The Hiding Places
A compelling tale of murder and deceit with a twist you won’t see coming

Name: The Hiding Places
Brand: Hachette UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Katherine Webb
ISBN: 9781409161790

Author: Katherine Webb

Narrator: Anna Bentinck

Unabridged: 15 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orion

Published: 05/04/2017

Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Literary Fiction, Family Life

Synopsis

A secret buried so deep, only a liar could uncover it

Wiltshire, 1922.
Fifteen-year old Pudding Cartwright has begun the career she always wanted, as girl groom to the Hadleigh family's horses at Manor Farm. Irene Hadleigh is struggling to adjust to her new life in sleepy Slaughterford, having married Alistair to escape a scandal in London. At a loss to occupy herself, Irene sets about restyling Manor Farm, and during the work the chance finding of a strange object, hidden away in the house for years, will change everything.

When somebody close to both of them is murdered, Pudding and Irene are thrown together to seek out the identity of the killer in their midst, unaware of just how deep the roots of the crime lie.

During a hot, humid summer of grief, betrayal, and misapprehensions, they will uncover truths neither of them could ever have foreseen.

The perfect book group read for fans of Kate Morton, Lucinda Riley and Santa Montefiore.

Read by Anna Bentinck

(p) 2017 Orion Publishing Group

About Katherine Webb

Katherine Webb was born in 1977 and grew up in rural Hampshire before reading History at Durham University. She has since spent time living in London and Venice, and now lives in Wiltshire. Having worked as a waitress, au pair, personal assistant, book binder, library assistant, seller of fairy costumes and housekeeper, she now writes full time.katherinewebbauthor.com @KWebbAuthor

About Anna Bentinck

Anna Bentinck was trained at Arts Educational College and has worked extensively for BBC radio. Animation voices include the series 64 Zoo Lane. Film credits include The Trojan Women, Alice in Wonderland and To The Devil a Daughter. Her many audio books range from Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, Shirley by Charlotte Bronte, The Five Children and It, by E. Nesbit, One Day by David Nicholls , Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel, The Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys, Sanditon and The Watsons by Jane Austen to The Bible.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dale

The story starts in Slaughterford, Wiltshire. The year is 1922. Irene has recently married and moved from London to the town with her new husband Alistair where they live with his Aunt Nancy who raised him. Pudding Cartwright, daughter of the town’s doctor is training as a groom. She lives with her......more

Quotes

An enormously talented writer SANTA MONTEFIORE

Webb has a true gift for uncovering the mysteries of the human heart and exploring the truth of love KATE WILLIAMS

Katherine Webb's writing is beautiful ELIZABETH FREMANTLE

I've loved all of Katherine Webb's books KATE RIORDAN

A truly gifted writer of historical fiction LUCINDA RILEY

This isn't your usual country house mystery. It's a vivid portrait of rural life at a time of great change, especially for the women. In its Wiltshire setting and depth of research, it reminded me of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, but Katherine's wonderful descriptions and characters make it sing. And I guarantee that the ending will surprise. Her legion of fans will be delighted with this immersive, beautifully written tale of secrets and betrayals that echo down the generations Vanessa Lafaye on The Hiding Places

Katherine's writing is rich, vivid and evocative and her characters breathtakingly real IONA GREY

Brilliant and absorbing drama GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

A haunting novel of betrayal WOMAN & HOME

Katherine Webb is such a reliably good storyteller and this beguiling mystery, set so vividly in the glorious Wiltshire countryside, is no exception. It will keep you guessing right to the end.