The Secret

By: K. L. Slater

Narrated by: Lucy Price-Lewis

Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins

Publisher's Summary

You think you can trust the ones you love most. But what if one secret could make you question everything? 

Every day, a woman like Louise passes you in the street: elegant, confident, determined. But underneath, she’s struggling. 

She doesn’t know her sister, Alice, has been scared of leaving the house since their mother died. She doesn’t know when Alice babysits her little boy, Archie, he sometimes sees things he shouldn’t. She doesn’t know Archie has a secret. 

A secret that could send cracks through the heart of Louise’s carefully constructed life....

©2018 K. L. Slater (P)2018 Audible, Ltd

Disappointed

I usually like this author but this one was a dud.I don’t understand reviewers who say it was a nail biter. If you like suspense pass on this one.

Boring

I hate to say it but I was so disappointed in this book. This is one of my favorite authors. But this book was slow and even the “big reveal” didn’t make up for it.

Meh.. Okay Story, Predictable and Somewhat Juvenil

I like KL Slater and I love a good British narrated psychological thriller. 'The Secret' is about a woman who has lost her husband and her mother, and the only people she has in life are her nephew and her sister, Her sister treats the woman poorly, and she finds herself often watching her nephew. But something weird is going on.

Nephew is keeping secrets and Sister's mood swings are horrible.

The ending is fairly predictable. Slater tries a 'double twist' with this one that works somewhat.

There is no real 'wow' factor to 'The Secret.' It's worth the listen if you can get it on sale.

-Wendi

Slow

It really got on my nerves how it flip flopped back and forth in time.

Naw

I usually like this author but I didn’t care for this book, I couldn’t get into like I had with the others and the end was mediocre.

Enjoyed but…

The ending just kind of happened. No real climax. It was almost as if the author just decided it was time and a book.It was a bit disappointing.

Like not love

It was a little hard to get into at first but once it got good I couldn’t stop listening. Didn’t imagine that twist at the end!!!

slow, all over the place

Book was slow and jumped back and forth... it got a little better toward the end.

a bit different

the story was a bit different from the other stories this author has written, but it shows what a great grasp the author has on human behavior.

Enjoyed this story very much

Love the fact that the word beautiful wasn't mentioned once. It was good story. Finally a character that suffers pain. I am going to listen to it again after some time has passed. I loved it that much.

Another one off the Slater production line...

The first KL Slater book I read was Blink which I really enjoyed. Since then she has turned out a series of these increasingly slow paced dramas with big twists towards the end. Lucy Price Lewis has provided consistently strong narration.

The writing is good quality and fairly engaging but this one in particular is really so much more a family drama than anything I would think of as a thriller. It did try to jump into that territory right at the end but it all just feels like afterthought rather than logical progression.

If you have enjoyed this author's recent books then don't let me put you off this one. For me now I think there are much better constructed and definitely more thrilling thrillers to be found elsewhere.

Not very thrilling

It felt like too much character development and not enough story. The ended was predictable and a bit of an anti climac

Not the best K.L. Slater I have read.

I am a great fan of K.L. Slater books. I found The Secret has an interesting and intriguing storyline. I did enjoy the book however I would have liked it more if all the significant characters had been woven into the story from the beginning. For them to also have been given a bit of characterisation allowing the reader to get to know them.
Lucy Price-Lewis narration is superb.

Good solid read

Another good book by KL Slater! A good story although doesn't have the gasp out loud twists that some of her other work does (although it does have twists). Easy to listen to as the narrator is clear and has a good speaking voice. Overall a good book but I'd recommend "Blink" (by the same author) over this one.

A good story but the tag line is very misleading.

Overall good and well performed - the twist at the end was not what I expected. Buuuuut the tag line on the cover, it is like is for a different book - I would revisit that!!

Weak in the extreme

Found this book extremely mediocre, not a page turner .
Didn't find the plot believable. Not one I'd recommended

very good listen

i really enjoyed this book, the characters, storyline and reader. I can highly recommemd it.

Capturvating

A great read, kept me guessing, till the end, wonderful writer with great imagination

Kept me guessing the whole way through

As always K L Slater has me hooked from the beginning, am guessing the twists the whole way throughout the book.

The narrator Lucy Price-lewis has a great way of telling the story.

Excellent from start to finish

Poor storyline, good narration.

I struggled through this one as I was hoping the ending would be worth it. It wasn’t. Unbelievable and drag story with a poor ending. Not as good as Slater’s other books. However, Lucy Price-Lewis’ narration was as spot on as ever.