3/5 ⭐️

Kate Alice Marshall knows how to craft a story you’ll devour. Just like What Lies In The Woods, Noel One Can Know will have you completely sucked in with a wild tale of WHODUNIT. I was really invested in this story but the ending took this from a 4-4.5 star read and made it a 3 at best. I felt like the ending was just a little lackluster for me. I felt like I was expecting an OH MY GOSH moment but it just never came. The writing style is top tier but the wrap up fell flat for me.

This author continues to put forth creative and enjoyable reads with just the right level of mysterious twistiness. No One Can Know continues this trend.

The main character, Emma and her two sisters survived the murder of her parents years before. The town suspected Emma had something to do with it but nothing could ever be proven. Now, it's years later and Emma is moving back home to live in the house that she grew up in with her husband. Once they arrive there, Emma's husband starts to act strange with her about never telling him what had happened to her parents. But she's not the only one keeping secrets and sometimes the ones that seem the least dangerous can actually be the worst.

This book is a good character study in relationships and how they can be built up and collapse. Emma's relationship with her husband and her relationship with her sisters. In addition, their relationship with the townspeople. It's all well-written and heartfelt.

I listened to the audiobook and the narration was really enjoyable. Thank you to NetGalley for this early listening copy. I chose to review it and the opinions contained within are my own.

4.5 ⭐️ rounded up to 5!

This was fantastic! This totally reminded me of Dark Places by Gillian Flynn, which is another fave of mine.

Three sisters are found at the scene of the crime where their parents were murdered. Everyone knew they weren’t telling the whole truth and were hiding something, but our main character Emma never knew what happened for sure. All she knew was that she had to protect her sisters fourteen years ago.

Now, Emma is returning to her childhood home where the murder occurred, and she certainly isn’t welcome in that town since they all believe she got away with the murders. Emma hasn’t even been in contact with her sisters since what happened, but she reluctantly returns to her home with her husband Nathan after he pushes her to do so.

This is told in the POVs of all three sisters and dual timelines (in present day and past chapters), which is my favorite way to read a thriller like this. I loved the format of this book and it was a very engaging read!

The twists were unpredictable and every time I thought I had it figured out I was wrong 😅 this was an intricate plot with a web of lies and secrets that kept me wanting more, I binged this in a little over a day because I HAD to know what happened. Kate Alice Marshall’s writing is compelling and suspenseful and I will continue to devour her thriller books!

🎧 Amazing audiobook alert! Karissa Vacker can do absolutely no wrong in my eyes and she is one of the best narrators in the game! I highly suggest this one on audio, and whenever you see her name just know it’ll be a good one! Her inflection, pacing, tone, and storytelling skills are top tier.

Thank you NetGalley and FlatIron books for this ARC and MacMillan audio for the ALC. This publishes on 1/23/24!

Three estranged sisters, their parents murdered when they were just teenagers. It’s been 14 years since they’ve spoken or been back to their childhood home they still own together. Emma, facing financial problems with her husband, is left with no choice but to return to her childhood home. Going back dregs up old memories and more questions. Emma starts digging and long buried secrets are uncovered. I truly enjoyed this story and flew through it! I loved the alternating POV of the sisters past and present to bring the whole story into view. Just when I thought I had it all figured out, another twist! This one will keep you turning the pages as fast as you can!

Thank you to Macmillan audio and NetGalley for the ALC in exchange for my honest opinion!

Thanks to #NetGalley and #MacMillanAudio for the ARC #NoOneCanKnow by #KateAliceMarshall. I thoroughly enjoyed this book with all the cover-ups, the secrets, relationships and the drama to the many twists the book takes till the jaw dropping ending. Highly recommend.

A solid new addition by Kate Alice Marshall. I had the audio format and finished it in a weekend. I loved how windy and twisty the book was, and that the buildup was interesting from the beginning. I was on the edge of my seat when the action was really going down, and i didn’t guess the ending. I really liked her first book in the thriller genre, and the second one did not disappoint either. GREAT read.

“Yellow wallpaper. White grip. Red hand.”

Three sisters are asleep in a treehouse while their parents are brutally murdered. Juliette, Emma, and Daphne are haunted by what happened that night all those years ago. Who killed their parents? None of them can remember what really happened, but the police always suspected Emma pulled the trigger.

Fourteen years later, the sisters are estranged from each other and their childhood mansion is abandoned.

When Emma’s husband loses his job just as she finds out she is pregnant, they are unable to pay their mortgage. Forced to tell her husband about her parents’ murder, she admits to still owning her childhood home. With no other options, they move back into the abandoned mansion.

Emma’s return lures her sisters back home and secrets are revealed. When someone is murdered at the house, the sisters must investigate who killed their parents in order to save themselves.

