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9/3/2020

Hide and Seek
The McLaren Mysteries Book 12
by Jo A. Hiestand
Genre: Mystery

Playing a mystery game seems the perfect way to celebrate Jamie Kydd’s promotion to Detective Sergeant rank. But the game turns real when a body turns up in the pretend crime scene. Perhaps worse than spoiling the party, the corpse is someone Jamie knows.
Even though the police take on the case, Jamie asks his friend, former police detective Michael McLaren, to also investigate—concerned that the victim’s criminal past may dampen the Constabulary’s usual fervor to nab his killer. It seems to have been a smart decision, for the police aren’t expending a lot of energy on the inquiry.
Suspects float around McLaren…half truthful, hard to find. More like wraiths than flesh and blood. If the victim’s burglary partner, ex-wife, or childhood friend didn’t kill Dan, who did? It’s a desperate game between McLaren and a killer who’s playing Hide and Seek.

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The area in back of the pub was illuminated by one light fixture plopped in what looked like an approximate center of the wall. It cast a feeble yellowish tint to the ground immediately beneath it before fading into the night. McLaren could see no one in the immediate area. Cursing, he jogged toward the building’s far corner.
He stopped several feet from the end of the pub. If he angled his torchlight around the corner, he might alert the assailant of the pursuit. If he switched off the light, he might be stepping into a trap.
Thinking it less likely the man would be plastered along the wall, waiting for McLaren to appear, he shone the light onto the ground, several feet ahead of him, and eased around the edge of the building. No one.
No one hid along or near the wall.
Thinking the man had either run onto the main street or doubled back in the darkness to finish off the victim, McLaren retraced his steps.
As he eased around the edge of the building near the car park, an opaque form lunged at him and knocked the mobile from his hand. Darkness enveloped him, and a moment later something slammed into his stomach.
He cringed and grasped his midriff as he doubled over. A kick to his shin brought him to the ground. A second kick smashed into his side.
The last thing he heard was a scuffling sound that faded into the silence.

Books, Girl Scouts and music filled Jo A. Hiestand's childhood. She discovered the magic of words and the worlds they create: mysteries, English medieval history, the natural world. She explored the joys of the outdoors through Girl Scout camping trips and summers as a canoeing instructor and camp counselor. Brought up on classical, big band and baroque music, she was groomed as a concert pianist until forsaking the piano for the harpsichord. She also plays guitar and has sung in a semi-professional folkgroup in the US and as a soloist in England.
This mixture formed the foundation for her writing. A true Anglophile, Jo wanted to create a mystery series that featured a British police detective who left the Force over an injustice and now investigates cold cases on his own. The result is the McLaren Mysteries, featuring ex-police detective Michael McLaren. Jo's insistence for accuracy -- from police methods and location layout to the general feel of the area -- has driven her innumerable times to Derbyshire. These explorations and conferences with police friends provide the detail filling the books. She also writes the amateur sleuth Linn House Mysteries under the pen name Jessie McAlan. In 1999 Jo returned to Webster University to major in English. She graduated in 2001 with a BA degree and departmental honors.
She has employed her love of writing, board games and music in other ways by co-inventing a mystery-solving game, P.I.R.A.T.E.S., which uses maps, graphics, song lyrics, and other clues to lead the players to the lost treasure. Jo founded the Greater St. Louis Chapter of Sisters in Crime, serving as its first president. Besides her love of mysteries and early music, she also enjoys photography, reading, baking, and her backyard wildlife.Her cat, Tennyson, shares her St. Louis home.

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147 Comments

Bernie Wallace

9/3/2020 05:42:57 am

How long did it take you to write your book?

Jo Hiestand link

9/3/2020 06:25:37 am

Hi, Bernie. I'd say I wrote it in three or four months. Can't recall exactly. When I got it back from my editor, the rework probably took me two weeks. The book trailer (which I especially like) took me two days!

Bea LaRocca

9/3/2020 08:36:19 am

Awesome trailer! The synopsis and excerpt are intriguing, this sounds like an exciting book and series.

9/3/2020 10:41:59 am

Bea, wow, thanks for the compliment on my book trailer. It was so much fun to make. I could do that stuff all day, I think, and not get tired of making them.

Rita Wray

9/3/2020 09:49:45 am

Sounds like a great book.

9/3/2020 10:42:54 am

Hi, Rita. Thank you. I hope you like the book if you read it.

