Well, this is the fourth one in the series, and sadly the last one for the time being. Once again, I absolutely loved this book, and the characters are definitely coming into their own, and we are getting more and more of an insight into their lives.

This time, it’s more focused on Millie and she seems to be the one, with a little help from Guy to try and find out what these two marks are behind the ears of two people, Oliver and Georgia. These two persons don’t know each other, so what is the connection?

As the story progresses, Millie is finding out more and more about her friends and what has happened in their lives, and of course she is still battling with her odious ex husband over Eric.

I, personally can’t wait for the next one. Absolutely loved this series. My thanks to Kerry, the publishers and Netgalley for this ARC.

This book was great! I couldn’t put it down! Millie is back at it again. She helps Oliver and Georgia figure out where their matching daisy shaped markings came from. This story was crazy and I just never knew what to expect! Thank you Bookouture, Kerry Wilkinson and Netgalley for the ARC!

I have enjoyed several Kerry Wilkinson books so was delighted to receive this one to review. When I started to read I realised that some of the characters were familiar and was even more pleased to realise that it was a continuation of Milly and Guy's story. Two young people with seemingly no connection in their lives discover they have the same tattoo behind their ear, one they never remember having done. What follows is a rollercoaster ride to find the connection. Meanwhile, Millie is also trying to lay to rest demons of her past and discovering that not everyone is who they seem. An enjoyable read with twists and turns.

This is the fourth book in the ‘Whitecliff Bay’ series by author Kerry Wilkinson. I have to be honest this series has grown on me and I struggled a little with the first two books but now I am fully committed.

The story starts with the mystery of the interlinked triangle tattoos and the question of how two strangers could have the same tattoo without ever noticing it before. As the story unfolds, amateur sleuth Millie Westlake helps Georgia and Oliver unravel the mystery of their matching tattoos. The seaside town of Whitecliff has an history of strange occurrences and unexplained things and Millie is always keen to delve into them.

The characters have grown on me with Millie Westlake the pick of them. This cosy mystery novel is a very good read and I enjoyed the way the mystery unfolded and how the pieces of the puzzle slowly came together. Every time I thought I had it figured out, a new twist was thrown in that kept me guessing until the very end. The characters were well-drawn and relatable, and I found myself rooting for Millie, Georgia, and Oliver as they worked to uncover the truth about their pasts.

This is a very good addition to a series that seems to be going from strength to strength. It’s a well-written, suspenseful novel and another success for author Kerry Wilkinson.

I would like to thank both Netgalley and Bookouture for supplying a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

A really intriguing tattoo leads to the investigation of a cult which died out years ago. Guy and Millie can't resist any type of mystery but their pursuit of the truth leads them as well as other innocents into a very dangerous situation. As always, as well as the main plot, we learn a little more about the protagonists of this series but the author manages to just hold enough back that the reader can't wait for the next book in the series.

Oliver and Georgia don't know each other but they come together when both discover a hidden tattoo behind their ears. They ask Millie Westlake for help finding out the truth, and her investigations lead to a tattoo artist who remembers someone getting the tattoo in the past, someone who lived in isolated woods in an area where a fire occurred and bodies were found... can Millie piece everything together to give Oliver and Georgia the answers they are looking for?

Another brilliant entry to the series, I love hearing from Millie and Guy, and as usual the plot was clever and intriguing. Love these books!

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy of the book in return for my honest feedback.

Whirlwind of a thriller! I loved it. This author has a knack for writing the perfect thriller and delivering it at the perfect pacing. I am immediately identified with the main characters.

Millie again finds herself embroiled in mysteries. Oliver and Georgia find strange tattoes behind their ears, and it is a link to something that happened years before.

Millie also witnesses a robbery, while she in a shop, and is really unnerved, and more so when a woman, Karen, approaches her and asks her to tell the police that her boyfriend was not involved.

I really enjoyed this fourth book in the series about Millie and Guy, although Guy was not as involved in the investigations this time.
He had his own problems to contend with.

Millie is fast becoming a very loved character to me. She is interesting and has many secrets that are slowly being revealed.

I cannot wait for the next instalment, Kerry Wilkinson! You keep leaving a cliffhanger, and I need to KNOW!!! I need to know all the secrets!

I definitely can recommend this series, it is fast paced, and keeps one on the edge of one's seat.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

I would like to thank Netgalley and Bookouture for an advance copy of The Ones Who are Hidden, the fourth novel to feature dog groomer and occasional investigator of “odd things” Millie Westlake, set in the fictional coastal town of Whitecliff.

