Hidden - by Paul Jaskunas (Paperback)

About the Book

""Hidden" is a beautifully written and intriguing novel, one that takes us into the world of a woman traumatized, a woman fighting quietly for her life" (Kim Wozencraft, author of "Rush").

Book Synopsis

Six years after her attack, Maggie Wilson receives a call from the prosecutor who put her husband in jail after Maggie identified him as the man who nearly killed her. Told that another inmate has confessed to the crime and that her ex-husband will be freed, Maggie plunges into memories of her stormy marriage to her college sweetheart, Nate Duke. Secluded in the old farmhouse that was her marital home, Maggie pores through trial transcripts, old journals, and photo albums, recreating the history of their courtship and trying fruitlessly to remember the events of that fateful night.

Review Quotes

"Hidden is not really like anything you've read before. It's no small feat for a male novelist to write in the first person voice of a female protagonist, but Paul Jaskunas has it down completely, no hint of a stutter or misstep. Ostensibly a book about a crime, it is really about the universal mystery of identity."
-- Anna Quindlen, Book-of-the-Month Club News

"Hidden provides both the racing pulse pleasure of a thriller and the quieter deep waters of character-driven fiction."
-- The Washington Post Book World

"Jaskunas creates a hauntingly intricate weave of events in his first novel, which has the quality of a fever dream....As much as Hidden is a novel of suspense, it is also an elegant exploration of vulnerability when it's seeded by guilt and loss."
-- New York Daily News

About the Author

Raised in Indiana, Paul Jaskunas took degrees at Oberlin College and Cornell University. A recent recipient of a Fulbright fellowship and grant from the Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, he has written for The Chicago Tribune, The American Lawyer, Commonweal, and other publications. Mr. Jaskunas lives in Arlington, Virginia, with his wife, Solveiga. This is his first novel.