What You Don't Know

A modern day Brief Encounter from a fantastic new voice in women's fiction.

Happy home, lovely husband, two gorgeous children, and a job in the real world. Some would think that Helen Collins has it all, and certainly on paper, she's pretty cheerful about life. But in her head, it feels as if something is missing, and after fifteen years of sleeping with the same person, she s wondering what it might be like to try someone else.

So when plain, slightly balding Graham Parks walks into her office, ready to be cross-questioned about his latest book, Helen isn t exactly expecting to fall for him. After all, he s the exact opposite of her lean, good-looking husband, Alex, who woos women daily in his role as a TV soap character. Graham Parks isn t even funny, either, which Alex most definitely is. Nevertheless, Helen finds herself pulled to the edge of something that may just turn her world upside down. And it s exciting, alluring, all consuming. But is it worth giving everything she values up for?