I was so intrigued and excited to get this ARC, thanks s much to the publishers! I kind of struggled with this one because it almost felt to me like it was trying to end chapters too high on suspenseful points. Don’t know that I have ever described a book like that before but it is hisI felt. All in all it was a solid 3.25 star for me and a good thriller for the new year!

3.5

I think the three sisters were interesting characters, especially in the past perspectives, and I liked the flashback chapters to understand what their home life was like as children and how their parents treated them. Their home life was really sad and abusive, but I found that past timeline more interesting than the present timeline of trying to uncover the secrets of what happened many years ago. The ending and resolution to the mystery had a lot going on, and I thought the ending was pretty average.

I would still recommend for those who love thrillers where the character returns to their hometown and past secrets are being uncovered.

Thanks to Netgalley and Flatiron Books for an early copy in exchange for a review!

“No one can know.” If your sister said that to you, how far would you go to cover up the truth?

Turns out the Palmer sisters would go pretty far. Their parents are murdered, and middle daughter Emma was the number one suspect, but never convicted. Years later, she’s estranged from her sisters, when she and her newly unemployed husband have nowhere to live, and have to return to her childhood home. Yup, the home her parents were murdered in, in a small town that holds grudges.

The story bounces between THEN and NOW, and we get each of the sisters POV too. I liked the air of mystery and not knowing what version of the truth was the truth - that made it fun for the reader.

This was a pretty predictable thriller, but a page turner nonetheless! The sister dynamic was fun, and the characters were all well-developed. I give this a solid 4!

Another amazing thriller by Kate Alice Marshall! She has become one of my favorite authors and definitely on my auto buy list. Emma, Juliette and Daphne survived a horrific night in their childhood when both of their parents are discovered murdered in their home. After being separated for years, life events bring all three girls back to their small town and their neglected family home. Like it or not, the demons of the past will resurface and insist on being dealt with. I don’t want to say too much about the plot for fear of ruining the fun for anyone but I could not put this one down! This story is so well written with an interesting cast of characters, an intricate plot line, and a suspense filled reveal of events through the “then” and “now” format. I will be recommending this one all year long! Thank you Netgalley, Flatiron Books and the author for this eARC in exchange for my honest review. This book will be available for purchase on January 23, 2024

What an absolute thrilling read! Marshall has become and auto read for me! And with all these twists and turns, I will be sure to suggest this to all my thrill seeking patrons!

No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall

Thank you to @netgalley and @flatironbooks for the #advancedreadercopy in exchange for my #honestbookreview. This suspense read is out January 23 and also available early as a BOTM pick!

I really enjoyed this one a lot! Took me a little time to get into the story at first and it is slow at moments. Every single character in this book is somewhat sketchy and everyone has their secrets. I truly went back and forth on who I thought the killer was and ultimately was shocked by the final reveal. Definitely a domestic thriller that keeps you guessing throughout. I recommend this for suspense fans!

TW: fr*ud, bl*ckmail, infidelity, substance use, more

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ - 4.25/5

No One Can Know was a twisty thriller that keeps you guessing. The story explored the bonds of sisters and the lengths they would go to protect each other. Full of family secrets and misdirections, it makes No One Can Know an intriguing read. I look forward to reading more from Kate Alice Marshall.

Thank you FlatIron Books and Netgalley for a copy of this e-arc in exchange for an honest review.

I was very excited to read No One Can Know after reading What Lies in the Woods last year and enjoying it. This book did not disappoint. I read the book and listened to the audiobook at the same time.

When Emma and her husband, Nathan, go through a tough time, they are forced to return to her childhood home—the home where she and her two sisters lived and where both of her parents were murdered. Being forced to return to town, Emma needs to tell Nathan that most of the town thinks that Emma killed her parents. After the murder, the three sisters split ways without talking about what happened. When they reunite, they face the secrets they've been keeping for years.

I loved the setting of the book. Returning to this mansion where both parents were killed sets a perfect eerie vibe. The pacing of the book was odd. This is why I knocked off a star. There was a point between the beginning and middle where the book dragged and nothing happened. After that point, the book picked back up and was action-packed until the end. I felt like I was getting whiplash towards the end with all the plot twists, but I personally loved that. The reader truly doesn't know what happened until the last page. I would highly recommend this book to any thriller or mystery lover!

