With terrific characters, little truth bombs exploding throughout and a smashing denouement, this book is a must-read for anybody seeking a family-drama-meets-mystery novel

The more I read, the quicker I turned the pages. Stunningly vivid characters torn apart by family secrets. Loved it.

At times dark and discomfiting, but always relatable and entertaining, with characters you feel you know, You Need To Know is stay-up-late addictive. The perfect holiday read.

Secrets spill out as the story twists and turns and, with its pacy end, this is a summer must

With intriguing twists and turns and a pacy end, this is a perfect summer read

A dissection of the cobwebs of relationships that, on one hand, keep families tied together; but on another drive them apart

Nicola Moriarty has a gift for domestic drama, cracking pace, and skilful narrative timing

Clever, tense and jam-packed with twists and turns you won't see coming . . . while there's quite a large cast of characters to follow, you never lose track of what's happening thanks to Moriarty's polished writing and character-work. Dark, twisty and utterly enthralling, You Need to Know is a gripping domestic thriller with Netflix written all over it. It is yet another unputdownable read from the very talented Nicola Moriarty

You Need to Know offers a tense, well-crafted storyline, interesting, multifaceted characters, and a sensational climax. I think Nicola Moriarty has found her niche in the Aussie domestic thriller genre

Moriarty has delivered another gripping domestic drama about secrets, lies and fractured families. She builds the tension so expertly, with twists and turns leading towards one cracking end, that you may well need to see a chiropractor afterwards

A brilliant thriller

Praise for Nicola Moriarty

Had me turning the pages into the small hours

Expect dark themes and plot twists a plenty

Dramatic, mysterious and compelling

Kept me guessing to the end

With secrets and intrigue, this is a compulsive read

Moriarty rocks the drama genre

Nicola Moriarty belongs to a family tree laded with writers. She more than holds her own

Nicola's got great pace and snappy dialogue, and I especially like her male characters

Brilliant! Could not put it down. It's utterly gripping and beautifully written.

Smart and compassionate, full of poetry and rage and shy hopes and shredded dreams and missing girls and family secrets.

This is a striking first novel, a chilling insight into an oppressive world, where bad thoughts and bad deeds ripple just below the surface, out of sight.

Chilling and compulsive... a dazzling debut.

Simmering resentments and long-held prejudices boil over in this beautifully realised evocation of small-town America. I I loved it.

An elegant, mesmerizing debut-Anna Bailey explores festering secrets with a with a sharp, yet tender gaze. This book reads like a whisper in the dark.

Cleverly written , Anna Bailey's debut shines a light on the darker and more oppressive side of small-town society.