of them return.


I loved this book truly I did. I found myself guessing throughout who the killer is they all had motive but which of them is the killer. I must say I got it wrong so wrong They all have a problem with Alec he swears he knows everyone's secrets so everybody is on edge. Alec is quiet and a watcher so he hears things others think he doesn't. I honestly found each secret to be super interesting as some are far worse than the others but are worth killing over.


Now as I was reading this I found the character Emily to be a really interesting one. She's deaf and it was so well written I thought let me check out the author as soon as I saw it was Nell Pattison I was like no wonder I love this character so much and further no wonder I love this book so much.
I found some of the scenes well written when it came to Emily one where she described running bur hearing nothing yet feeling the vibration and what a wierd sensation that Is. Even though the book is centred around the murder we are still given all of ingestion about deafness and the wider community.
This is similar when it homes to bird watching now I never thought I would be interested to read about birds but I going it fascinating. Now either Nell did some amazing research or is a bird watcher himself. It truly was so intriguing I was hooked
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Esbh of the characters are so different and as to not give any spoilers away I thought I would share favourite character. I really liked Ben. He's an odd feller and has it bad got Emily. He also prime suspect in the murder. I was never convinced personally but I will leave that guessing game to you. He is clearly a socially awkward guy I just wish that more was explained about that in the book I wanted to know why he was the way he was although it reads like he's on the spectrum.

As per Nell Pattison writes like a pro with short paragraphs and amazing descriptions. He writes in a way that makes me want to be there although maybe not with a potential murderer on the loose but you get my drift his writing is second to none! Plus shortish chapters are always a bonus to me I find I read quicker when that's the case. Plus the entire event is less than 24hrs. Be warned that there are 7 characters and If you are anything like me you will mix people up as you go along and If you're not one to get confused we'll I'm jealous ahow me how


All in all a 5 star book I highly enjoyed and whole heartedly recommend! If you're alread a fan of Nrll's crime series you will enjoy seeing much as I currently do.

I read the last two novels in the Paige Northwood series back to back and was so into the series, that I have to admit that I was a little disappointed to find out that Nell Pattison’s forthcoming novel Hide, was a stand alone thriller, completely removed from my beloved Paige and Singh. Happily, it didn’t take long for me to completely forget about that disappointment (yes, I know I’m very fickle!).

The narration follows the point of view of the seven characters involved as they head out onto a Lincolnshire nature reserve for a Boxing Day hike. They position themselves to enjoy the starling murmuration, but a shot rings out and one of them is dead. And so begins a tense thriller, where secrets tumble out and true characters are revealed.

It feels cinematic in scope, the words easily turned to pictures in my head and I felt as if I was there watching it all play out. The fear and claustrophobia, particularly for Emily who is deaf, is almost tangible.

The pacing was perfect for me. Hints are placed that all was is right early on, with a little more information being tantalisingly dropped as the novel progresses. Secrets begin to spill and what you know of characters is questioned. I was completely on board from chapter one. Some characters I instantly liked. Some I didn’t. Some redeemed themselves. Some did not. It was a read of constant ups and downs, and yet my attention never wavered, keeping me completely enthralled. Then just as I took a breath at the end. It whipped the chair from under me!

This is my favourite Nell Pattison novel to date. As much as I love the Paige Northwood books, this felt a little more slick and sophisticated. I cannot wait to see what else Nell has up her writer’s sleeves!