Hidden bodies
Hidden bodiesCaroline Kepnes
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Hidden bodies (2016)

Caroline Kepnes

Others: Leaning negative

THE RIVETING SEQUEL TO THE HIT BOOK YOU, NOW A NETFLIX SERIES In the compulsively readable sequel to her widely acclaimed debut novel, You, Caroline Kepnes weaves a tale that Booklist calls “the love child of Holden Caulfield and Patrick Bateman.” Joe Goldberg is no stranger to hiding bodies. In the past ten years, this thirty-something has buried four of them, collateral damage in his quest for love. Now he’s heading west to Los Angeles, the city of second chances, determined to put his past behind him. In Hollywood, Joe blends in effortlessly with the other young upstarts. He eats guac, works in a bookstore, and flirts with a journalist neighbor. But while others seem fixated on their own reflections, Joe can’t stop looking over his shoulder. The problem with hidden bodies is that they don’t always stay that way. They re-emerge, like dark thoughts, multiplying and threatening to destroy what Joe wants most: true love. And when he finds it in a darkened room in Soho House, he’s more desperate than ever to keep his secrets buried. He doesn’t want to hurt his new girlfriend—he wants to be with her forever. But if she ever finds out what he’s done, he may not have a choice…

ISBN:
9781471192647
Length:
448 pages

Genres: thriller

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Reviews3

Peyton Reads
Not a fan

I was really disappointed in this one it is all about this stalker kind of serial killer guy named Joe and there's actually a TV show going on for it now and the first book was just so much better than the second one in my opinion this one just could not compare it did not have that same feeling whatsoever