Need to Know
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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Mia Barron
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Written by:
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Karen Cleveland
About this listen
New York Times best seller
Finalist for the ITW Thriller Award
Perfect husband. Perfect father. Perfect liar?
“Terrific.” (John Grisham)
“Superb.” (Lee Child)
“Breathtaking, heart-pounding.” (Louise Penny)
“A fast-paced, relentlessly gripping read.” (Chris Pavone Vivian Miller)
High-powered CIA analyst, happily married to a man she adores, mother of four beautiful children. Until the moment she makes a shocking discovery that makes her question everything she believes.
She thought she knew her husband inside and out. But now she wonders if it was all a lie. How far will she go to learn the truth? And does she really...need to know?
Film rights sold to Universal Pictures for Charlize Theron • Rights sold in more than 20 markets
“Shaping up to be one of the year’s biggest new thrillers.” (Entertainment Weekly)
“So timely.... Think of the perfect mix of Homeland and The Americans.... Need to Know needs to be read by all who relish spy novels. As entertaining as it is informative and as irresistible as it is impossible to put down.” (Providence Journal)
“Pulse-pounding.” (O: The Oprah Magazine)
“Accomplished...a nonstop thriller tapping into a hot mix of contemporary digital counterintelligence, old-school spying and ageless family drama.” (Shelf Awareness)
“An early contender for next year’s Gone Girl.” (GQ, UK)
“The Russia page-turner that should be on everyone’s list.” (New York Post)
©2018 Karen Cleveland (P)2018 Random House AudioWhat the critics say
"Need to Know carves out a uniquely compelling space among thrillers: high-stakes international intrigue combined with high-drama domestic suspense. These richly overlapping layers of tension create a fast-paced, relentlessly gripping read." (Chris Pavone, New York Times best-selling author of The Expats)
What listeners say about Need to Know
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story1 out of 5 stars
- Raghav
- 2018-12-23
Trying way too hard to be a Shakespeare!
The story feels overly dramatic. It portrays the Russians as an all knowing government and Americans as a cow that doesn't know a thing about spying. That veers off the reliability of the fiction so much, it annoys. And the main character, the agent is shown to be such a crybaby. Oh my god. You are a CIA agent, act like one. She is made so cringey, like a 16 year old spoon fed baby! So much drama, such overbearing feelings, crying, life's unfair with me blah blah blah!
Then she goes ahead and pumps out so many babies! The couple are shown to be struggling after the first, but then they go ahead for so many!? That baffled me.
The author's attempt at visualisation, in one word- it sucks. She tries to paint a picture with so many useless details its astounding. If you removed all of them, I bet the books' thickness can be cut in half.
And the narrator, her attempt at mimicking a strong male character was comical.
Like come on, you can't physically do it with your voice, then stop overdoing it! Just narrate it normally in your own voice, the listener isn't stupid that they won't understand who's saying what.
So many times, I stopped listening, but I continued because my work is THAT boring and I don't have unlimited data.
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