Hide and Seek

by Lindsay Maracotta

Genres: Horror

288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published April 1, 1982

About the author

Before making a living as a writer, Lindsay held a wide variety of jobs: waitress in a trendy club; waitress in a funky dive; catalogue model; assistant to a soap opera diva; cat sitter (required many of the same skills as previous job); fact checker for Esquire Magazine; and briefly -- and unwittingly -- a bag man for the mob. Drawing on these experiences, she began writing for magazines and the non-fiction book "The Sad-Eyed Ladies." Her first novel, "Hide and Seek:, was a mass market best seller. "Everything We Wanted" was a Publisher’s Weekly bestseller, a Literary Guild selection, an English and translated into six languages. Next was the critically acclaimed “Dead Hollywood” series (ebook: “Dead Fabulous” series). Accolades: Mystery Ink Book of the Year; People Magazine Beach Book of the Week; a Sisters in Crime Best Book, and various Ten Best Mystery lists.
Writing as Lindsay Graves, she published The Ex-Wives series with Ballentine Books. She currently lives in the Hollywood Hills with her husband, a feature film producer, and two cats who are always ready for their close-ups.

Reviews

[Phil · Rating 2 out of 5]

The 80s craze for horror possibly can account for this pulpy b-novel by Maracotta; while marketed as horror, it really should be classified as a thriller. NYC SoHo circa 1980. Children start going missing without any clues. The main protagonists are a police investigator looking to the disappearances and Susan-- an art gallery owner, whose daughter is the second to go missing. We know from the cover blurb how is behind the abductions (if not the why), and we are introduced to a wide cast of people living in SoHo-- artists and others who live in the loft spaces of old factories. Way too much detail on fashion etc. and the petty lives of the characters without enough focus on a plot. The best part of the book were the little history lessons/essays on the development of SoHo over the years and toward its gradual gentrification. Amazing that there was anywhere in NYC to live on the cheap as little as 4 decades ago! Solid 1.5 stars!

[Joshua Hair · Rating 4 out of 5]

Three and a half stars. As this is the 1,000 book I’ve catalogued as “Read” on here I’ll do a full review later.

[Timothy · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was an ok book but i would have preferred more time spent on the main plot and less spent on the personal issues of all the characters.