Graham grabs you immediately and doesn't let go. This utterly thrilling novel sets a new standard in the genre.

I love when horror mixes with history mixes with people who otherwise may never have come together and Graham handles all of this deftly and with super creepy results. Highly recommend for anyone who enjoys everything from the Da Vinci Code to Stephen King..

I really wanted to like this one, but I just couldn't get into it. The premise was great - as was the promise: mystery, supernatural elements, a book of secrets, MI5, a plot against the Royals... I liked the sample text well enough, but when I tried to dig into the larger book, I just found myself floundering. The teenage girls babble on rather inanely - I know that is the wont of teenage girls everywhere, but in a book I need a little guidance, maybe a roadmap or at least a street sign... I found myself so far beyond caring what happened to them that I could barely even turn another page to try to get into what was supposed to be the actual mystery (as opposed to merely the mystery of how the three of them had managed to survive this long)... Unfortunately, page after page is what it took - and after countless numbers of them, I couldn't gin up enough enthusiasm to keep turning them until things picked up. Even the introduction of the detectives wasn't enough to save this one (Harrison Ford comparisons aside)... They also struck me as rather blah and their interactions as rather randomly uninteresting and inane.

Honestly, the only thing I liked - and I liked it quite a lot - was the evil-cell-phones bit. Talk about promise in a premise - technology as evil seems to offer so many intriguing possibilities... And maybe they were fleshed out in full technicolor glory at some point, but I just couldn't get past the characterization issues to find out. Very rarely, I stumble on a book where the characters just cannot step out of their own way long enough to let the story tell itself. This was most definitely one of those. It's a shame, but I just couldn't stick it out...

I didn't realise this was a sequel until the end of the book so that clears up the little niggles I had re not finding out more about the screaming. Really enjoyed the book, It's a novel idea, set in our world with current public figures and quirky asides about politics. I'm off to buy the first one.

Mystery, horror and humour too. An enjoyable read.

Ok I am to be honest, that's what you want with a review right? I felt totally and completely lost throughout this whole book! First I didn't realise it was a sequel - once I found that out it made sense to my feeling of being complete and utter lost but it didn't help my any.


This was also not a horror in the slightest, mystery thriller perhaps but definitely not horror - or at least not my definition of horror - this wasn't scary can't read in the dark material.


I didn't connect with any character at all, and I was ready to give up but trudged on. I really wanted to love this book, and based on the blurb I thought I would but it wasn't what I thought.


Britain and the world I guess has gone through some pretty major events of some description in the first book that has banned all use of technology. This has brought about powers in people that have otherwise been suppressed with all the WiFi radiation etc. So now have witches and people with psychic abilities - the knowing.


If I read the screaming then perhaps rereading this one will be better… certainly won't make me feel so lost I bet!

The Knowing is an excellent paranormal thriller involving a host of wonderful characters. I especially loved the contrast between earth shattering forces of ancient prophecy and a sleepy town in South Wales.

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