You Don't Want to Know (Rds) - by Lisa Jackson (Paperback)

About the Book

A #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author deftly takes readers to the edge of sanityNand backNin a gripping novel where a mother's worst fear is only the beginning of a terrifying nightmare, and the truth is more dangerous than she can imagine.

Book Synopsis

"Chilling. . . . Multiple red herrings and a host of sinister characters help keep the pages turning." -Publishers Weekly

Life as Ava Garrison knew it ended the day her toddler son Noah went missing. In the two years since, she's been in and out of Seattle mental institutions, existing in a fog of grief. Noah's body was never found, and everyone assumed he drowned after falling off a dock. Until recently, Ava thought so too...

"Shiveringly good suspense!" -Lisa Gardner

Since she moved back home, Ava has experienced unsettling visions. She hears Noah crying in the nursery, glimpses him walking near the water. Her family, her psychologist, and her estranged husband are concerned for her well-being. Or are they worried about what she might discover?

"Crammed with suspects and a palpable air of creepiness. . . . Jackson's many fans will enjoy it." -Kirkus Reviews

Did Noah really die, or is Ava losing her sanity? The deeper into her memories she goes, the more fearful she becomes. Ava thought her son's disappearance was the worst thing that could happen to her. But before this nightmare ends, she'll discover how terrifying the truth can be...

Review Quotes

Praise for YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW:

"This chilling stand-alone suspense thriller from bestseller Jackson (Without Mercy) brings every parent's biggest fear to life--the disappearance of one's child...Multiple red herrings and a host of sinister characters help keep the pages turning until the explosive conclusion." --Publishers Weekly

"New York Times' bestselling author Jackson puts her touch on this dark thriller and tale of forbidden romance...Jackson's book is crammed with suspects and a palpable air of creepiness...Jackson's many fans will enjoy it." --Kirkus Reviews

"Best-selling and prolific Jackson deftly throws in an escaped serial killer and the recent murders of Ava's psychiatrist and hypnotist to ensure that her creepily gothic thriller teems with sinister possibilities."-- Booklist Reviews

"A definite page-turner" --Suspense Magazine

"If it's mystery and intrigue you want, Lisa Jackson has it in spades. You Don't Want to Know is a frantic adventure through a mother's worst nightmare." --BELLA Magazine

"YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW is an artfully written story of suspense that reminds me of the best-of-the-best of gothic novels during their heyday.... Lisa Jackson brings a twist of modernity to the story, making it a novel that combines the best of the old and the new into a story that any reader will want to savor as long as possible to keep it from ending." --Bookreporter.com

About the Author

Lisa Jackson is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over ninety-five novels, including Liar, Liar, You Will Pay, After She's Gone, Deserves to Die, Running Scared, and Shiver. She is also the co-author of One Last Breath, Last Girl Standing and the Colony Series, written with her sister and bestselling author Nancy Bush, as well as the collaborative novels Sinister and Ominous, written with Nancy Bush and Rosalind Noonan. There are over thirty million copies of her novels in print and her writing has been translated into twenty languages. She lives with her family and rambunctious dogs in the Pacific Northwest. Readers can visit her online at LisaJackson.com and find her on Facebook.