From the internationally bestselling author of blockbuster thriller The Chestnut Man comes a spine-tingling new thriller Count to one, count to two... A strange voice from inside the woods, repeating a child's counting rhyme. Count to four, count to five... A body discovered in the water. You're trying to go home. Will you make it alive? Thirty years later, a woman is haunted by a string of anonymous text messages, repeating that same counting rhyme. Counting down. Found you. Detectives Naia Thulin and Mark Hess are charged with finding the missing woman. But when they uncover links to a decades-old cold case, their investigation takes a terrifying turn. A twisted killer is on the loose. Can they catch them, before they strike again?

Details

ISBN13: 9780241720530
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 560
Edition:
Publication Date: 31 Mar 2026
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication City, Country: London, United Kingdom
Dimensions (cm): 23.4(H)x15.5(L)x4.4(W)688
Weight (gm): 688

Author Biography

S ren Sveistrup is an internationally acclaimed scriptwriter of the Danish television phenomenon The Killing which won various international awards and sold in more than a hundred countries. More recently, Sveistrup wrote the screenplay for Jo Nesb 's The Snowman. Sveistrup obtained a Masters in Literature and History from the University of Copenhagen and studied at the Danish Film School. He has won countless prizes, including an Emmy for Nikolaj and Julie and a BAFTA for The Killing. His debut novel, The Chestnut Man, was an international bestseller, and a highly successful Netflix show. Hide And Seek will also be adapted by Netflix.

Reviews

Hide and Seek is Scandi noir at its finest * The Times Crime Book of the Month *
An enthralling novelist...[a] prodigious crime epic * Financial Times *
This is a terrific book, compelling and beautifully written by a true master of the genre -- Peter James
This is a breathless read and most certainly unputdownable * Crime Time *
Praise for S√∏ren Sveistrup -- :
Creepy, clever and packed with tension * Sun *
Excellent . . . A shrewd mix of police procedural, political thriller and domestic drama * New York Times *
This might just be the thriller of the year...grips you from the opening page and never lets go, as we're pulled into a haunting whirlwind of secrets, deception and the dark side of the soul. The policing is top-notch, of course, and the characters - good and bad - are so real we're sure we've met them before. Brilliant! -- Jeffery Deaver
The Stieg Larsson comparisons seem unfair - on Sveistrup. He is quite simply in another league * Metro *
A full-throttle thriller in the tradition of classic Stieg Larsson, drenched in atmosphere and charged with adrenaline. Buckle up. You'll gulp down every word. I loved this book -- A.J. Finn