A great who-done-it that keeps you guessing until the end! I found myself surprised to find out the truth of their childhood (even though I still kind of wonder if it really happened that way or not)! I always love unreliable characters that you don’t know if you can or can’t trust.

I read What Lies in the Woods and then waited zero days to dive into No One Can Know, Kate Alice Marshall’s second adult mystery/thriller. Not only did I get my hands on the ARC from Flatiron Books and the ALC from MacMillan Audio, but I also chose the BOTM edition for my December box.

Emma is in a tight spot. Her husband Nathan loses his job and she finds out they are unexpectedly pregnant. They have no choice but to return to Emma’s childhood home she owns with her two sisters. They haven’t spoken in 14 years, since the night their parents were murdered in the very same home. Emma was immediately convicted by the court of public opinion of the heinous crime, but the three sisters never hashed out what exactly happened that night. But Emma and Nathan’s presence in town is bringing up old memories and older grudges, and its not long before the truth slowly begins to come to light.

This second (adult) novel was great! There were many twists and turns along the way that had me pulling my hair out. I made so many notes and highlights trying to figure it out! There are so many suspects for the original crime, and really any one of them could have easily had the motive and means to commit the murders. This made for a fun read. One thing I particularly loved was the relationship of the sisters- each of the characters were quintessentially developed for their birth order and role in their strained family.

No One Can Know had me furiously turning the pages, desperate for answers. What more can you want from a thriller? I absolutely recommend this book! Thank you to Flatiron books for the ARC in exchange for my review.

Thank you to NetGalley and Flatiron Books for this ARC!

I really loved Kate Alice Marshall’s first book so I almost couldn’t contain my excitement about this one.

Unfortunately, like other readers, I did not love this book. I found myself stuck somewhere between halfway and 3/4 through, hoping it would pick up pace. I appreciate how secrets were revealed, which left me guessing - perfect suspense ingredient.

I’m still a huge fan of Kate Alice Marshall. I have the same excitement for her future books!

No One Can Know
By Kate Alice Marshall
⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

This was one of my most anticipated releases of 2024 and unfortunately it fell a bit short for me.

What Lies in the Woods was one of my favorite thrillers of 2023, so I was super excited to read this one.

Emma, Juliette, and Daphne are sisters who have lost touch after a traumatic childhood. Many years prior, the girls’ parents are found murdered in their home. All fingers point to Emma, the troubled middle sister. Emma’s never charged and the sisters are split up. The case goes unsolved and as the years go by, it becomes more and more clear that all three sisters are keeping their own secrets from the night their parents died. It isn’t until Emma and her husband, Nathan, end up living back in Emma’s childhood home that the sisters reunite and they’re forced to relive that night. Will the truth ever come to light?

I felt like the pacing of this was a little off. Slow to start, but super fast middle, and then inconsistent pacing at the end. At least for me personally. I struggled to get into this one, but then from 30-50% I couldn’t put it down. But then from 50% on it just felt over done and kinda all over the place.

You don’t get much from Daphne’s perspective which disappointed me, but I understand why after finishing. I understand that each sister had their own secrets, but holy cow there were so many side stories. It was just too much to keep up with for me.

This is a classic whodunit and hopefully it works better for others!

Thank you NetGalley for the eARC! This one is out January 23!

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC of Kate Alice Marshall’s latest!

I was very excited to get this one as an ARC, and Marshall didn’t disappoint. In a twisty whodunnit, with a list of the most unreliable characters you’ve ever met, we meet Emma, and join her while she tries to figure out who killed her parents 14 years ago. There were truly SO many twists in this book, it almost gave me whiplash. I did feel like there was one too many, and in the end, the resolution seemed a little vague. I’d have liked it to be a little clearer. But, it was still a satisfying read, and I would recommend it, especially if you liked Marshall’s first, What Lies in the Woods.

I feel like there is a lot of hype surrounding this novel and I admit I was kind of pumped about it. Too bad it was overall kind of meh for me. The premise and start of the story were FAR different than the dragging middle and mediocre ending.

No One Can Know is told through three POVs and two timelines, then and now. For readers this may be a pretty daunting task to keep everything together; however, each of the sisters have vastly different perspectives and this helps.

Emma and Nathan are on the verge of a financial crisis. Nathan has lost his job and cost them the deposit on their dream home. To save their marriage and home life, Emma admits that she has been keeping some pretty big secrets from him. Not only does she already own a home, with her sisters, but she was the prime suspect in the murder of her parents in that home. To save their marriage, Emma and Nathan agree to move back in and fix up the house for a future sale. Nathan, however, has secrets and plans of his own.

