Why we’re excited
Fiona narrates this one from beyond the grave. Her family finds her collapsed at home, and she lingers in the house, unseen, while her husband, sister and children start asking how she really died. Her own diary, found by her teenage daughter, turns out to be the most dangerous thing in the room.
Ashley Audrain made her name with The Push, about a mother who fears something is wrong with her daughter, and followed it with The Whispers. Readers who like domestic suspense that picks at the gap between the mother people see and the woman underneath should keep an eye on this one.
On our most-anticipated list since 21 October 2026. See all the most anticipated books →
What to know about The Things You’ll Never Know
The Push is the one Ashley Audrain book we have reviewed, at 4 out of 5.
Readers have saved it often enough to put it at No. 9 on our list of January 2027’s most-anticipated releases.
From the publisher
“Nobody delves as deep into the guts of motherhood as Ashley Audrain; she really is in a league of her own.” —Lisa Jewell
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Push, a bold, unputdownable story of motherhood, desire, betrayal, and loss told by a mother after her own death.
“All those moments in life that mark a before, and an after. Before the death of me, and after. Before they knew the truth of what happened, and after.”
Fiona stares up at the faces of her husband, Adam, and their children. They’ve found her on the hallway floor. The double doors slam on the ambulance, and Fiona watches it take her body away—but how can that be, if she’s still here in her home, with her family? That’s when she realizes her worst fear has come Fiona is dead.
In the days that follow, Fiona moves quietly among them, as they become increasingly suspicious about her death. Everyone seems to be hiding something—her depressive husband, her devoted best friend, her estranged younger sister, her precocious six-year-old son, and most of all, Fiona herself. That is, until her teenage daughter discovers Fiona’s diary—and the stunning betrayal she had been hiding.
Exploring the performative identities of womanhood, the cost of being good, and what we owe ourselves and each other in the face of desire, Ashley Audrain's daring, thought-provoking novel will you find who you really are, before you die?
Description supplied by the publisher.
We haven’t read The Things You’ll Never Know yet. When our review goes up, it will replace this page.
