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Need To Know

Need To Know

The Sunday Times Bestseller

Summary

‘Heart-poundingly suspenseful and heart-wrenchingly insightful’ J.P. Delaney, author of The Girl Before

Married for ten years. Four children. She thought she knew her husband better than anyone.

She was wrong.

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.
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PRAISE FOR KAREN CLEVELAND:

‘This compulsive, clever thriller will have you reading long into the night’ Red

‘An immensely satisfying story with serpentine twists and turns’ Daily Mail

'You won't be able to put it down until the final, stunning page' Shari Lapena, author of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR

'If you read chapter two, you'll miss dinner, stay up far too late, and feel tired at work tomorrow. This is that kind of book. Superb.' Lee Child

Reviews

  • 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

About the author

Karen Cleveland

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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