Thank you NetGalley and Flatiron Books for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This was another great thriller by Marshall. There were so many great twists and turns in this book. Emma finds herself having to return to her family's abandoned home after her husband squanders away their savings and has lost his job. It's the last place she wants to return to, the scene of her parent's murder, but she is out of options. She lets her estranged sisters know that she is returning home and old family secrets start to reveal themselves. But, after all the secrets and lies they kept growing up, can they still keep them? Even if it means revealing the truth?

Every time I thought that I figured out what was happening, there'd be a new twist or surprise. This one had me guessing until the very end! Definitely a must read!

This is my second Kate Alice Marshall read and I LOVED this book...so much that I made it my BOTM even after reading the ARC. My favorite thing about Kate Alice Marshall is that I continually guess and question everything until the very end. I loved the multiple perspectives from each of the sisters. I weirdly liked that they weren't all likeable, but still easy to connect with. While the middle was a teeny but slower paced I had to rate this 5 stars because of the suspese and mystery aspects.

This was my first Kate Alice Marshall novel and I wonder if "What Lies in the Woods" is better. I like the story and how it was told through the three sisters perspectives but this wasn't as suspenseful as I thought it would be. I enjoyed the three sisters' personalities and seeing them as children and adults. I wasn't hooked on this novel to the point that I had to finish it. I idly read this just curious to find out what was going on. I would recommend this author and will be checking out her other works.

Thanks to Kate Alice Marshall, Netgalley, and Flatiron Books for allowing me to read this ARC.

𝚁𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐: 3.5 ⭐️
𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚛𝚎: Thriller/mystery📚

𝙼𝚢 𝚃𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜:
An engaging enough read that didnt really feel like a thriller and fell a little short for me

𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎:
Lots of reveals
Whodunnit murder mystery
Multiple POV
Domestic thriller
Dual timeline (then and now)

𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝙸 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚍:
Each sister has a POV

𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗’𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛:
I guessed it from the very beginning
A little slow at times
I didn’t really connect with any of the characters

“Yellow wallpaper. White grip. Red hand”

Three sisters have been living separate lives after their traumatizing past. Their parents were brutally murdered inside their home while sisters Emma, Daphne, and JJ were having a sleepover in their treehouse. You think they would have heard the gunshots, but they each told police that they must’ve slept through the noise.

Emma, the middle child, is blamed for their murders even though the police can’t prove it because of the lack of evidence. The gun was never found, and yet, she’s hounded by not only the police, but also her so called friends and people around town. She’ll never go back to that town, she can’t.

Now, years later Emma is married and pregnant with her first child. Her husband, Nathan, hits her with a bombshell that he lost his job and they’re in severe financial trouble. They have no place to live until Nathan insists that that they move into the house her parents were murdered in.

Since moving back, her husband has taken quite an interests in the night of the murders by asking uncomfortable questions. She’ll never tell, her sisters swore they would never tell what happened.

Moving back has brought her estranged sisters back as well. No one remembers what happened that night, but Emma is destined to clear her name and do a little investigation of her own even if it puts her life, and her unborn child, in danger.

This was my second book by Kate Alice Marshall and it won’t be my last. The twists were unexpected, the thrill of unraveling the mystery was exciting, and the secrets kept spilling out throughout the book. I might’ve guessed the ending, but the events leading up to it were heart pounding and I couldn’t put my kindle down.

NetGalley Review — my rating ⭐️⭐️/5

“No One Can Know” by Kate Alice Marshall …. & I’m not even sure anyone really does know …

This psychological thriller surrounds 3 sisters: Emma, JJ, and Daphne & their parents’ murder when they were teens. The cops are still convinced of Emma’s guilt. So when Emma and her husband, Nathan, have to move back into the house her parents died in, suspicion surrounds her. Why would she revisit the scene of the murders if she really is hiding something? Maybe it wasn’t her after all.

This book didn’t hit for me at all. It was so slow and so confusing towards the end. I’m not even sure I know what actually happened and what story was real.

Not a fan but hey! You decide. This book is out now!

Big thanks to NetGalley for the ARC!