I listened to the audiobook narrated by the amazing Karissa Vacker, while also following along with the E-book. Told in alternating timelines between then and now, the mystery unfolds very slowly, casting doubt on various characters.

After really enjoying Marshall’s previous thriller, What Lies in the Woods, I was excited to read her new book. Unfortunately, this mystery does not live up to her adult debut. All of the characters lack depth and while the the reveal is twisty, the killer is too obvious. The plot is also very similar to many other thrillers and not very memorable.

While it pains me to write a negative review, I definitely recommend reading What Lies in the Woods and skipping No One Can Know. Many other reviewers have enjoyed it, so please check out their reviews as well.

2.5/5 stars rounded up

Expected publication date: 1/23/24

Thank you to NetGalley, Edelweiss, Flatiron Books, and MacMillan Audio for the ARC of No One Can Know in exchange for an honest review.

First, I want to thank NetGalley and the publisher for this book but it was a huge miss for me. I got to 50% on the audio and I just could not connect with any of the characters and all the men characters were the same voice so I found myself getting confused. DNF at 50%. I tried, I really did!

Love the authors writing. I will read anything she writes!

Thus story had twists and turns snd was fantastic! The narrator was great as well.

All the characters you hate but was necessary for the story. The story kept me engaged wanting to know what happened.

Thanks NetGalley for letting me read and review!

Kate Alice Marshall returns following What Lies In The Woods with NO ONE CAN KNOW —a captivating, atmospheric psychological thriller centered around three sisters, a mysterious murder, and more secrets than you can count.

AUDIOBOOK: Let me say that Karissa Vacker nailed the audio narration, leaving you hanging on her every word—a listen-in one-day/night kind of entertainment!

Fourteen years ago, sisters Emma, Juliette, and Daphne’s parents were brutally murdered in their home in Arden Hills, New Hampshire.

Emma is now married to Nathan. All he knows is her parents are dead, and she has not spoken to her sisters, Juliette and Daphne, in years.

Emma and Nathan are going through financial hardship, losing their apartment, Nathan getting laid off, and Emma is now pregnant with no money left in their bank account.

However, there is one asset—her parent's house that she owns jointly with her estranged sisters. They cannot sell it, but they can live in it.

However, returning home to the place where her parents were murdered, Emma will have to reveal secrets of the past (or some of them). The house is a stately mansion, not some run-down shack with a carriage house (plus a secret basement and more).

They have never really discussed what happened that night. There are many secrets in the small town, and moving back stirs up old fears and anxieties. They may be opening a Pandora's box.

The parent's killer was never found, but some blamed Emma. There are enemies in the town, and now she will come face to face with her sisters.

How far will they go to keep hidden the secrets of the past and protect one another?

The sisters were split up after their parent's murder. Emma and Daphane were sent to foster care, and Juliette went to college. There are many grudges, and Nathan and her sisters are acting strangely. Emma wants to protect her child, but the family secrets may emerge.

Smartly written, I enjoyed NO ONE CAN KNOW more than the last book, What Lies in the Woods. The novel gives you that creepy Gothic vibe, the house, the setting, and the mystery of the past.

Even though there are no likable characters, and you are not sure whom to trust, the novel moves along steadily.

It is a twisty whodunit that explores the complex relationships between sisters and how far they will go to protect one another. For readers who enjoy small-town mysteries and family dramas. For fans of authors Stacy Willingham, Carol Goodman, Lisa Jewell, and Jennifer McMahon.

The author has moved from YA to Adult and is making her way to the top thriller genre with her winning writing style. I look forward to more from this talented author.

I highly recommend the audiobook, narrated by one of my favorites, Karissa Vacker, who made the book come alive with her stellar performance.

Many thanks to Macmillan Audio and NetGalley for the privilege of an early listening copy for an honest opinion. I certainly enjoyed several audiobooks with Karissa over the Christmas holidays.

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My Rating: 4 Stars
Pub Date: Jan 23, 2024
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Huge huge fan of Kate Alice Marshall.
I am obsessed with KAMs paranormal books and now with these thrillers!

This was so twisty and had terrible characters. I loved it.
Emma and her husband Nathan find out they need a place to live and are now pregnant. So they return to Emma’s old house. The ones her parents were murdered in. She hasn’t been honest about what happened that night but things will have to come out and she revisits the past to figure out what really went down.

Ugh the characters were all terrible and I loved them for it. This kept me engaged the entire time and when it came to the last 25% it felt like a fire hydrant of plot twists and revelations.

Also Karissa Vacker is the narrator. Fantastic job as always.

Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan audio for an advanced listening copy.

No one can know makes you question everyone in a true thriller form. You don’t know what to think until the very end. This book is one of my favorites of the year!

