Really enjoyed You Can Never Tell by Sarah Warhurton. I really liked that this was a bit of a different take on the thriller/suspense genre, as part way through the book you can start to put the pieces together- not quite sure what the final puzzle will look like.
I thought the integration of the True Crime Podcast was a timely and ‘spot on’ concept and was pretty unique to the books I’ve read recently.
This should be on your summer reading list if you love a quick and satisfying mystery/thriller!

Many thanks to NetGalley and Crooked Lane Books for this ARC- I hope to read another book from Sarah Warburton again!

This book was sent to me on Kindle free for a review...Netgalley...it is mysterious and full of intrigue. However, it was easy early on to discover who the serial killers were... leave out the language, and this is a good mystery...try it...there are twists and turns...it was difficult to understand why the interviews were included but...it is a quick fun read...

I enjoyed the story although there were flaws in the plot. There was a lot of second guessing from the protagonist and the reason for the revenge was a bit of a stretch I thought. The continual reference to the baby was overdone and felt like padding to fill the story up. However, the writing was good and I enjoyed the podcast which carried the story along and stopped it from being bogged down with sameness. This highly popular genre is recommended as something a little different.

The title of this book is pretty telling- you can never tell what goes on behind closed doors. I didn't know if I would enjoy this book, but I ended up staying up late a couple nights to read it. You know from the beginning that one character turns out being evil, but you don't know FOR SURE until about halfway through the book. What lengths the characters all go- both antagonists and protagonists- was particularly interesting to me. This book was riveting, well written, and I quite liked the ending. Will absolutely recommend.

This was another thriller just in time for summer. Sarah Warburton has a knack for character development it certainly shows in You Can Never Tell. While I picked the Big Bad early on (I’ve been faithful reader of this genre longer than I should have been reading them) others may delight in fighting it out.

After her former best friend frames her for fraud, Kacy moves away with her husband Michael. Struggling with depression, she joins a community group. Soon, she has a new best friend, Lena, a baby and a whole circle of people around her. But then, one night, Michael rushes them all out of the house in the middle of the night and their new life crashes around them.

I really enjoyed this book! It’s got a great storyline and the characters, especially the baddies, (no spoilers here!) were just menacing enough. I wasn’t sure that the podcast element bought anything special to the story- except crime podcasts are very popular at the moment. It seemed more like it was included for that reason than it adding much to the narrative of the book.

The writing was well paced and certainly kept me gripped; I read later into the night than I intended! I will look for more books by this author! Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for my copy of this book.

3.5-4 stars for this book! I requested it from NetGalley based on the description- a couple moving from Jersey to Texas which exactly what my husband and I did a few years ago.
This book at times felt a little over the place and then a little slow. I didn’t care for the podcast elements that were thrown in.
I think overall the plot was good and I liked the characters maybe it needed a little more tightening up to make it a solid thriller.
Thanks to NetGalley for my advanced ebook copy.

I have such mixed feelings about You Can Never Tell. This book touched on some really interesting topics, but I'm disappointed that the author didn't dig deeper into them.

On one hand, there were parts that were incredibly gripping and in many ways, it felt like it defied a lot of usual plot arcs in thrillers. It was also a different approach to similar books in the genre, and I appreciate that it's not easy to find new ways to frame these kinds of stories. On the other hand, the pacing felt really inconsistent, some of the characters felt underdeveloped, and the ending was kind of underwhelming.

This was a great thriller. There were certain times that it felt a bit slow, but the times where I was on the edge of my seat and needed to keep turning the page to find out what happened next made up for it.

I am a bit uncertain and still go back and forth on whether or not I enjoyed the podcast element of the novel. It constantly gave a lot away about what was going to happen making the novel not as much of a surprise and a mystery as I would have liked, but then other times it filled in the missing pieces and gaps which was helpful.

Overall this was an enjoyable and easy read and one I finished rather quickly.

I highly recommend the delectable thriller. I love books about how you can’t trust your friend circle. This book is a fast-paced mystery/thriller I will leave you on the edge of your seat until the last page.