Oliver and Georgia, two people who don’t know each other, both have a tattoo behind their ear. Both swear that they have never had a tattoo done and want Millie to find out how they got them and when. She finds a link to the woods outside Whitecliff, a mysterious fire and several unidentified bodies. All this while processing the shock of being involved in an armed robbery.

I thoroughly enjoyed The Ones Who are Hidden, which builds the whimsical discovery of a tattoo into something much bigger and darker. The novel has a cosy feel as it’s wrapped up in Millie’s life, but what happens is anything but.

The joy of this series is that it is all about Millie, and, yet, the reader knows next to nothing about her. She had an affair and lost her marriage and custody of her son. Why she had an affair is a secret only she and the reader know. Then she was suspected of killing her parents, although the official verdict is suicide. Nobody except her knows the truth and she isn’t saying. She seems to breeze through life, not confronting the various issues she knows about. This novel is a game changer in that respect as a new bolder Millie appears, one who is ready to fight and is possibly darker than the rather anodyne figure she usually presents. I’m team Millie and can’t wait to see what she does next.

I loved the way the author built his plot. It starts with the silly, a tattoo Oliver hadn’t noticed in his 30 odd years of life and gets quite dark and dangerous as they discover more about the origins of it, culminating in a shocking standoff back where it started. There is a weird juxtaposition of this darkness with the everydayness of Millie and her life, where she frets about her friends and wants custody of her son.

The Ones Who are Hidden is a good read that I have no hesitation in recommending.

Once again, this series just excellent at the whole domestic noir vibe. I love the characters and it's good to see them develop and grow as people. I also like that they don't always make the smart decision or the do the right thing, people make mistakes and that's OK!

The plot.... well..... which one?! There are a few subplots plus the main one and they are all woven together beautifully. It never gets confusing or blurry, just like on real life there are multiple things going on with various people and relationships around and the way they're brought to life so vividly is just captivating. I was so invested in finding out about the tattoos and also on the cliff hanger St the end!!! Can't wait for the next installment!!!

Hands down, my favourite of the series so far!

“‘Your tattoo… it’s exactly like mine.’ She hesitates. ‘But – I’ve never noticed it before. I must have had it since I was little.’ The ink markings on both of them are delicate, barely visible. Interlinked triangles in the shape of a daisy. But how can two strangers have matching tattoos, they didn’t know they had?”

Hooked?

THIS is Wilkinson’s signature style. THIS is why I read his books.

I mean…REALLY?! How can you have a tattoo you don’t know about? Why does a stranger have the same one?! Who put them there?!

I wanted to slap Alex for his petty behaviour, cheer on Millie for standing up for herself, and ignore my suitcase that needs unpacking so that I could feverishly read to find out more on the tattoo mystery.

This series keeps getting better!

I was gifted this copy by Bookouture and NetGalley and was under no obligation to provide a review.

I think this is my favorite of the series so far! The mystery was more intense, and the stakes were definitely higher.
There were some great suspenseful moments that kept me on the edge of my seat. I loved that Millie finally is confronting the people who had betrayed her and that she's finally moving on with and making a new life for herself after everything that happened with her ex-husband and her parents.. and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that eventually, she will get custody of her son! I hope we get more books in this series, I love watching Mille, and Guy dives into the mysteries of Whitecliff, and can't wait to see what will happen next!

A brilliant 4th book in the series, always delivers and this is no different, I hope there is a fifth book, great read from the start

Kerry Wilkinson captures the tedious details that make up everyday life, when Millie goes into a store for ketchup and the store is robbed. Most of the time I found it a good read. Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for giving me a copy of the book.

★★★★★ 4.5 stars (rounded up)

OK, THIS one is hands down my favourite of the Whitecliff Bay mystery series so far. I loved every minute of it! The mystery was so much more intense, there is more at risk, we are given a few answers and we are teased with yet even more to come. But I'm sad to say there is yet to be a book 5 so now I will have to wait...

Oliver calls upon Millie for help when he discovers a tattoo of sorts behind his ear. He's never had a tattoo, has never been drunk enough to recall even getting one and knows nothing about it. What's even weirder is that he has come across a woman in nearby Steeple's End who has the same tattoo behind her ear as well...also without any knowledge of having gotten it. Of course Millie loves a good mystery and sets about unravelling this one with relish.

