13/06/2025
They’re good people. Why shouldn’t they get what they deserve?
When Lou and her group of friends snapped up a bush property for weekend trips, it sounded like a dream: no phones, no distractions - just nature and old friends.
But things start to go wrong before they even arrive for their first camping trip – a rogue deer sends a trailer off the road, a neighbour complains about the fence line and squatters have set up camp down by the river.
Soon none of that will matter, though, because by the end of the first night someone will be dead.
Secrets unravel fast - lost jobs, illegal crops, affairs, fraud. But what’s buried has a way of coming to the surface, and even in the bush, it’s hard to remain unseen.
The White Lotus meets The Slap in a razor-sharp literary thriller about deception and self-deception, and how far people will go to protect what they feel they ought to have.
The Hiding Place by Kate Mildenhall. Coming 28th October. Pre-order now.
https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/The-Hiding-Place/Kate-Mildenhall/9781761429057
