The Unheard

A Novel

By: Nicci French

Narrated by: Olivia Vinall

“Nicci French is a specialist in the kind of evil that burrows from within.” —New York Times Book Review

In this new heart-pounding standalone from the internationally bestselling author that People calls “razor sharp,” a single mother suspects her young daughter has witnessed a horrible crime when the girl draws a disturbing picture—but the deadly path to unravel the truth could cost her everything.

Maybe Tess is overprotective, but passing her daughter off to her ex and his new young wife fills her with a sense of dread. It’s not that Jason is a bad father—it just hurts to see him enjoying married life with someone else. Still, she owes it to her daughter Poppy to make this arrangement work.

But Poppy returns from the weekend tired and withdrawn. And when she shows Tess a crayon drawing—an image so simple and violent that Tess can hardly make sense of it——Poppy can only explain with the words, “He did kill her.”

Something is horribly wrong. Tess is certain Poppy saw something—or something happened to her—that she’s too young to understand. Jason insists the weekend went off without a hitch. Doctors advise that Poppy may be reacting to her parents’ separation. And as the days go on, even Poppy’s disturbing memory seems to fade. But a mother knows her daughter, and Tess is determined to discover the truth. Her search will set off an explosive tempest of dark secrets and buried crimes—and more than one life may be at stake.

Interesting book!

I liked this one! i thought it was interesting and had a decent twist. it was a bit creepy at times which i liked. this author really knows how to make the main character unlikeable though.

Exactly what I wanted from an audiobook

Loved the narrator, loved the plot and found myself theorizing and hypothesizing about the ending even when I wasn’t listening.

Unfinished and anticlimactic

The whole story starts out good. Then you get immersed and begin to hate the characters. Tess seems like an entitled mother who lets her daughter do whatever she pleases without saying a word to her. She throws tantrums even hitting her mother and she just stands there calling her daughter darling. She wants teddy she wants ice cream she wants to sleep and to everything Tess says yes darling.
She does incredibly stupid things that turn out has no point whatsoever to the ending.
Also the ending had me like what? Okay we got the culprit but that’s all. We don’t know nothing more. There are a lot of whys that should have been answered for this to be called a good book.

Good read.

I really enjoyed the intricacies, but sometimes the reaction to events seemed unlikely. Overall a very compelling story.

The Reviews Were Right

I had no idea where this was going. It almost became a challenge, but it wasn't until 80% that things started to come together!!!! Another great one from Nicci French!

Do you always trust your children?