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Perfect husband. Perfect father. Perfect liar? Do you really know who you kissed goodbye this morning? For fans of GONE GIRL and THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR, NEED TO KNOW is the most relentless psychological thriller you will read all year.

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Perfect husband. Perfect father. Perfect liar?

Do you really know who you kissed goodbye this morning?

The New York Times bestselling thriller that everyone is talking about

´You won´t be able to put it down!´ Shari Lapena, author of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR

´Heart-poundingly suspenseful´ J. P. Delaney, author of THE GIRL BEFORE

´An immensely satisfying story with serpentine twists and turns . . . ingenious and compelling´ Daily Mail

You get to work. Make a coffee. Turn on your computer.

Your task: break into a Russian criminal´s laptop and find proof that he´s concealing five deep-cover agents - seemingly normal people living in plain sight.

You´re in. Five faces stare back at you.

One of them is your husband.

PICKED FOR THE SIMON MAYO RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB

´This compulsive, clever thriller will have you reading long into the night´ Red´If you liked THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR, try NEED TO KNOW . . . thrillers don´t get much more twisty and turny than this one´ BBC Arts and Entertainment ´Books to Look Out for in 2018´´Impressively compelling´ Mail on Sunday´The heart-stopping plot barely lets up pace throughout this brilliant novel´ Heat´You´ll devour this terrific debut like the rest of us´ JOHN GRISHAM´The real deal´ PATRICIA CORNWELL´Superb´ LEE CHILD´Remarkable´ Sunday Times Magazine Thriller of the Month

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"I raced through this gripping tale of domesticity and deceit. Cleveland deliciously ratchets up the tension at every turn . . . you won´t be able to put it down until the final, stunning page!" SHARI LAPENA, author of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR 20170601

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Karen Cleveland spent eight years as a CIA analyst, focusing on counterterrorism and working briefly on rotation to the FBI. She has master´s degrees from Trinity College Dublin and Harvard University. She lives in northern Virginia with her husband and two young sons. Her first novel, Need to Know, was critically acclaimed, a Simon Mayo Book Club pick, and a Sunday Times bestseller.

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