Sadly this one was a miss for me. There is nothing particular wrong with it but it just misses the mark of a good gripping, nail biting thriller.
For one, it's a tad bit lengthy, due to a whole lot of repetitive text. Secondly, I felt like I could see the big reveal from the first 25% and so it was kind of a letdown when I reached the end.
The author does try to add multiple twists and turns in the end to make it a more than meets the eye kind of vibe. However, that just made the last portion of the book too rushed and crazy to comprehend as layer after layer of who did what unfolded.
The premise was interesting to begin with, and I enjoyed the character/story build up for Emma, who is one of the three sisters and the main suspect. I also enjoy multiple PoVs and timelines in general so it was fun to hear everyone's side of the story in this dual timeline setup.
However, all that still didn't add up enough points in favor of this book for me...I was really just waiting to get it done.
The narrator Karissa Vacker does a great job.

My rating is 3 stars.


Thank you NetGalley, Flatiron books and Macmillan Audio for providing me with the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you for providing me with this ARC of No One Can Know. Unfortunately, this book was a miss for me. Had I not been so close to my end of the year reading goal, I would have DNF'd this book. The story started out intriguing enough but it quickly became cyclical and boring. I didn't find any of the characters interesting or worth routing for. The mystery felt disconnected and hard to follow. Normally, I enjoy a duel timeline trope but there just wasn't anything interesting about the character's storyline that made me want to care. I really enjoyed Marshall's previous novel so I was disappointed that this one didn't hold up.

I was able to receive an audiobook advanced readers copy of No One Can Know. The plot intrigued me and I had read some good reviews on this title. It started out slow, but once it picked up, it didn’t end. It was full of twists and kept you guessing throughout. At some points, though, it was a little difficult to keep track of each person in the present and the past. Overall, I enjoyed this book.

I thought it was twisty, and the ending was wild but overall I don't think this book really added anything to my life. I didn't need this story and these messy liars lol I think I was more irritated with the secrets than enthralled by them. I found Emma pretty insufferable, her devotion to shitdick Nathan was really pissing me off yet I'm somehow sad her baby won't have a dad. The fact that Emma said she wanted to kiss Gabriel at the end of the book like girl no. Don't. I thought JJ was a classic fuck up and didn't have a ton of dimension to her character and Daphne was the most interesting I wish she had been the mc!!! I think most of my disgust was that their parents were awful and I didn't care that they were murdered. All that to say I'm giving it 4 stars. I did enjoy it. But I just really enjoy KAM's paranormal shit a lot more.

I normally don’t like books where a crazy event happens and then some odd years later they all join together again to hash it all out. BUT this was done so well! The narration was good too. The characters were easy to follow and it really kept my attention with everything happening. Kate Alice Marshall knows how to write a twisty thriller. I have enjoyed her other books as well.

This was an excellent domestic thriller. 3 sister haven't been back to the house their parents were killed in and they also haven't kept in touch with each other, but when one sister needs a place to live she and her husband decide to move back to the house, the house her parent were murdered in. But is it bringing up more than memories? Is the real killer wondering what she is doing back at that house? And why are the other sisters back too?

I enjoyed this one a lot this is my second book by this author and she will be on my auto buy list!

This is narrated by Karissa Vacker who never disappoints she gave everyone a voice and emotions!

I highly recommend this one!

4 stars

I received this audiobook from the publisher Macmillan Audio and NetGalley for a fair and honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley and
Macmillan Audio for this ARC.

Unfortunately this was a miss for me. I found the book to be repetitive and hard to follow with the three sisters and only one narrator. I did enjoy the narrator, but it was a tad confusing on audio with the back and forth timelines.

I enjoyed this authors last book and I would read more from Kate in the future. I just didn’t love this one.

𝗡𝗼 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄 by Kate Alice Marshall
Release Date: January 23, 2024

𝗠𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆
I loved this book! From the very beginning I was hooked. Emma and her husband move back to her childhood home and also the place where they were murdered. Everyone in town thinks she was the one who did it. Was it her? One of her sisters? Or someone else entirely? Kate Alice Marshall does such a great job writing multiple POVs and different timelines. Each chapter leaves you with a little bit more, and when you think you've got it all figured out- you're wrong. I loved the twists and the ending. Highly recommend.

𝗠𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸
The audiobook was great! Karissa Vacker is one of my favorite audiobook narrators so when I saw she was narrating, I jumped on this so fast! I listened at 1.25x speed and it was perfect. You could definitely listen faster and be able to comprehend every word. If you're looking for a new audiobook, definitely check this one out when it comes out!

Thank you to Netgalley, Kate Alice Marshall and DreamScape Media for an ALC!