The Secret cover art

The Secret

The Number One Best-Selling Author of The Letter

 Preview
LIMITED TIME OFFER

3 months free
Try for £0.00
£8.99/mo thereafter. Renews automatically. Terms apply. Offer ends 31 July 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.

The Secret

By: Kathryn Hughes
Narrated by: Rachel Atkins
Try for £0.00

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Offer ends 31 July 2025 23:59 GMT. Cancel monthly.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

Confirm Purchase
Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.
Cancel

About this listen

The best-selling author returns with her second novel, The Secret - a beautiful, tear-jerking novel which will be cherished by all those thousands of fans who lost their hearts to The Letter.

From the Number One best-selling author of The Letter comes The Secret - a heart-breaking novel of tragedy, hope and second chances. Fans of Jojo Moyes and Amanda Prowse will love the moving human drama of Kathryn Hughes.

Mary has been nursing a secret.

Forty years ago, she made a choice that would change her world for ever, and alter the path of someone she holds dear.

Beth is searching for answers. She has never known the truth about her parentage, but finding out could be the lifeline her sick child so desperately needs. When Beth finds a faded newspaper cutting amongst her mother's things, she realises the key to her son's future lies in her own past. She must go back to where it all began to unlock...the Secret.

©2016 Kathryn Hughes (P)2016 Headline Publishing Group Limited Fiction Genre Fiction Psychological Women's Fiction Heartfelt Tear-jerking

Listeners also enjoyed...

 The Key cover art
The Forgotten Locket cover art
The Memory Box: A beautiful, timeless, absolutely heartbreaking love story and World War Two historical fiction cover art
The Letter cover art
The Girl in the Letter cover art
The Midwife's Secret cover art
The Missing Daughter cover art
There's Something I Have to Tell You cover art
The Lost Daughter of Liverpool cover art
Winter Garden cover art
Owl Song at Dawn cover art
Blind cover art
One Moonlit Night cover art
The Delving cover art
The Well of Eternity: Blizzard Legends cover art
The Dandelion Years cover art
All stars
Most relevant  
First and foremost I enjoyed The Letter and because of this bought The Secret. A good read with an in depth knowledge of human behaviour.
I gathered the secret towards the middle of the book but another part of the story was a complete suprise.

A well versed story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
loved it! I found at first I was a bit confused, as you go to the past I couldn't work out the link between the characters... but once I got into it I ended up hooked. The story was much better then the authors first book, and I loved the dynamics of the characters and how well developed they are so you really care about them.

Better then her first book!!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Gripping storyline, loved the characters and narration. I enjoyed the memories from the 70’s

Excellent!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
A really good read, yes sad but an expertly stitched together story and well narrated- loved it!!

Excellent

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Kathryn Hughes characters are so real, great story telling. I had a big smile on my face at the end . Narration was perfect I would recommend.

Kathryn Hughes

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I absolutely LOVED this book! The narrator was fabulous! And the characters had me laughing out loud! I’m just sad it’s finished! 10/10

Heart warming!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
It's a very cleverly written book - with a lot of interesting characters. I really enjoyed it!

Slow to start but then couldn't put it down

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I enjoyed the story, nothing too dramatic or out of the ordinary. Just tales of normal people and their relationships and love.
What I found a bit annoying was the long pauses after each chapter!

A heartwarming story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
One of my favourite purchases.I couldn't stop listening .
Really enjoyed the story and liked the characters. The narrator brought the characters to life.
Didn't want it to end.
This is the first audiobook I have listened too by Kathryn Hughes and I have now purchased The Letter . I hope it's just as good as The Secret

Brilliant audiobook

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Loved it + loved the narration!
Highly recommend this if you like a story that is present day and past. If you are in your 40's or older you will undoubtedly enjoy!

Brilliant!!!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews