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The hidden things, by Jamie Mason

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The hidden things

by Jamie Mason

A twisty, dark thriller from the acclaimed author of the "ripping good" (The New York Times) debut novel Three Graves Full, inspired by the real-life unsolved theft of a seventeenth-century painting by a Dutch masterA home-security camera captures the hidden resolve in fourteen-year-old Carly Liddell as she fends off a vicious attack just inside her own front door. The video of her heroic escape appears online and goes viral. As the view count climbs, Carly's stepfather is spurred to protect his darkest secret: how a stolen painting-- four hundred years old, by a master of the Dutch Golden Age-- has come to hang in his suburban foyer. The art dealer, left for dead when the painting vanished, sees a chance to buy back her life. And the double-crossed enforcer renews the hunt to deliver the treasure to his billionaire patrons-- even if he has to kill to succeed. -- adapted from jacket