Beyond Comps

9/3/2020 09:50:40 am

Great cover!

Jo HIestand link

9/3/2020 10:43:42 am

Oh, thanks! I like the cover too. It looks like "hide and seek...catch me if you can."

Kelly D

9/3/2020 10:10:24 am

I like the cover, it looks mysterious.

9/3/2020 10:44:37 am

Hi, Kelly. Thanks. I'm very attached to that cover. It's a great photo and gives the impression of "catch me if you can" and also is mysterious looking.

Brandi Dawn

9/3/2020 01:25:07 pm

I really like the cover.

9/3/2020 01:46:02 pm

Hi, Brandi. Thank you! I'm glad you like the cover. The minute I saw the photo I knew that was the graphic that would be perfect for the cover. It just sets the atmosphere of the whole book.

wendy hutton

9/3/2020 02:49:42 pm

thanks this sounds like an interesting book

9/3/2020 03:32:44 pm

Hi, Wendy. Thanks so much. Good luck with the raffle drawing!

Sherry

9/3/2020 03:11:13 pm

The book sounds really interesting.

9/3/2020 03:33:34 pm

Hi, Sherry. I appreciate your comment. Thanks a lot for taking the time to stop by.

Victoria Alexander

9/3/2020 03:31:39 pm

Sounds awesome, thanks for sharing!

9/3/2020 03:34:23 pm

Victoria, thanks a lot. Good luck with the raffle drawing.

Calvin

9/3/2020 03:33:52 pm

Well done, sounds like a fun intro.

9/4/2020 07:23:53 am

Hi, Calvin. Thanks. Good luck with the raffle drawing.

Michele Soyer

9/3/2020 03:46:47 pm

Love the cover.. so very artistic!

9/3/2020 04:10:07 pm

Michele, thanks a lot! I love the cover too. Probably one of my top three favorite covers of the McLaren series. It just leaves so much to the imagination, yet you know perfectly well that it's someone carrying a lantern, playing hide and seek. I used that same idea at the end of my book trailer, the guy running through the trees with a lantern. Kinda spooky too!

Wendy Jensen

9/3/2020 07:19:55 pm

I love the simple look of the book cover.

9/3/2020 09:24:57 pm

Thanks a lot, Wendy. It's one of my favorite book covers for the entire series.

Amy F

9/3/2020 07:31:04 pm

Sound like a great mystery read!

9/4/2020 07:25:08 am

Thank you, Amy. If you read it, I hope you like it! ;-)

9/3/2020 09:25:33 pm

Hi, Amy. If you read it, I hope you like it. Thanks for your comment.

Debbie P

9/3/2020 10:06:20 pm

This sounds like a very intriguing read.

9/4/2020 07:26:18 am

Thanks for your comment -- hope you enjoy the book. ;-)

Del

9/4/2020 12:19:56 am

The cover looks great!

9/4/2020 07:29:05 am

Thank you, Del. I think it's a great photo and just kind of "called" to me as the perfect one for the book cover. I think it gets the idea of "hide and seek" across very well.

Clem

9/4/2020 01:03:48 am

It's an interesting cover.

JO HIestand link

9/4/2020 07:30:06 am

Thank you, Clem. I'm glad you like the cover. I do too!

aaron r

9/4/2020 01:09:39 am

I know I'm interested in reading a mystery this year has been so mysterious so I think it fits my current mood. I really appreciate all the information and I wish you many successes.

9/4/2020 07:31:44 am

Hi, Aaron. Thank you for your comment. If you read the book, I certainly hope you enjoy it. I appreciate you taking time to log in. Good luck with the raffle drawing.

Judy Thomas

9/5/2020 05:28:21 am

It sounds like a book that I could not put down.

9/5/2020 06:27:53 am

Judy, thanks for taking time to leave a comment. And such a nice thing to say too! I appreciate it.

Renata

9/5/2020 06:56:34 am

Wow , cool cover

9/5/2020 07:07:01 am

Hi, Renata. Thanks a lot. I like the cover too. I knew the photo would make a great cover the second I saw it. Good luck with the raffle drawing.

Jeanette Jackson

9/5/2020 08:47:23 am

Sounds like a good mystery to read.

9/5/2020 08:55:26 am

Jeanette -- I hope you like it if you read it. ;-) Thanks for your comment.

