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The Hideaway
'A brilliant, twisty thriller . . . I was gripped!' – PETER JAMES
'Nikki Allen is one to watch!' – SARAH GOODWIN
'An accomplished white-knuckle ride from start to finish' – KATE RIORDAN
THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME?
When five strangers are chosen for an all-expenses-paid stay at an exclusive retreat, they leap at the chance to rest and get away from it all in the heart of the lush Costa Rican rainforest.
OR THE HOLIDAY FROM HELL?
Their famous host is nowhere to be seen when they arrive. Confused, but eager to immerse themselves in this once-in-a-lifetime experience, they head into the wilderness in search of a rejuvenating waterfall. But a sudden disaster plunges them into a desperate fight for survival.
Lost under the dense canopies with darkness closing in, they soon realise they cannot trust the beauty of their surroundings – or each other . . .
The Hideaway by Nikki Allen is a pulse-pounding, twisty destination thriller, perfect for fans of Nine Perfect Strangers and readers of Lucy Clarke.
Praise for The Hideaway
'A brilliant, twisty thriller . . . I was gripped' – Peter James, author of the bestselling Roy Grace series
'An absolute must-read for your summer - Nikki Allen is one to watch!' – Sarah Goodwin, author of The Yacht
'An accomplished white-knuckle ride from start to finish' – Kate Riordan, author of The Heatwave
'The perfect destination thriller to lose yourself in this summer' – Natasha Boydell, author of The Fortune Teller
'A twisty debut' – Amanda Reynolds, author of Close To Me
'Dangers and secrets lurk in the shadows in this unputdownable destination thriller' – Allie Reynolds, author of Shiver
'The thriller debut of the summer!' – Sara Ochs, author of The Resort
'An exhilarating debut' – Prima Magazine
'The kind of taut destination thriller you can read in just a few sittings' – Culturefly
'Punchy and intoxicating, I was utterly captivated' – Pretty Little Memoirs
'Nikki Allen is one to watch!' – SARAH GOODWIN
'An accomplished white-knuckle ride from start to finish' – KATE RIORDAN
THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME?
When five strangers are chosen for an all-expenses-paid stay at an exclusive retreat, they leap at the chance to rest and get away from it all in the heart of the lush Costa Rican rainforest.
OR THE HOLIDAY FROM HELL?
Their famous host is nowhere to be seen when they arrive. Confused, but eager to immerse themselves in this once-in-a-lifetime experience, they head into the wilderness in search of a rejuvenating waterfall. But a sudden disaster plunges them into a desperate fight for survival.
Lost under the dense canopies with darkness closing in, they soon realise they cannot trust the beauty of their surroundings – or each other . . .
The Hideaway by Nikki Allen is a pulse-pounding, twisty destination thriller, perfect for fans of Nine Perfect Strangers and readers of Lucy Clarke.
Praise for The Hideaway
'A brilliant, twisty thriller . . . I was gripped' – Peter James, author of the bestselling Roy Grace series
'An absolute must-read for your summer - Nikki Allen is one to watch!' – Sarah Goodwin, author of The Yacht
'An accomplished white-knuckle ride from start to finish' – Kate Riordan, author of The Heatwave
'The perfect destination thriller to lose yourself in this summer' – Natasha Boydell, author of The Fortune Teller
'A twisty debut' – Amanda Reynolds, author of Close To Me
'Dangers and secrets lurk in the shadows in this unputdownable destination thriller' – Allie Reynolds, author of Shiver
'The thriller debut of the summer!' – Sara Ochs, author of The Resort
'An exhilarating debut' – Prima Magazine
'The kind of taut destination thriller you can read in just a few sittings' – Culturefly
'Punchy and intoxicating, I was utterly captivated' – Pretty Little Memoirs
294 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 17, 2025
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April 18, 2026
2.5⭐️
This book just felt a bit like it missed a lot of the thriller aspects for me. Yes they get lost and their host is missing, but it just felt repetitive in their distress in being lost as well as getting some anecdotes from their backgrounds to explain some of their “issues”. I think some of the characters weird behavior does not get explained, and there are very severe overreactions to relatively minor errors which again made me feel like something was missing from each of their backstories as to why they are as weird as they all are. I never felt spooked by the eerieness of the forest because there really was no eerieness, they’re just lost trying to find their way out, getting injured, and running away like idiots over protein bars. I think the whodunnit is a little telegraphed, but I think there is a decent red herring to make you second guess it. Overall this felt like there was potential but just no real impact made, just felt like they got lost really with very minor thriller elements
This book just felt a bit like it missed a lot of the thriller aspects for me. Yes they get lost and their host is missing, but it just felt repetitive in their distress in being lost as well as getting some anecdotes from their backgrounds to explain some of their “issues”. I think some of the characters weird behavior does not get explained, and there are very severe overreactions to relatively minor errors which again made me feel like something was missing from each of their backstories as to why they are as weird as they all are. I never felt spooked by the eerieness of the forest because there really was no eerieness, they’re just lost trying to find their way out, getting injured, and running away like idiots over protein bars. I think the whodunnit is a little telegraphed, but I think there is a decent red herring to make you second guess it. Overall this felt like there was potential but just no real impact made, just felt like they got lost really with very minor thriller elements
July 25, 2026
This should have been called The Rainforest since that was 85% of the book. It was fine I just probably not would have read it had I known what it was about.
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