A well written novel with an interesting plot but I just couldn't get into the story. I weren't a fan of the characters. Some of the story just didn't make any sense to me

Thank you so much for the opportunity to read this book. Unfortunately it’s not the book for me. DNF @ 21%.

Crooked Lane Books and NetGalley provided me with an Advanced Reader's Copy of No One Can Know. The choice to review this book was my own.

ER nurse Frankie Stapleton is new to Stillwater General, but definitely knows how to stir up trouble. Temporarily back in her hometown to help her family, Frankie is burning the candle at both ends by taking shifts at the hospital, working at the family store, and taking care of her niece. When a pregnant woman comes into the ER after being in a horrific traffic accident, will Frankie's curiosity about the situation lead her into trouble?

No One Can Know was the second book in a series featuring Frankie Stapleton, though it was not strictly necessary to have read the previous novel. I found most of this book to be a little overblown, from the meddling and overbearing mother, the demanding sister, and the obnoxious boss. The amateur sleuth aspect of the story was expected and a little disappointing. Frankie stumbled around the novel, getting herself into situations and figuring things out despite having no training. I like medical mysteries and I was hoping that No One Can Know would be more like Robin Cook's novels. More of this novel took place outside of the hospital than inside, which led me to think why the subtitle was A Stillwater General Mystery. The constant meddling by the mother was overdone and the novel ended without much fanfare. I have no interest in reading the first book, nor would I read subsequent books.

The book starts off with a bang (okay, actually a car crash, but you get the idea), and a young almost-mother is brought into the ER. She was in a serious car accident and her baby has to be delivered immediately. The baby is born but unfortunately the mother dies during the birth. Then the medical staff discover that it wasn't an accident but a deliberately caused accident. Nurse Frankie becomes involved in the family's investigation.
The book was well written, gripping and thrilling until the end!

In No One Can Know, ER nurse Frankie Stapleton again encounters a mystery when a local politician’s pregnant wife dies in a car accident that turns out to have been no accident. Frankie feels guilty because she had treated the likely killer in the ER and let him get away before the police arrived. So she decides to investigate the death herself, a task that gets even more complicated when the victim’s newborn son is kidnapped from the NICU at her hospital.

A well-written, solid, easy mystery full of likeable characters and lots of dialog and a plot that flows well through its various twists and turns. I usually like my fiction darker and with more thrill but I appreciated this novel.

I enjoyed the first mystery in the Stillwater General series enough that I wanted to read this one, too. However, I don’t think the story was as strong this time around.

In No One Can Know, ER nurse Frankie Stapleton again encounters a mystery when a local politician’s pregnant wife dies in a car accident that turns out to have been no accident. Frankie feels guilty because she had treated the likely killer in the ER and let him get away before the police arrived. So she decides to investigate the death herself, a task that gets even more complicated when the victim’s newborn son is kidnapped from the NICU at her hospital.

The mystery in this book wasn’t very strongly plotted. It was hard for me to see why Frankie would feel it necessary to involve herself in the investigation, but that’s par for the course in mysteries featuring an amateur sleuth. Her attempts to solve the crime mostly aren’t very fruitful, however, and she just kind of stumbles to solution. In particular, there’s one point where I just kind of had to roll my eyes when an important bit of information falls into her lap and she makes a somewhat illogical leap using that info that turns out to be correct. That kind of thing bugs me in a mystery novel.

I found myself much more interested in Frankie’s personal life than in the mystery. She’s always been a rolling stone, the kind of person who felt stifled in her small town and so left her family and fiancée behind. Her fumbling efforts to reconnect with them and to decide whether she wants to keep moving or finally stay in her hometown were what kept me reading even after I lost interest in the mystery aspect of the book.

Readers who enjoyed the previous Stillwater General book should go ahead and read this one. I’m probably going to pick up the next in the series just to see what happens in her personal life; hopefully the mystery will be stronger, too.

A copy of this book was provided through NetGalley for review; all opinions expressed are my own.

Thanks Netgalley for the advanced reading copy of this book. I really liked this book, took me a little while to get into the story but once I did I was glad I stuck with it! Great character And a well written story.

No One Can Know by Lucy Kerr is the second book in A Stillwater General Mystery series. Francesca “Frankie” Stapleton has temporarily moved back home to Stillwater, Illinois to assist her family. She has taken a part time job as an ER nurse at Stillwater General as well as working at family hardware store. On a Tuesday evening, a man comes into the ER with a dislocated shoulder after a hitting a deer with his car. Frankie is then pulled away to help with a trauma involving a pregnant woman who was severely injured in a car crash. The staff safely delivers the baby (a little boy), but the patient passes away from her severe injuries. The patient was Katherine Tibbs whose husband is running for Congress. He is the local town hero who stopped a fire from destroying the business district when he was in high school. When Frankie returns to her dislocated shoulder patient, he has disappeared. It is then that Frankie realizes that her patient with the dislocated shoulder hit Katherine (not a deer) and he vanished on her watch. Then they learn that the crash was not an accident. Why was Katherine targeted? Does it relate to her husband or her job as a social worker? Frankie feels compelled to locate the killer. The situation escalates when Baby Tibbs disappears from the hospital. What is Frankie willing to do to find the baby and catch a killer?

