Holy page turner, Batman. This is such a good book. Thanks Netgalley for the ARC. I have no clue what I would do in her situation. ( )

Really exciting, easy to read spy thriller. Sometimes strains the boundaries of suspension of disbelief, but a fun read for an afternoon. ( )

I got this book as an ebook ARC from NetGalley a long time ago. I just checked and it was published back in January of 2018 so it really was a long time ago. Dang. I sometimes really suck at the "advanced" portion of the ARC deal...

Anyway, I waited so long that I was able to enjoy the audio version. And I did enjoy it. The narrator did a good job - a very nice job - and I was sucked into the story pretty quickly. I thought I knew where the book was going but there were some twists and turns that made the experience even more than I expected. I don't normally read spy books but I'm glad I picked this one up.

My only real issue was that the ending was pretty anti-climactic and felt like it happened a bit too easily and quickly. It didn't take away from my enjoyment overall though.

OKAY! Scratch that. That'll teach me to start my review while still listening to the ending. I thought I was listening to the epilogue but I wasn't. :-)

So if you haven't read Need to Know yet because you meant to but your TBR pile got away from you, here's your reminder!

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for putting it on my radar! ( )

Mycket spännande story. Tyvärr är den inte lika bra berättad. Känns lite hafsig och enkel. Många enkla "alla hatar ryssar"-poäng. Hade mått bättre av att vara 100 sidor längre och bättre genomarbetad. ( )

Need to Know is one hell of a book! I'm especially happy to say that it did fulfill all my expectations!

What do you do when you, through your job discover that you are living a lie? That this discovery will threaten your life, your husband life, and your children's lives. That is what Vivian Miller discovers one day at her job as a CIA counterintelligence analyst. She is running a program trying to discover Russian sleeper cells in the US. And, she succeeds. And this starts off a living hell for her.

One could really feel with Vivian in this book. Her whole life is in ruin and she is now having to make serious decisions, protect her family and betray her country? Or turn in all the information she has and by that destroy her family.

The story is tense and captivating and I loved reading the book. I thought the ending at first was a bit too "Hollywood". A bit too cheesy and happy, well I thought so until I realized that the author had one more surprise in store. Wow! What an ending! ( )