#netgalley #noonecanknow #arc

This was the five-star thriller I've been looking for. It is a slow burn with complex characters. It doesn't have the plot twists of something like First Lie Wins, but the character revelations continue to develop (and I enjoy that kind of twist). The author does a great job of revealing the layers of childhood memories and trauma as she moves between the present and past--I would say an artful construction that is harder than we might realize. Thank you to Flatiron Books and NetGalley for the advance copy.

This book.

I loved it SO MUCH.

It starts with the murders of the parents of 3 daughters. The police this one or all of them is guilty, but can't really find anything to pin on them. They enter foster care and drift away from each other, falling out of touch, unable to talk about that night.

Emma was the sister with the biggest target on her back, and she's grown up to marry a man that... she kind of likes? But when he loses his job and she announces she's pregnant, they have no choice but to move back into the home where her parents were killed, to fix it up and hopefully sell it.

Coming back home isn't something Emma wants to do, and her sisters aren't thrilled about it either. Told from different POVs - the sisters in the past AND the sisters in the present, this book slowly reveals what happened that night, and not all is as it seems.

This book has so many twists and turns that I still have whiplash. It is a must read.

Over a decade ago, the abusive parents of teenagers Emma, Juliette, and Daphne were murdered in their home. Although all three girls claim that they were sleeping outside in a tree house, Emma is accused of the murders though never convicted. The sisters have had no contact with each other since and the house has set empty. Now, Emma returns to the home out of necessity as she is pregnant and her husband, Nathan has lost his job. Her sisters also return to the town and following another murder, they slowly start to come together, reveal their secrets and work together to determine what actually happened on the night of their parents’ murders as well as solve the mystery of the current one.
I found this book slow to start and almost frustrating at times due to the lack of communication between the characters who were all pretty unlikable. The situations weren’t quite realistic enough to be believable and as the story switched between time frames and characters, I thought the plot got a little lost. However, the story picked up nicely after the halfway point as big and little twists started to unfold. And just as things seem to be wrapping up tidily, there are more twists that left me wondering but satisfied. I don’t think that the characters ever got more likable, at least to me. But overall, a good murder mystery/thriller.

This is such a gripping and twisty thriller, told from multiple points of view with a really killer ending. Absolutely loved it!

Thank you to the publisher for providing a review copy

I liked What Happened in the Woods, but Kate Alice Marshall’s new book is even better. No One Can Know follows Emma, who, after a series of her husband’s bad decisions, returns to her family home in Arden Hills. She hasn’t been home since the night of her parents’ murder, and her arrival quickly sets off suspicion in the small town. Intertwining past and present, weaving between the narration of Emma and her sisters, Daphne and JJ, the story traces what really happened that night. Fast paced and fun, this is a book that keeps you hooked to the last page.

I really enjoyed this one. I liked hearing all three sisters’ perspectives. It kept me guessing until the end and I liked how it was all wrapped up. The story was never too convuluted which I’ve seen in stories with a similar premise. 4.5 stars rounded up to 5.

This book revolves around three sisters whose parents were killed when they were young under mysterious circumstances and the crime is still unsolved. The sisters end up coming back together many years later and events occur that have them trying to find or share the truth..

What I liked:
- a twisty plot that kept me guessing
- characters that were reasonably likable
- fast paced
- two time lines

What didn't work for me
- I found the plot almost overly complicated
- it was difficult to follow the timeline and chain of events I think because of how complicated and overly twisted it was.

3.5 stars rounded up

4 1/2

To say that the home-life of the Palmer girls is tough is to dramatically understate a very bad situation. The daughters are: Juliette, the oldest and mother’s favorite daughter who can do no wrong; Daphne, the youngest and father’s favorite who is just a little strange; and Emma, the middle girl, the artist, who can never please anyone and has no intention of trying despite abuse. They each have a role. And each dream of having their parents dead. The night comes when their dream comes true. Suspicion grows around Emma, the bad seed, and Emma takes it on because she knows she can protect her sisters that way because she believes that what she saw the night her parents were murdered implicates one of them.