No One Can Know can be read as a standalone novel. The author provided Frankie’s history as well as a summary of what happened in Time of Death. The mystery had potential, but it was not fulfilled. With a woman is murdered, a baby stolen, political candidate, and a social worker, I expected the mystery to be complex. I was hoping for a good twist or unexpected revelation. Unfortunately, I accurately pegged the killer early in the story along with the reason for the crime. I appreciate that Frankie is a strong, intelligent female character, but she seems to have a death wish in No One Can Know. She repeatedly put herself into dangerous situations. I lost track of the number of times (at minimum once a chapter) she was told to stay out of the investigation (Noah should have worked with her instead of fussing at her). Frankie’s reason for looking in to the crime was weak. There was also too much speculation (thinking, questioning, wondering) and reiteration of facts regarding the murder. I do, though, like the author’s writing and the pace of the book (steady). I enjoy the medical scenes which enhance the book, and they are not overly technical. I am hoping that there will be some crimes centered in the hospital in future books. I also enjoy the interactions between Frankie and her family especially her niece, Riley (she is very inquisitive). The ending felt incomplete. Readers are left with unanswered questions. A Stillwater General Mystery series has the capability of being a good mystery series with a few tweaks. No One Can Know, unfortunately, only gets 3 out of 5 stars.

I hadn’t read the first book in the Stillwater General series but that didn’t matter, there was enough back story peppered throughout.

Frankie is a nurse who has returned to her home town after a long period. She is on duty when a pregnant patient is brought in after a car accident. When the patient doesn’t make it Frankie sees herself as a wannabe detective and inserts herself into a potential murder investigation.

The book is told exclusively from Frankie’s point of view and in a linear format, no jumping back and forth through time.

I enjoyed the book and would recommend it to fans of Diane Chamberlain as it was in a similar style.

No One Can Know is the second book in the Stillwater General Series. It is a very cleverly written mystery that is fast-paced and engaging. Frankie is an excellent nurse and a very amateur sleuth. Her character is well written and the situation with her family makes her a very relatable character.

If you are a fan of medical thrillers I recommend this one. This book has a missing patient, a car accident, politics and a kidnapping. It was fast paced and well written. I look forward to seeing what Frankie is up to in the future!

Very enjoyable mystery! Frankie is a very likeable character and nurse. Add a grumpy boss and matchmaker mom to the mix and sparks will fly. Can't wait til the next book comes out in this series.Highly recommended!

During the night shift, a pregnant woman is brought in from a car accident and unfortunately dies, The nurse who took care of her, Frankie, is understandably upset but moves on with her evening. Earlier that night she took care of a man who said he hit a deer, then left the ER against medical advice. Frankie realizes he might have been involved in the accident with the deceased women.

When her husband, a Congressional candidate, arrives at the hospital, Frankie and the rest of the staff find out that his wife may have been deliberately killed. I enjoyed the book but there were a lot of characters involved that I had trouble keeping track of.

Thanks to Crooked Lane Books and NetGalley for the ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I think this was a 3.5* for me. It took me a long while to settle into the story- but once I got immersed in the book I started to really enjoy it. Frankie has agreed to come home to help out with the family business and some shifts in the local A&E. She is catching up with family and friends and her mum is desperate to act as a matchmaker.
This is the second in the series and maybe I would have connected with the story more easily if I'd read the first book. Frankie is working in A&E one evening when a patient they've been treating discharges himself whilst they start to work on a pregnant lady involved in a car accident.
She thinks there is a connection between the two patients and is desperate to help investigate. She puts herself in danger but loved seeing work out clues.
I did enjoy getting to know the characters and loved her little niece.

They say that full moons keep the cops running and fill the ER. We find that to be true in No One Can Know by Lucy Kerr. Frankie Stapleton is back home and helping out at the small-town hospital after living in Chicago. A mysterious man arrives in the ER, hurt but not quite giving his real name. A trauma patient comes in soon after, very pregnant and though they valiantly try to save her and the baby, only the baby survives.

With a touch of politics – the pregnant woman was the wife of a man running for congress. And enough intrigue and twists to keep the reader’s interest, No One Can Know was one of those books I couldn’t help but read in almost a single session.

If you like mysteries with characters you can’t help but life, moments of levity in a serious situation, and medical thrillers, you’re going to like No One Can Know (and the rest of the Stillwater General Series.) I'm adding this series - and the author - to my must read list!

Four stars!

(Thanks to Net Galley, Lucy Kerr, and Crooked Lane Books for the opportunity to read this enjoyable book. Opinions are my own)

No One Can Know by Lucy Kerr is the 2nd book in A Stillwater General Mystery series, and my first book by this author. Wow! I really enjoyed this book. It is a little darker than most of the cozy mysteries I read, but a great mystery. Frankie Stapleton returns to Stillwater from Chicago, to help her family with their hardware store, and is working at Stillwater General Hospital as an ER nurse. This book has a lot of suspects along with many twists and turns, which kept me reading page after page. I found this book to be a quick read with well developed plot and characters. I am looking forward to reading the 1st and next book in the series.