She meets Oliver when picking up her son Eric from guitar lessons that her ex Alex has signed him up for. Eric shows no real interest in guitar, or any other activity Alex signed him up for, and Millie has to wonder why he signed him up for all these after school activities if he shows no interest in any of them. She can only think the same as she did when her parents did that same to her - because they wanted her out from under their feet. Which begs the next question...why fight Millie for custody if he doesn't really want the toy he's fought for in the first place? Because it's not about Eric - it's about Millie. He just doesn't want her having custody. A bit petty and not very adult when he is supposed to be setting an example. Eric would be better off with Millie but the question is, will she ever get custody?

So accompanying Oliver, he and Millie set out to meet Georgia who also has the tattoo. They in turn decide to question a tattooist which leads them to a grumpy old git and then an old market stall and then...a dead end. With no idea where to turn next, they are left with one option. Oliver must speak to his mother. But that is no easy feat. In fact, she claims ignorance and changes the subject but the very next day, she's off out of the house for the first time in years and Oliver is frantic with where she may have vanished to. Until he sees her coming out of the house a few doors down from where they used to live when he was a child. But when he tries to knock, the door is slammed in his face. What is the big secret? And why are they keeping it from him?

With no other avenue, Millie and Oliver turn to Guy whose filing system of four decades of newspapers leaves a little to be desired. But if there is something to be found, it will be there...somewhere. They just have to find it. And when they do...then what? Nothing will prepare them for the torrent that is about to be rained upon them.

Another winner from Kerry Wilkinson in this fantastic new series that just keeps getting better and better. So far I have read all four of the books back to back and each of them have gotten progressively better than the previous one. This one finishes on yet another cliffhanger...which ended at the bottom of the page and when I flipped it I was like "NOOOOOO! You can't end there!" Just when I thought we were getting the answers...

So much happened in this book, in more ways than one. With one mystery this time round which is the sole focus, and this time Guy takes a back seat with Millie and Oliver playing the main roles, the second mystery is a robbery in which Millie finds herself involved. But in this installment we also get a few answers for which we've been waiting...and are kept waiting with the others. Millie finally stands up to Alex and gives it to him both barrels, though she is firm she is also fair. Rachel, I'm pleased to say, featured very little. Thank goodness. The woman gives me a migraine.

There is one issue I had with the book though. This story takes place about five months after the previous one and in that time Isaac, the adopted little boy of Jack and Rishi, somehow gained an extra two years! In this book he is now six yet at Christmas five months previously he was four. Even if he had had a birthday in between, he still wouldn't have gotten that much older. And the age wasn't a misprint because it was mentioned that he was six several times in conversation between Millie and Jack.

That aside, THE ONES WHO ARE HIDDEN is the best book of the series yet! Ironically, the subject is one that is never a favourite topic of mine but the way in which it was written and presented was made all the more interesting. Rather than the luring of, we have Millie and Oliver seeking the answers to something which happened many years before. I thoroughly enjoyed it and can't wait for book 5 where I hope to gain some of those answers that were dangled in the closing paragraphs...

I would like to thank #KerryWilkinson, #Netgalley and #Bookouture for an ARC of #TheOnesWhoAreHidden in exchange for an honest review.

This review appears on my blog at https://stinathebookaholic.blogspot.com/.

Mystery and intrigue are at the center of this novel. Written by a talented au5or, the story moves quickly. This is a cannot put down story of suspense. The characters are quirky and realistic, at times. The setting is almost a character. The images of the stores and pubs add to the storyline. Red herrings make it difficult to discern the ending easily. This book was sent to me electronically by Netgalley for review. Thanks to the publisher and the author. Enjoy this quick read.

Yet again the author has written a brilliant story. Millie finds herself very much in demand and enlists the help of her friend Guy to try and work out what is going on.

Again it is a well written story which I read in one sitting. The series keeps getting better with each new book, but there are still secrets to be discovered.

Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing a copy.

Book 4 and off we go again with Millie.
New mysteries begin and i love that we are not still onboard with everything that happened in the past.
I read over two sittings and am left simply desperate waiting for book 5.
My thanks to netgalley and the publisher for my copy.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my copy is this book.

Book 4 in what has been a very enjoyable series.

Millie is approached by Oliver due to her ‘live of weirdness’. He has a strange flower shaped tattoo on the back of his ear. As does Georgia who he found online. Millie, with the help of Guy investigates what and who this symbol represents.

This was a great read. I enjoyed Millie standing up for herself, not only with her ex, but also with her friends.