'You won't be able to put it down!' Shari Lapena, author of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR

Need To Know

The Sunday Times Bestseller

You know him. You love him. You trust him. Until today . . . 
For fans of GONE GIRL and THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR, NEED TO KNOW is the most relentless psychological thriller you will read all year.

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

Heart-poundingly suspenseful and heart-wrenchingly insightful, NEED TO KNOW hums with authentic detail, crisp storytelling, and characters that will long stay in your thoughts.

This compulsive, clever thriller will have you reading long into the night.

If you liked THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR, try NEED TO KNOW by Karen Cleveland . . . Thrillers don't get much more twisty and turny than this one. If you don't mind staying up reading til 3am, this is the one for you.

BBC Arts and Entertainment, 'Books To Look Out For in 2018'

Impressively compelling . . . this is probably the banker among the New Year crop thanks to its sheer page-turning readability.

The heart-stopping plot barely lets up pace throughout this brilliant novel.

You'll devour this terrific debut like the rest of us, skipping lunch, losing sleep, turning pages until the end, where we're all left waiting for more.

Karen Cleveland is the real deal - an exciting new voice in thrillers.

Prediction: if you read chapter one, you'll read chapter two. 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.

Sunday Times Magazine - Thriller of the Month

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

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.

Married for ten years. Four children. She thought she knew her husband better than anyone. 
She was wrong. 
 
‘Heart-poundingly suspenseful and heart-wrenchingly insightful’ J.P.Delaney, author of The Girl Before 
 
‘This compulsive, clever thriller will have you reading long into the night’ Red 
 
**** 
 
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. 
 
**** 
 
‘An immensely satisfying story with serpentine twists and turns’ Daily Mail

Karen Cleveland

I couldn’t turn the pages quickly enough!

Lesley Kara, bestselling author of THE RUMOUR

THE HEART-POUNDING NEW THRILLER FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF NEED TO KNOW 
 
A strange sensation runs through me, a feeling that I don't know this person in front of me, even though he matters more to me than anyone ever has, than anyone ever will. 
 
You go into your son's bedroom. It's the usual mess. You tidy up some dirty plates, pick up some clothes, open the wardrobe to put them away. 
That's when you find it. 
And you realize a horrifying truth... 
Your own son might be dangerous. 
 
Keep You Close is the chilling, relentless new thriller from the bestselling author of Need to Know.

Karen Cleveland

Praise for Keep You Close

I couldn’t turn the pages quickly enough!

Books by Karen Cleveland

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