You Don't Want to Know

By: Lisa Jackson

Narrated by: Christina Traister

Length: 17 hrs and 21 mins

Publisher's summary

In Ava’s dreams, her son, Noah, looks just the way she remembers him: a sweet two-year-old in rolled-up jeans and a red sweatshirt. When Ava wakes, the agonizing truth hits her all over again. Noah went missing two years ago, and his body has never been found. Almost everyone, including Ava’s semi-estranged husband, Wyatt, assumes the boy drowned after falling off the dock near their Church Island home.

Ava has spent most of the past two years in and out of Seattle mental institutions, shattered by grief and unable to recall the details of Noah’s disappearance. Now she’s back at Neptune’s Gate, the family estate she once intended to restore to its former grandeur. Slowly, her strength is returning. But as Ava’s mind comes back into focus, her suspicions grow. Despite their apparent concern, Ava can’t shake the feeling that her family and her psychologist know more than they’re saying. But are they really worried for her well-being - or anxious about what she might discover?

Unwilling to trust those around her, Ava secretly visits a hypnotist to try and restore her memories. But the strange visions and night terrors keep getting worse. Ava is sure she’s heard Noah crying in the nursery, and glimpsed him walking near the dock. Is she losing her mind, or is Noah still alive? Ava won’t stop until she gets answers, but the truth is more dangerous than she can imagine. And the price may be more than she ever thought to pay….

©2012 Lisa Jackson (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

I did want to know...

This was the first Lisa Jackson book I have had on Audible, and I enjoyed it very much. The narrator Christina Traister did a really great job bringing the characters to life, and there were a lot of characters she had to work with. The story was good and was for the most part believable. I could see all the crazy people as a part of a family all living together in that great big house on the island, getting on each other's nerves. I suspected Ava wasn't quite as crazy as her husband made her out to be about 6 chapters in, but to find out more, you will just have to listen to the book. Oh, and just one more point. People who are in a wheelchair or are no longer able to walk are not referred to as handicapped. Please use the correct term "person with a disability", or someone who is disabled.

loved this story

The Book started a little slow for me because there was no big action scenes or mind grabbing dialogue but I continued through a few chapters and the book finally grabbed me and I could not put it down.I loved the unpredictable twist & turns that this book took.
I just had to know what would happen next or what clue would be revealed. There was a number of mysteries solved and I wanted to solve them.
This book has very well rounded characters and though there are many of them it's quite easy to differentiate each one from the other. The main character is Ava, she's the mother who lost her baby and has been through so much. The emotions and frustration she feels truly comes out in in the way Lisa tells this character's story.
I found it hard to put down once I was hooked.
This was my first Lisa Jackson book & it defiantly wont be my last.

Crazy Twisty

Would you listen to You Don't Want to Know again? Why?

Yes! The suspense, the intensity, the characters...

Who was your favorite character and why?

Ava and Dern of course

What does Christina Traister bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

The way she adds inflection to the characters. She adds so much emotion.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I laughed. I cried.

Any additional comments?

I love Lisa Jackson's books and the narrators are always so talented. I recommend this book!

ending fantastic Too slow getting there

It was too slow. ..but the ending was fantastic. Just wish it had more kick in the first 25 chapters.

Gripping, slow at first , but will hook you!

Would you consider the audio edition of You Don't Want to Know to be better than the print version?

I would have put down a paper version after the first two chapters, but kept listening wondering why is this happening to them.

Have you listened to any of Christina Traister’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Yes , all very well done,.

So many twists and turns! Hard to put down!

Loved the book! My Mom had reco.recommended. and I was not disappointed. You won't be disappointed!

Hauntingly Amazing

Author never disappoints. A must hear!!!
You will not guess what will happen next.
Keeps your attention

Poor performance

I thought if I heard the narrator yell “Noah” one more time, I’d have to quit the book. And really, anytime she yelled…very grating

Okay book.

Interesting story, but did drag on a bit. The narrator’s voice when yelling or screaming made me fast forward. The boat incident, and yelling for her son throughout the whole story — my ears just couldn’t take it. Would have been better if I read it and not listened.

The many characters who were involved and twists and turns in the story.

The narrator was excellent she put a lot of emotion into each character so that no one was one dimensional.