Grandma's Little Secret

Name: Grandma's Little Secret
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: Becca C. Smith
ISBN: 9781958607435

Author: Becca C. Smith

Narrator: Becca C. Smith

Unabridged: 7 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Inimitable Books

Published: 02/17/2026

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Supernatural, Psychological

Synopsis

Inspired by true events, one girl’s life is changed forever when she foils a murder—and becomes a target herself.When imaginative eleven-year-old Emma and her parents and friends go to a remote island in the Pacific Northwest during the summer of 1985, she thinks it’ll be a normal family vacation.But when she starts dreaming of her loving Grandma Virginia killing people, she realizes there’s more to the sweet matriarch than she thought. And when she has a premonition that her grandmother intends to kill her husband, she knows she has to take matters into her own hands.When she foils Virginia’s first plan to murder Grandpa Roy, Emma becomes a target herself.Allied with her friends, Emma must differentiate between make-believe and psychic visions to try to save both her grandfather’s life and her own.Trigger warnings can be found at https://inimitable.pub/grandmaslittlesecret

Reviews

Goodreads review by Natalie on February 01, 2026

I finished this book in 1 day!!! I did get the audiobook as a freebie from the author’s YouTube page as an ARC (or would that be ALC?) but my review is honest as any of my others. The book conveyed kids so well. I was entranced with the friend and enemy dynamics, not to mention the dares. The bike s......more

Goodreads review by Holly on February 04, 2026

I absolutely devoured this book! I was SO here for this paranormal thriller-- it was well-written, well-paced, and exciting. The audiobook is narrated by the author herself which adds so much depth to the story since it is based off of true events. I loved the unique dual POV of an 11 yr old vs her......more

Goodreads review by Hannah on February 25, 2026

This book reminded me of reading old school Stephen King. Horror, nostalgia, and a deep understanding of how humans work. Absolutely gorgeous 🖤🩶......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on February 17, 2026

Grandma’s Little Secret has a bit of everything – 80s kids, humour, imagination, paranormal, thrills, a bit of gore, murderous family!! I did struggle to get into it at first with the imagination of Emma (I’m autistic – what even is imaginative play?!) but once we got to Grandma’s island home I barel......more

Goodreads review by Jimmetta on February 08, 2026

I was given an ARC of this book by the author From the gripping cover alone you already know that Grandma’s Little Secret is not going to be your average thrill ride but never could I have guessed that it would send me on such an emotional roller-coaster. Becca C. Smith has managed to tell such a cap......more