Things I Need You To Know

Birdie McBride has it all: a fulfilling job, five healthy daughters and a doting husband, Ned.

But then Ned dies. He leaves behind a document for Birdie—‘Things I Need You To Know’—a guide to everything from household maintenance to each daughter’s emotional landscape. It’s his last act of fatherly devotion.

Reading Ned’s manual, Birdie falls in love with her husband in a way she never did when he was alive. Yet the presence of his best friend, Marcello, complicates things.

As Marcello steps into Ned´s shoes, Birdie starts to wonder: how much trust can you put in instinct? Will her past come back to torment her? Can the legacy of ‘Things I Need You To Know’ save her family from catastrophe?

‘Utterly gripping. I couldn’t stop reading—and by the end, everything I thought I knew had been proven wrong.’ KATHRYN HEYMAN, bestselling author of Fury

‘With rippling humour, great tenderness and his trademark mix of quirkiness, empathy and insight, Mark Lamprell captivated me with this moving tale of love and betrayal. I loved it.’ SUZANNE LEAL, author of The Watchful Wife