Hide Yourself Away

Hide Yourself Away by Mary Jane Clark

As I’ve told you before I wasn’t always a bookworm; there was a long period in life that I despised books. That all changed thanks to a brilliant teacher who recommended me a wonderful and mysterious book: Hide Yourself Away. In the sensational New York TImes bestseller a mysterious disappearance of Charlotte in Newport, Rhode Island has everyone thinking where she went on such a big night for her. Years go by without news about her; some believe she left with a lover abandoning her children while others think her husband killed her. It isn’t until fourteen years later they find bones, in a tunnel, which was once part of the underground railroad, Charlotte’s family owns. The finding of the bones of Charlotte became the gossip everyone in town talks about; ironically that is the time period Key News decides to visit Rhode island.  

Grace Callahan is a thirty-two year old single mother who is following her dream of becoming a journalist by entering an internship at Key News; if she impresses her bosses she will earn a staff position, giving her an opportunity of a lifetime. Obtaining that position will not be easy due to her ambitious and far younger competitors who also want that staff position. Grace is also dealing with some personal problems, like dealing with her ex-husband who is accusing her of not paying enough attention to their daughter. Grace is a very clever person who little by little starts finding pieces of the puzzle that can put herself and loved ones in danger. 

After Charlotte's bones are found it brings back memories to her daughter, Madeleine, the night of Charlotte’s death. Soon Grace and Madeline become friends; during a party Madeline tells her of the memories she’s been remembering and so close to figuring who killer of her mother is. The next day Grace receives news that Madeline has been killed the night before, many believing it’s the same murder as her mother. As Madeline was being killed, one of the interns named Sam had one too many cups to drink and was throwing up behind the tree witnessing everything. Desperately trying to impress his boss he tells him he has exclusive information of Madeleine's death but will not speak until tomorrow morning’s broadcast. Key News promotes several times that they have an eye witness, intern Sam Watkins, who may know who the killer is; that same day Sam disappears. Another intern, Zoe, is killed by an unexplained car accident after reading the first three letters of the license plate of the killer’s car. Once a person finds a clue they are automatically killed; Grace has been finding little bits and pieces of this mystery. Who do you think is the killer's next victim?

Hide Yourself Away is a page turner that cannot be put down! As a curious person I like figuring out who are the killers are before being told, I create “suspects”, and usually I am right. In Hide Yourself Away it was very difficult creating suspects because the author challenges us with some much information that can make you change your mind of the killer is in an instant. I wasn't able to create any suspects until I read three fourths of the book, and they all turn out to be wrong. When Mary Clark Jane finally relieves the killer I couldn't believe it; you never see it coming!   

~A.BW