Once Emma returns to her hometown, Juliette and Daphne soon follow. A series of events begin to unfold forcing each of the sisters to drag up memories of that night. Emma is the target of the local PD as she enters a race to clear her name before any other casualties occur.

When the sisters begin to reunite the story slows down to a crawl. Nathan is a total jerk and I was not sad about his ending. Emma is an incredibly frustrating and blah heroine. She couldn’t stand up for herself to save her life. Daphne and Juliette are much more fun, but not enough to save the story.

I liked this one! It's hard not to compare an author's other work to his or hers newest, but I am going to fight the urge here. All you have to know if that I enjoyed it. I had an idea of what was going to happen (honestly based on WHAT LIES IN THE WOODS reminding me of a popular real-life case), but I'm very glad and honestly a little surprised my thoughts weren't correct. There's a good reason I'm the reader and not a writer!

Overall I was invested in the story, but I was also a little confused at times. There's one part in particular that I felt needed more of an explanation or should have just been left out. Most of the time though, I was just confused on who killed the parents! You will stay guessing until the end with this one!

I did a mixture of reading the ebook and listening to the audio. While the narrator, Karissa Vacker, was great (as always), I think the story itself was just hard to follow at times via audiobook-- lots of characters, timelines, and cliffhangers. It helped for me to eyeball read until I was really comfortable with the characters before being able to switch back and forth between the two mediums without having to stop and replay or reread parts.

Thank you NetGalley, Flatiron Books, and Macmillan Audio for my ARC/ALC!

This book has multiple points of view, told by three sisters. One of them, Emma, has discovered she is pregnant around the same time her husband loses his job, so they need a place to live. Emma’s family home is available, owned by her and her two sisters, It’s been fourteen years since she left, following the critical event that is central to the story. As the sisters begin to unravel the mystery surrounding their parents’ murder that they have never discussed during the fourteen years since their parents were murdered.

I didn’t really have sympathy for any of the characters, but I enjoyed the ride. I hadn’t read anything by Kate Alan Marshall (at least I can’t recall anything), but really enjoyed this book. I love twisty plots and surprises (even though I am admittedly terrible at figuring out mysteries, and am pretty much always surprised! Thanks to Flatiron Books and NetGalley for a copy in exchange for this honest review. Four stars. “No one can know.”

Marshall is quickly becoming one of my favorite thriller writes. I adored her previous novel, “What Lies in the Woods” and really enjoyed “No One Can Know” too. What I found most intriguing was that, unlike most thrillers, my motivation for wanting to figure out “whodunit” had nothing to do with wanting justice for the victims. Quite the opposite actually - I wanted to know who was tough enough to take down the girls’ horribly callous and psychotically malicious parents. As a reader I had zero sympathy for any of the victims and was far more interested in what was the final straw that broke the perpetrator’s back, Told from the three sisters’ point of views in dual time lines, the pacing is quick, the writing style fluid and detailed, the recollection of events muddled and realistic, and the story engaging and twisty. The reader is constantly guessing what really happened and, like most things in life, is left with several versions of truths.

Super engaging and intriguing, Marshall hits it out of the park again with No One Can Know. Thank you to NetGalley and Flatiron books for the ARC. All opinions are my own.

Emma and her husband are forced to move into her childhood home, which no one has lived in since her parents were murdered. Emma has long been accused of murdering them. She and her two sisters have been estranged since the murder, but they find themselves reunited after another murder happens.

No One Can Know is an extremely suspenseful novel about relationships - sisters, parent/child, partners - and, of course, murder. Emma and her husband find themselves in need of a home, so she decides to move back to her somewhat abandoned childhood home where her parents were brutality murdered when she was a teenager. Forced to face her past, undercover truths, and reunite with family, this fast-paced whodunit is unlike any other I have read. I liked the characterization of each sister, the way in which new characters were introduced throughout the story, and that fact that once I started I could not put this book down!

This one was a fast read for me. I finished it in just a few days. There was a lot of family drama in this one with 3 sisters and a set of horrible parents. The story was told between now and then using the different perspectives of each sister. There was enough motives for any character in the book to be the bad person. I thought the ending was good and wrapped everything up to satisfaction, but wasn't as exciting as the book was. This was the first book I have read by this author and I am excited to check out some other stuff.