Cathy French

9/5/2020 09:20:17 am

I like this very unique cover. I love a good mystery and this sounds like a good read

9/5/2020 09:38:47 am

Cathy, thanks so much. The cover's one of my all-time favorites, I must admit. So is the story! ;-) I had a lot of fun writing it, so I hope you get enjoyment from it if you chose to read it.

molli taylor

9/5/2020 09:59:13 am

this looks like a great read

9/5/2020 10:04:46 am

Hi, Molli -- I hope you like it if you read it. Thanks for commenting, and good luck with the raffle drawing.

Julie Lundstrom

9/5/2020 10:26:32 am

I like the cover and title of this book.

9/5/2020 10:48:15 am

Thanks so much, Julie. I really appreciate your kind words. I like both of them too. The title came to me without considering any other choices, which is unusual. When I saw the photo of the hide and seek through the woods, I immediately knew that was the perfect graphic for the cover. I'm glad you like them.

shannon zeidan

9/5/2020 11:27:57 am

This sounds so intriguing!

9/5/2020 11:33:18 am

Hi, Shannon. Thank you! I hope it is intriguing! ;-) Good luck on the raffle drawing.

Marcy Meyer

9/5/2020 12:49:10 pm

Interesting cover. Looks great.

9/5/2020 01:40:08 pm

Thank you, Marcy. It was a fun cover to create.

Stephanie Liske

9/5/2020 07:00:23 pm

I like the cover.

9/5/2020 08:17:28 pm

Thanks a lot, Stephanie. I love it too!

Lisa

9/5/2020 07:24:27 pm

Super cool cover.

9/5/2020 08:18:37 pm

Lisa, Thanks for your comment. I kind of duplicated it at the end of the book trailer, in case you want to look at it. Good luck with the raffle!

Ann Fantom

9/5/2020 07:24:35 pm

I like the cover. It has great artwork.

9/5/2020 08:19:22 pm

Thanks a lot, Ann. I saw the photo and it was love at first sight! ;-)

beth shepherd

9/5/2020 08:21:53 pm

This looks like a great read. Thank you

9/5/2020 09:06:46 pm

Hi, Beth. I hope you like the book if you read it. Thanks for your comment!

Ingrid Jackson

9/5/2020 10:56:06 pm

I think the cover is interesting, nice.

9/6/2020 07:07:37 am

Glad you like the cover, Ingrid. Good luck on the raffle drawing!

Ginger Hafer

9/6/2020 05:14:29 am

Intriguing cover. Has a mysterious look. Sounds like a great detective story. Adding to my tbr list.

9/6/2020 07:09:23 am

I thought the cover looked mysterious too, while giving the illusion of playing hide and seek. Thank you for adding the book to your to be read list -- hope you like it!

Debbi Wellenstein

9/6/2020 07:45:33 am

I enjoyed learning about this book. Thank you for the giveaway!

9/6/2020 07:48:51 am

Hi, Debbi. Glad you liked reading about Hide and Seek. Good luck on the raffle drawing!

Cynthia C

9/6/2020 07:58:31 am

I always enjoy a good mystery. The excerpt is interesting.

9/6/2020 08:34:32 am

Glad you like the excerpt, Cynthia. Thanks. Good luck with the raffle drawing.

Julie Murphy

9/6/2020 12:09:22 pm

I like the cover and a good mystery.

9/6/2020 12:26:41 pm

Hi, Julie. Thanks for your comment. I'm so glad you like the cover. I hope you think Hide and Seek is good if you read it! ;-)

Mary Cloud

9/6/2020 01:05:35 pm

No questions - the cover is nice

9/6/2020 01:43:31 pm

Thanks a lot, Mary. I'm glad you like the cover. It's my favorite of the series. Good luck with the raffle drawing.

Chrystal D

9/6/2020 03:10:59 pm

I LOVE this cover! It's scary and fun at the same time!

9/6/2020 03:24:58 pm

Chrystal -- gol, thanks so much! I'm smiling at your comment. That's exactly how I feel about it -- kind of mysterious and ominous, yet it looks like "catch me if you can" on a summer night with a lantern. Thanks for your comment.

Erin Madigan

9/6/2020 04:49:48 pm

This book sounds very interesting. I will definitely have to read it!

9/6/2020 04:56:52 pm

Hi, Erin -- I hope you do like it if you read it. Thanks a lot, and good luck with the raffle drawing.

Francine Anchondo

9/6/2020 05:00:49 pm

I love the cover

9/6/2020 05:41:03 pm

Francine, thanks a lot. I love the cover too! It's great to know someone else also loves it!