I received this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.

No One Can Know
A Stillwater General Mystery
by Lucy Kerr
Crooked Lane Books
Mystery & Thrillers
Pub Date 13 Feb 2018
I am reviewing a copy of No One Can Know through Crooked Lane Books and Netgalley:
Frankie Stillwater is an E.R nurse who has agreed to spend three months in her sleepy hometown of Stillwater. She is there to try to help the sister she has been estranged too, to see if they can save their families hardware store. While there she also works a few shifts at the local hospital, but more importantly she is working towards rebuilding the bridges she burned when she left town twelve years later.
A Pregnant car crash victim arrives at Stillwater General where Frankie and the team fight to save the lives of Mother and baby but only the baby survives. A rumor goes around saying this was no accident that the pregnant women was intentionally targeted, but who would want to kill Kate Tibbs, she was a social worker and the wife of an up and coming local politician? Frankie investigates and discovers there were a lot of motives and even more suspects.

When the Baby disappears her search for the truth becomes a deadly race against the clock, and it doesn't matter to Frankie the cost as long as she can save the baby.

Will Frankie find who has the baby and a tiny life? Or will it be to late? Find out in No One Can Know!

Five out of five stars!

Happy Reading!

Working in a small town ER is a lot different from Chicago for nurse Frankie Stapleton. I

Until a mysterious man shows up in the ER, giving as little detail and personal information as possible. Frankie senses he is lying but before she can chase that thread they receive a patient who has been in a motor vehicle accident. Or was it an accident?

Frankie can't shake the feeling that he has something to do with their current patient and even more so when he slips out while the team tries to save two lives. 

In a small town where everyone knows everyone's business, Frankie's own mother seems to be the head of the gossip mill. And between her mother trying to get information out of her and marry her off at the same time, things are a bit tense around the house. But Frankie is only here for a few months she says so she tries to keep her info to herself. But she is nosy and is determined to see justice done for Kate and her baby.

This was not what I would call a cozy mystery even though it had quite a few of the elements of one. I would call it a cozy with an edge. The characters that were at the forefront of the story I felt were fleshed out well. Although this is book two and I would have liked to have seen a bit more development in the others.

It has all the ingredients of a good mystery; Greed, Politics, Money, Jealousy and Drugs in a small California town. 

There were a lot of loose lips and insider information from the police as well as the hospital workers and that I didn't care for. 

She is an author that I will read again.

Netgalley/Crooked Lane Books   February 13, 2018

No one can know by lucy kerr.
Three months. That’s how long ER nurse Frankie Stapleton has agreed to stay in her sleepy little hometown of Stillwater, helping her estranged sister save the family hardware store, working a few shifts at the local hospital, and most importantly, rebuilding the bridges she burned on her way out of town twelve years ago.
A very good read. I liked the story. 4*.

Frankie's quiet night in Stillwater General comes to a quick end when a man comes in for treatment of a dislocated shoulder after a car accident. Frankie thinks he's lying about something but doesn't really get a chance to pursue her suspicions because there has been another car accident. This time the victim is a pregnant woman. While the team rushes to treat the victims her dislocated shoulder patient disappears.

The team loses the mother but manages to save her baby boy. Only afterwards does Frankie learn that the victim was the wife of an old schoolmate of hers who is now running for Congress. The hunt is on for the missing dislocated shoulder patient who gave a false name because two car accidents in the same evening makes it likely that he was involved in the accident that claimed a life.

Frankie's old flame Noah is not a deputy with the sheriff's office investigating the death and the disappearance and it soon becomes evident that the accident that claimed Kate Tibbs was more likely murder. Noah asks Frankie to stay out of the investigation but her curiosity and her feeling that she could have done more won't let her step back.

Add in a couple more murders and you have an edge-of-your seat thriller. The murders are set beside Frankie's feelings about being back in her home town after escaping after high school. She is trying to convince herself that her return is just temporary and, once her newborn niece is out of intensive care and her family's hardware store is back on its feet, she'll be off to another adventure. I liked the family dynamics in this story which includes and 8-year-old niece who looks at Frankie and her hero and a mother who is determined to fix up her daughter with someone so that she'll stay in town.

This was an engaging mystery with an interesting set of characters and lots of tension.

Book 2 in the Stillwater General mystery series can stand alone.
ER nurse Frankie Stapleton has accepted a short-term job in her hometown in order to help her family. When a trauma patient dies and an ER patient disappears, Frankie finds herself dealing with ER Dr. Paul Costello & Deputy Sheriff Noah MacLean - the latter was her first fiance. An election campaign for the small town hero is fueled by tragedy. Frankie can't put all the pieces together and stay on the sidelines.
I am going to purchase book 1 to fill out the interesting details hinted at in book 2 while I wait for book 3!