No One Needs to Know

By: Kevin O'Brien

Narrated by: Jonathan Yen

Length: 16 hrs and 25 mins

Publisher's summary

In July 1970, actress Elaina Styles was slain in her rented Seattle mansion along with her husband and their son's nanny. When the baby's remains were found buried in a shallow grave close to a hippie commune, police moved in - only to find all its members already dead in a grisly mass suicide. Now, decades later, a film about the murders is shooting at the mansion. On-set caterer Laurie Trotter ignores gossip that the production is cursed. But then people start dying.... As Laurie digs deeper into what happened all those years ago, she discovers that the truth is more twisted than any whispered rumor, as a legacy of brutal vengeance reaches its terrifying climax.

©2015 Kevin O’Brien (P)2015 Tantor

Hard to follow

I have really been liking other books by this author, but for some reason I had a hard time keeping the story and characters straight in this particular book. It seemed a little bit convoluted. I still enjoyed it but was not able to get into the story as much.

a little slow but kept my interest.

What made the experience of listening to No One Needs to Know the most enjoyable?

The characters were well developed. I wanted to know what was going on.

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

A surprise but not outlandish.

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

No I haven't but he is a very good narrator and will definitely listen again.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

As a mother the story of the children was moving and terrifying as well as the dark desolate roads.

Mystery , Thrilling, Heartwarming

Edge of your seat story worth listening to all the way through to the end!

sheesh! I wouldn't have guessed

amazing. just amazing. thank you. what a great book. couldn't stop listening. next. 😁 😁 😁

HOLY PLOT TWIST!

Kevin O'Brien has a unique and interesting way of psychologically terrorizing listeners and his characters. His writing may be too long for some, but to get the plot and backstory into play, it is necessary. He is my new favorite author! I've listened to this book in one day - it was that good!

Another great story!

I started listening to these just because I live in Kittitas Co WA!! It's so fun to hear the names of so many places we're familiar with. Could you throw my little hometown of Thorp in one maybe? I'll be listening for sure. Love the twists and turns.

Story great - narration lacking

I loved this storyline as most other O’Brien books but I didn’t like the narrators voice of the various characters. Lori sounded like an imbecile and others were just not believable

Kept me guessing until the end.

This book pretty much kept me guessing who did it until near the end. I usually can guess who did it earlier in the book. I found it a little hard to sympathize with Lori because she was a cheater. I'm former military, so I know about the whole deployment widows that cheat on their spouses while they are risking their lives for our country. Anyway, this story kept me interested, although again, the story didn't need to be 16 hrs long.

Not bad

Alot going on, not a bad story, ties up pretty neatly in the end. The narrator was okay.

great twisty story!! strange narrations

great story line, yet again by this author! he's a new one for me and I've enjoyed each one so far. my only complaint would be the narrators use of voices. I kept ringing that everyone sounded like Vizinni from Pri cess Bride!!! 🤣🤣