You Did Nothing Wrong, CG Drews
You Did Nothing Wrong, CG Drews
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You Did Nothing Wrong
A Novel

Author: CG Drews

Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld

Unabridged: 8 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/17/2026

Synopsis

Domestic suspense meets haunted house horror in this adult debut from the New York Times bestselling author of Don’t Let the Forest In.

“Bloody immersive!” — Booklist

The walls are closing in on her perfect new life.

Single mother Elodie’s life has become a fairy tale. She’s met Bren, equal parts Golden-retriever-devoted and sinfully handsome. He’s whisked her and her autistic son, Jude, to the crumbling family house he’s renovating. She has a new husband, a new house, and a new baby on the way. Everything is perfect.

Until Jude claims he can hear voices in the walls. He says their renovations are “hurting” the house. Even Elodie can’t ignore it—something strange is going on.

The question is, Is it with the house, or with her son?

And what is Elodie hiding?

"Prepare to have your heartstrings clawed." —T. Marie Vandelly

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press

About CG Drews

CG Drews is the award-winning #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hazelthorn, Don’t Let the Forest In, and You Did Nothing Wrong. Their work has been translated into over 12 languages, won the Barnes & Noble 2025 YA Award, and has been nominated for the 2020 and 2025 Carnegie Medal, as well as being Indie Next Picks and Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selections. CG lives in Australia under a pile of unread books.

Reviews

Goodreads review by C.G. on August 04, 2025

Hello! I am the author of the book. If you'd like a list of content warnings please see my website here.......more

Goodreads review by Emily May on March 23, 2026

It lodges in her skin like a splinter, this idea that this is all her life is, a game of who will win. 3.5 stars. I have a lot of mixed feelings about this one, with my main area of contention being the writing. There were parts so overwritten it was jarring, the kind of writing that makes me thi......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on November 14, 2025

Let me start off by saying that I don’t think I was in the right “mood” when I read this. I should have been, because this book is dark, and quite disturbing- which is just perfect for the fall season. However, I was repulsed by our main character of Elodie, and I think that ruined the book for me u......more

Goodreads review by Marieke on March 18, 2026

He was her baby hurricane in a jar, and she had never been able to twist on the lid. Oh Jude … Even though this story is told through Elodie’s point of view, it isn’t really her story. At the center is her six-year-old autistic son, Jude. Oh Jude … By now, I believe C.G. Drews can only write masterpiec......more

Goodreads review by Dutchie on March 17, 2026

Do you know when you’re reading a novel and you absolutely just can’t put it down? This is one of those!! Elodie believes she has just won the jackpot with her new husband, Bren. He has swept her off her feet and has welcomed her and her young son, Jude, with open arms. They move into his childhood h......more

Quotes

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“Visceral, haunting, and blisteringly raw, You Did Nothing Wrong is a masterpiece of a gothic thriller with a keen smile and jagged teeth.” —Ava Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning

"In this haunted house book where nothing is as it seems, CG Drews balances unflinchingly disturbing horror with deeply empathetic characterizations. I read the first two twisty acts in a blur, and the climactic final third through my fingers, gripped more and more with every unraveling page." —Jennifer Thorne, Bestselling Author of Diavola

"Prepare to have your heartstrings clawed at in this terrifyingly exquisite story of what lengths a parent will go to in order to protect their child from being crushed to death as the walls of their loving home close in." —T. Marie Vandelly, author of Theme Music

"Suspenseful and gripping, with ratcheting tension that crawls under your skin. You Did Nothing Wrong is a dark and terrifying look at motherhood, and Drews's mesmerizing writing is sure to keep you hooked." — Monika Kim, author of The Eyes Are the Best Part

“CG Drews writes monsters like no other. You Did Nothing Wrong is a brilliantly tense, paranoid, masterfully wrought house of pain where no room is ever as it seems. Reader, watch your step. I loved every second.” —Dawn Kurtagich, award-winning author of The Madness and The Thorns

"You Did Nothing Wrong pries open the unique anguish and joy of motherhood and shows us the insides, how such love eclipses the world. The sensory imagery is unrelenting. The emotion is beautifully raw. CG Drews has constructed an addictive story of desperation, young marriage, and family that examines how we renovate the past — and what a haunted house often really is. This novel drained my heart." —Michael Wehunt, author of The October Film Haunt and Greener Pastures

"Vicious and claustrophobic from the first page! Drews deftly manipulates the darkest innermost desires and also my blood pressure with prose rich enough to eat. An absolute snakebite of a novel." —Neena Viel, author of Listen To Your Sister

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