Serge B

9/6/2020 07:28:02 pm

Intriguing and spartan cover--liked it

9/6/2020 07:43:56 pm

Thanks a lot, Serge. Good luck with the raffle drawing.

Terri Quick

9/6/2020 07:59:53 pm

Cool looking cover

Susan Smith

9/6/2020 08:42:54 pm

Sounds like a good book. I like the cover.

RACHEL SCHICHTL

9/7/2020 08:19:41 am

Interesting the little light on the cover. Makes me want to find out what is running around in the woods at dark!!

9/7/2020 10:47:28 am

Rachel, you have said it precisely! Yes, hide and seek. What's he running from...or for? Hope you like the book if you read it. Thanks for leaving your comment.

avm

9/7/2020 05:47:41 pm

its nice

9/7/2020 06:08:13 pm

Thanks. Good luck with the raffle drawing.

Dave gibb

9/7/2020 07:24:46 pm

wow looks awesome

9/7/2020 07:42:38 pm

Hi, Dave. Thanks a lot -- I like the cover too!

Max Morais Dos Santos

9/7/2020 07:32:57 pm

Provocative cover, it makes you want more..

9/7/2020 07:43:43 pm

Max, glad you like the cover. I think it suggests mystery and hopefully draws the person into wanting to know what's going to happen. Thanks for your comment.

shana

9/7/2020 09:21:26 pm

nice

9/7/2020 10:09:31 pm

Thanks a lot, Shana. I appreciate your comment.

Robert Young

9/8/2020 12:35:24 am

This cover has my tongue lol, as I have not the words to write down anything and the same goes for my thoughts on it from my first seeing it, it has me mesmerized like a trance wanting to climb into this cover to get to the book itself so I can start getting some answers as why It has me speechless. Good Luck with your book!

9/8/2020 06:20:17 am

Robert, thanks for your comment. I hope you like the book if you read it -- and good luck with the raffle drawing.

Emily Gibb

9/8/2020 09:44:41 am

Looks like a fantastic read! Great cover

9/8/2020 09:57:50 am

Glad you like the cover, Emily. Thanks for logging on and leaving your comment.

Maria Gibb

9/8/2020 09:45:19 am

WOW this looks amazing, love the cover and the title

JO Hiestand link

9/8/2020 09:58:57 am

Hi, Maria. Thank you so much. Glad you like the cover and title. No other title seemed to fit the storyline as well as hide and seek.

Pauline Milner

9/9/2020 05:26:50 am

I love a good murder mystery where there are plenty of suspects and Hide and Seek certainly meets the mark! This book is definitely going on my reading list. Also, thanks for the super giveaway opportunity.

9/9/2020 06:56:56 am

Thanks so much, Pauline. I hope you like Hide and Seek if you do read it. Glad it sounds good to you!

Barbara Montag

9/14/2020 04:14:13 pm

I love mysteries & the cover is mysterious looking!
Thank you for sharing the review.

9/14/2020 05:37:27 pm

Barbara, thanks for logging on.Glad you like the cover. I do too/ Good luck with the raffle drawing.

Heather Mahley

9/15/2020 10:38:43 am

great cover

Jo Hiestand

9/15/2020 10:47:09 am

Thanks a lot, Heather. I like the cover too.

Diana Hardt

9/17/2020 03:19:36 am

Nice cover. It sounds like a very interesting book. Thank you for sharing.

Jo HIestand

9/17/2020 06:59:35 am

Hi, Diana. Thanks -- I like the cover too! Hope you find the book interesting if you read it. Good luck with the raffle drawing.

Karen A.

9/17/2020 09:39:21 am

I love a good mystery and this sounds good.

9/17/2020 11:24:45 am

Karen, thanks for your comment and for stopping by. Glad it sounds like a good mystery. Hope you like it if you read it!

Karin

9/21/2020 06:04:02 am

The light art on the cover is great

9/21/2020 06:55:06 am

I think it's great too, thank you! The minute I saw this photo, I knew it would b the perfect cover for the book. Thanks for taking time to comment, Karin.

Danielle Day

9/21/2020 09:24:54 pm

Its nice!

9/21/2020 10:10:05 pm

Hi, Danielle. Thanks for your comment. Good luck with the raffle drawing1

Laura Rubenstein

9/25/2020 12:15:23 pm

this book looks and sounds amazing

9/25/2020 12:39:52 pm

Laura, thank you for logging on and commenting. I hope you like "Hide and Seek" if you read it!

latisha depoortere

9/26/2020 06:44:21 pm

This sounds so great thanks for sharing!