So. Wow. Kate Alice Marshall has written a stunner here . . . in more ways than one. Let me begin by saying that recently I was watching a TV show, a very good one, during which I happened to guess and mention out loud (because that’s the only way to concretize your plotting genius 😉 ) what was going to happen. And, my guesses were on the mark. That takes nothing away from the really great show I was watching (Loudermilk), but just states that I am a Hollywood-worthy plotting genius. (Very much kidding….haha…but…..) All of this prefaces the fact that I never knew where Kate Alice Marshall was going to take No One Can Know next. And, you know, that’s a very good thing. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to guess all of the story from the get-go unless the writer happens to be William Faulkner and is going to give me some magnificent prose that will make me forget about the fact that I KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN!!!!!

With No One Can Know I didn’t know where Kate Alice Marshall was going to take me, although some things were obvious. I liked not knowing. I liked the twists on her very curvy mystery road.

All of her characters were multi-dimensional. Emma, the supposed bad seed was not all that bad, just in a really bad situation and always trying to make a better life. It was in one of her scenes that I experienced one of the worst anguishes in the book, which had nothing to do with physical abuse but with the destruction of one’s creations, one’s dreams, one’s hopes. So emotional. So very dark. So upsetting.

Juliette and Daphne, supporting characters despite being narrators of their own sections, were also unexpected and multi-faceted.

If I were going to complain about anything it would be related to Emma’s husband, Nathan. I feel that maybe some of the scenes around him were not completely thought-out or, if they were, were not entirely satisfying to me. But to say more is to present spoilers and we are definitely in a no-spoiler zone.

I do recommend No One Can Know if you’re looking for a fast-paced, twisty read.

Many thanks to Flatiron Books for sending me a copy.

Thank you so much Netgalley, Kate Alice Marshall and Flatiron Books for the advanced reader ebook!! This was a great page turner that did not disappoint! The twists had my head spinning!

I really liked "What lies in the woods" also by this author so I was excited to read this new book. Unfortunately, this wasn't for me. I struggled to get engaged with the characters or the story. This was slow, too long, and the twists, were just okay.

Kate Alice Marshall's newest novel, No One Can Know, is a fast-paced thriller filled with twists and turns. Out now, definitely add this page-turner to the top of your TBR.

A plot-driven family drama revolving around the murder of Randolph and Irene Palmer. Returning to the home she never expected to step foot in again, Emma sets in motion a series of events that she couldn't have anticipated. Told from multiple viewpoints and in a dual-timeline of when Emma and her sisters were teenagers and them now. Emma's older sister Juliette, now going by JJ, had left for college right after their parents deaths, never to be seen again...until now. When younger sister Daphne also shows up after years of estrangement, the tension between the sisters is palpable. Needing to work together to truly solve their parents' murders and clear Emma's name, things get worse when another body is found at the house.

The writing gripped me from the beginning, I read this in four days, which is quick for me (I'm not the fastest reader, although I wish I were). With so many twists and turns, I thought I knew what happened multiple times then found out I was completely wrong. The relationships between the sisters are relatable and understandable, and they each are fully fleshed out characters.

There are trigger warnings for controlling relationships; abuse; and mentions of drugs, alcohol, and promiscuity.

All in all, this is a well-written psychological thriller filled with red herrings and family drama. If you have enjoyed her other novels, then definitely grab this one! I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys the novels of Karin Slaughter, Riley Sager, or Ruth Ware.

Thank you to @NetGalley and @Flatiron_Books for a digital copy for review consideration. All opinions are honest and my own.

No One Can Know
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Author: Kate Alice Marshall

I requested a digital advanced readers copy from NetGalley, Flatiron Books and Macmillan Audio and providing my opinion voluntarily and unbiased.

Synopsis: Emma hasn't told her husband much about her past. He knows her parents are dead and she hasn't spoken to her sisters in years. Then they lose their apartment, her husband gets laid off, and Emma discovers she's pregnant―right as the bank account slips into the red. That's when Emma confesses that she has one more asset: her parents' house, which she owns jointly with her estranged sisters. They can't sell it, but they can live in it. But returning home means that Emma is forced to reveal her secrets to her husband: that the house is not a run-down farmhouse but a stately mansion, and that her parents died there.

