You Need to Know by Nicola Moriatry is a compelling Australian family mystery thriller and drama set in the northern suburbs of Sydney, Australia. It’s summer, just before Christmas and the family, Jill and her three grown up sons with their partners and children, are gearing up to head to their holiday cottage. It is also the anniversary of Jill’s husband’s death, so emotions are high. On the way they are involved in a terrible, multi car accident on the highway. Who will survive? From that point we are taken back to over a twelve month period. So many things that each of them ‘needs to know’. So many secrets and lies that gradually emerge and explode.
A captivating story that gradually unfolds as we find out about each of the family members and their lives.
Well written with excellent character development.

Highly recommended read.

Thank you to Netgalley and HarperCollins Publishers Australia for a copy to read and review.

Wow what a cracker of a story. It all begins with a fatal car accident involving multiple vehicles on Christmas Eve and then we turn back time 12 months earlier when the family took a similar route to their cabin in the mountains.

Multiple characters starting with Jill the matriarch of the family and her 3 sons and their wives and girlfriends. All of them are hiding secrets from each other and themselves. Mimi and Pete have newborn twin daughters as well as two older children, and the pressure of being a mum of four is slowly getting to her. Tony is the published author of the family and he and his wife have made the decision to not have children (or have they?). Darren has just come out of a relationship with the love of his life and has writers block, his publisher is pressuring him to submit another manuscript, but between a lost dog and a decision to help with former girlfriend, life just seems too complicated.

This story is told in alternating chapters between all the characters and the timeline from a year ago and the twists and turns just kept on coming until even the very last page. Even though there were a lot of characters to keep track of I had no problem following the story.

I've read most of Nicola's books and I believe this is her best book yet - a real page-turning domestic suspense, loved the fact that it was set in Australia as well. Lets hope that someone picks this up and turns it into a movie - it would be absolutely gripping to see it on screen. She just gets better and better with each book and has definitely found her niche in domestic suspense.

Thank you so much to Netgalley and Harper Collins for a copy of this book for review purposes.

Smoking hot! I devoured You Need to Know by Nicola Moriarty, it was deliciously addictive and brilliant!

This novel is a compelling domestic family drama, I found it impossible to put down as the story unfolded and the suspense ramped up.

Jill is mother to three grown-up sons, Pete, Tony and Darren, she’s mother-in-law to Mimi and Andrea and grandmother to Callie, Tara and baby twin girls, Elliot and James. She’s recently widowed and still grieving her husband Frank’s unsuspected death. Surprisingly all her sons are writers and working on novels (wonder where that idea came from?).

Meanwhile the cars are packed and all the families are all ready to set off on their traditional Christmas getaway to their holiday cottage a few hours drive away …BUT they are not all going to make it there, a tragedy is brewing........who will survive it?

It’s best if not too much of this plot is revealed……trust me!

There are so many gripping secrets and relationship issues in this family, the characters are fascinating and surprisingly very realistic. The storyline was cleverly plotted, fast paced and unpredictable. I loved this book and after reading it I believe Nicola Moriarty is an Australian author who is top of her game!

Would love to see this on Netflix !

This book was fascinating and so hard to put down! There are lots of characters to keep up with as the family drama is told with multiple points of view and a few big twists, but I found this really well done and thoroughly enjoyed the pace of the book too. A great portrayal of family life and certainly an addictive read! I would highly recommend it.

Jill's family are planning for their annual Christmas trip, but for each of them this is the last thing on their mind. Her sons and their wives are each battling their own demons, and a horrific accident on the way to their family cabin could force them to confront these demons sooner than they thought.

I really enjoyed this one! Hooked from the very first few pages, I love the multiple perspectives of this complex family drama. There were so many interwoven storylines and it was done really well, had me reading late into the night just to finish it!