9/27/2020 07:40:11 am

Thanks a lot, Latisha. Glad you like the book description. Good luck with the raffle drawing.

9/29/2020 04:48:58 pm

this book looks and sounds great

9/29/2020 05:14:15 pm

Hi, Laura. Thanks! I hope you like it if you read it!

heather

9/29/2020 07:16:06 pm

This sounds like a great book and one that I would enjoy reading love the cover too. Best of luck on the tour.

9/29/2020 07:40:54 pm

Heather, thanks for your comment. Good luck with the raffle drawing.

athena graeme

9/30/2020 08:59:08 am

Love the tracer lines around the trees!

9/30/2020 09:03:21 am

Hi, Athena - thank you! I love that graphic. It looks like hide and seek to me, so it seemed like a great cover.

AuntySuzany

10/1/2020 07:40:15 pm

Sounds interesting! Thank you for sharing!

10/1/2020 09:16:08 pm

AuntySuzany, thanks so much, and thanks for "stopping by."

Daniel M

10/1/2020 08:01:21 pm

like the cover

10/1/2020 09:16:37 pm

Hi, Daniel. Thanks. I like the cover too. Good luck with the raffle drawing.

zarah

10/2/2020 12:01:36 pm

looks suspenseful

10/2/2020 12:11:40 pm

Thanks Zarah. Hope you like it if you read it!

Kate F.

10/3/2020 12:23:04 am

This sounds like an interesting book. I like the cover.

10/3/2020 07:52:23 am

Hi, Kate. Thanks for your comment. I like the cover too!

megan allen

10/3/2020 10:42:27 am

love it!

10/3/2020 11:29:50 am

Megan, I assume you mean the cover or the book synopsis. Either way, thank you! Good luck with the raffle drawing.

BILL HOFF

10/3/2020 05:29:55 pm

Looking forward to reading this

10/3/2020 05:44:44 pm

Hi, Bill. Thanks so much! Hope you like it if you do read it!

Hesper Fry

10/3/2020 05:40:19 pm

The book sounds great! I would love to read it.

10/3/2020 05:45:45 pm

Hesper -- Thank you for your kind comment. Good luck on the raffle drawing...and I hope you get a chance to read my book.

Sandy Klocinski

10/3/2020 07:29:19 pm

Terrific trailer! Awesome cover graphics. Sounds like an interesting detective story

J Hiestand

10/3/2020 07:40:26 pm

Oh my, Sandy. Thanks so much! Glad you like the trailer and the cover. Hope you like the book if you read it!

Sand

10/3/2020 09:40:10 pm

Looks like a great cover!

10/3/2020 10:02:16 pm

Thanks a lot, Sand. I like the cover too! ;-)

Stacey A Smith

10/3/2020 10:19:44 pm

I love the cover it's cool looking.

10/4/2020 07:13:07 am

Stacey, thanks for your comment. I also like the cover -- one of my favorites of all my books, in fact.

Betty Curran

10/3/2020 10:24:41 pm

I like the cover. Initially it looks very simple but then you notice those intriguing lines and wonder where it's leading.

10/4/2020 07:15:06 am

Hi, Betty. I agree with your statement. I was drawn to the graphic immediately, then when I really looked at it, I saw the thicker lines where the light had momentarily stopped as the runner perhaps changed position before running off. I think it's a great graphic to denote the hide and seek element. Thanks!

Leigh Nichols

10/3/2020 10:28:17 pm

Mysterious cover! I love it

10/4/2020 07:16:16 am

I think you're right with our comment. It does look mysterious. I thought it a good graphic for the book's title. Thanks! Good luck with the raffle drawing.

Jerry Marquardt

10/3/2020 11:47:09 pm

I would like to give thanks for all your really great writings, including Hide and Seek, and wishing the best in keeping up the good work in the future.

10/4/2020 07:17:39 am

Hi, Jerry. Goodness, thank you! I don't think anyone's ever said that to me. I appreciate your statements, and good luck to you on the raffle drawing. Thanks!

Hide and Seek - Book Tour and Giveaway

Hide and Seek
The McLaren Mysteries Book 12
by Jo A. Hiestand
Genre: Mystery

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The McLaren Mysteries Book 12
by Jo A. Hiestand
Genre: Mystery