Were murdered. And that some people say Emma did it.

Emma and her sisters have never spoken about what really happened that night. Now, her return to the house may lure her sisters back, but it will also crack open family and small-town secrets lots of people don’t want revealed. As Emma struggles to reconnect with her old family and hold together her new one, she begins to realize that the things they have left unspoken all these years have put them in danger again.

My Thoughts: This book released yesterday, Happy Belated Pub Day! This was packed with suspense, twists, secrets, betrayal, whodunit, and kept me on the edge of my seat from cover to cover. Emma has been married a decade, after going through a traumatic experience with her parents murdered when she was a teen. Her and her sisters were silently abused by their parents. Then most of the town suspected that she murdered her parents and got away with it, as no one was ever arrested for the heinous crimes. Then they lose the house, her husband gets laid off, and to topple the triple effect, she finds out that she is pregnant. The house, her childhood home, is just sitting there unused. Emma and her husband decide to move into the house until they can get it ready to be ‘sold’ and she can use her portion of the sale proceeds to start anew. The unspoken things between Emma and her sisters may put her in grave danger again. When one secret is unraveled, it becomes a domino effect. Follow along on this classic whodunit immersed with psychological thriller that will keep you guessing to the end.

The story is narrated by Emma with narration from her sisters, JJ and Daphine. Emma is the middle sister, takes the lead in most areas of her life, yet gets too comfortable and does not address issues hitting her in the face. The oldest sister, Juliette, or JJ, always obeyed their mother, and had appearances of the being the favorite. Lastly, we have the youngest, Daphne, who is eccentric, eclectic, and displays “odd” behavior. After the murder, the sisters essentially cutoff contact from one another, until Emma moves into the house with her husband, Nathan. Emma is still believed to have committed the murders, so she starts to poke around. In doing so, she may open Pandora’s box that sets another line of events that are unexpected. The characters were created with depth, mystery, they were flawed, sometimes unreliable, and intriguing. The three sisters frustrated me and I wished Emma would have stood her ground more, and Daphne had a mix of Dexter and Dahmer going on. The author’s writing style was complex, twisty, suspenseful, riveting, and well-executed. The characters were built throughout the storyline, the plot was delivered in twisty layers, and the ending will blow you away. A really well-written and definitely well-executed novel.

Trigger warning of infidelity, childhood abuse and substance abuse (mentioned). This really was a compelling, riveting thriller, one of the better ones I have read lately. I had the pleasure of having the audio and digital ARCs for this one. The narrator Karissa Vacker does an amazing job with voice variation and distinct character voice. The emotion, fear, and struggle comes across clear in her voice. The flow and pitch was excellant, was able to listen on 2x with no issues. This is a first Marshall book for me but will not be my last. I highly recommend going to pick this up now!

No One Can Know
by Kate Alice Marshall
Pub Date: 23 Jan 2024

I was hooked from the beginning of this twisted thriller! The characters are well defined, the story is told by several points of view making it very hard to know who to believe and who to trust. I kept asking myself, "Is this the killer"?

I highly rate this book four stars. If you love a twisty thriller this book is for you!

Special thanks to #netgalley and #flatiornbooks for the E-ARC of #NoOneCanKnow.

Thank you so much to @netgalley and @flatiron_books and @macmillan.audio for the ARC/ALC!

🔸 𝙈𝙮 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 🔸
This is my first book by Kate Alice Marshall and it did not disappoint! This story is a tale of murder, secrets, lies, betrayal, and complicated family dynamics at the center of it all. Emma is our main character, along with her two sisters, Juliette and Daphne. The sister share a bond between them in their youth that is fractured by a traumatic night in which both of their parents are murdered at home.

Present day circumstance sees Emma and her husband returning to the house their parents were murdered in, which the girls equally own and all have been avoiding since then. Emma is bothered by past events and wants to seek answers. Her sisters slowly return as well, concerned about what Emma may uncover.

I enjoyed trying to figure out what secrets were being kept between them. The mystery kept me intrigued throughout the story, as the timelines would go from present day to the night of the murder, as well as to different earlier times for the girls.