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I received an arc copy of this book in exchange for my honest review of it. It was predictable and boring. I really enjoy suspense books but you either need to be a nurse or detective, not both.
Thank you NetGalley for the ARC of No One Can Know by Lucy Kerr that I read and reviewed.
This was the second book on the Stillwater General series and for me it was a lot like the first. Nurse gets involved in solving a mystery because of something that happens in the ER.
With that I said I did like that book but it was really predictable and very easy to figure out. I really hope the next one it stronger and as good as the first and not like this one. I like Frankie and I really like her family and the dynamics between her and the other people in the book. I can't wait to see if she ends up having a romance with one of the males in her life and also what happens with her niece because she seems like a bit of a pistol.
I am giving No One Can Know three out of five stars.
No one can know by Lucy Kerr was set in Stillwater General Hospital where a pregnant woman was admitted after a car accident. The doctors and nurses fight to save her and her baby. Then the staff find out that it was not an accident at all but an attempt to kill her. A suspense novel with a difference. I would like to thank NetGalley and Crooked Lane Books for my e-copy in exchange for an honest review.
This was my first time reading Lucy Kerr and I know it will be a name I look for over and over again. The mystery was really engrossing and had me trying to pull all the clues together for myself
I found this book really easy to get to and was pleased that it seemed to be something quite different to the usual mysteries I read. Based around Stillwater General and an ER nurse, Frankie Stapleton, it pieces together the events following a car accident, when all is not as it seems. Frankie sees herself as quite the detective, and the plot follows what Frankie discovers. Unfortunately the fact that Frankie sees herself as a detective and gets overly involved in police matters, did not sit well with me. It was something completely fictional and not something that I found terribly believable - after all, as a nurse myself I can vouch for the fact that at the end of a long shift the last thing you want to be doing is digging into other peoples' business, you want to go home and enjoy your evening!
As the book progressed, some of the characters got a little confusing, and I struggled with who's who and therefore had to keep re-reading some chapters to refresh my memory.
On the whole, the writing is good and strong, but the plot just didn't do it for me. The way everything all linked together at the end I found really unbelievable, and it's when books become so far-fetched that they are unbelievable that puts me off.
This is an interesting story of a murder mystery, whilst I enjoyed this book I didn't feel it met the exciting description. The main character is likeable as is her family and their dynamic is lovely, and this part of the book I thoroughly enjoyed. However she is determined to be an amateur detective which I found out of character, and this just didn't fit for me. She is a full time emergency ward doctor who works nights who manages to find the energy and time to delve into this murder.. I feel it would have sat better had she been a detective. Having said this, the story is easy reading and the budding romance between her and the lead detective is pleasant. The story ran out of steam towards the end for me and the ending was a bit of a let down and felt rushed. Other than these couple of niggles I enjoyed this book overall.
Twists and turns in this novel as Freddy, a nurse tries to solve the murder mystery of a young pregnant women who was in a car accident. She is able to save the baby but the mother dies-was it an accident? Or planned?
The staff at Stillwater General Hospital are used to both tragedy and triumph and after a car accident leaves a pregnant woman dead, but her infant miraculously alive, they experience both despair and joy. But when it turns out the accident was anything but, there are plenty of suspects. The victim was a social worker, and in doing her job, she made more than one enemy. When the baby disappears, nurse Frankie Stapleton vows not to rest until the crime is solved and the baby safely returned. This is the second book in this series and I like it better than the first, mostly because I am getting to know Frankie better, her character is more fleshed out. Kerr also has obvious experience in a hospital setting because she nails both setting and terminology, making this a more authentic read