No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall kept me at the edge of my seat. Three sisters and two murdered parents- who is to blame? Of course this happened in a small town so everyone knows about this tragedy. I had many viewpoints of "who did it" but I was never correct. This is certainly a mystery that kept me engaged from the first chapter. There was a lot of different characters and past and current chapters so it was a little hard for me to keep track. That is the only reason for the 4 stars.

I enjoyed the authors previous novel and knew I was in for a solid thriller. I will say, that even though I prefer audio over almost any format, this book might be best physically read. I constantly had to remind myself who was speaking as the characters do switch, especially in the second half of the book. It left me confused in quite a few spots that got twisty and I would have to rewind and relisten to get it straight.

No One Can Know written by the talented Kate Alice Marshall (What Lies in the Woods) tells the story of Emma and her two sisters as they return to their childhood home, a grand mansion where their parents were brutally murdered years ago. As they face long-buried secrets and family drama, the sisters must untangle a web of lies and deceit to find out who really killed their parents. With strong characters and a suspenseful plot, No One Can Know is a fantastic read.

The novel's strength lies in its exploration of family dynamics and small-town politics. Marshall skillfully weaves together the backstories of the sisters, painting a vivid picture of their complicated relationships. Emma, the protagonist, is a fascinating character. As she reconnects with her sisters and tries to rebuild her life, she must also confront the rumors and accusations that have haunted her for years. The tension in the book builds steadily as Emma digs deeper into her family's past, uncovering unsettling truths that threaten to tear her apart.

Marshall's writing style is engaging and evocative. She captures the sights and sounds of the small town setting, making the reader feel like they're right there in the room with the characters. The book's pacing is spot-on, with twists and turns that keep the reader guessing until the very end. The secondary characters are also well-written, adding depth and complexity to the story. From nosy neighbors to skeptical police officers, everyone has something to hide in this small town.

One of the most intriguing aspects of No One Can Know is how it plays with the concept of truth. As the sisters unravel the mysteries of their childhood home, they realize that everyone has their own version of events. Some people are lying to protect themselves, while others are lying to protect someone else. The book raises fascinating questions about memory, perception, and the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of the world.

The climax of the novel is both satisfying and unexpected. Marshall ties together all the loose ends in a way that makes sense, but still manages to surprise the reader. At its core, No One Can Know is a story about the power of family, the dangers of secrets, and the relentless pursuit of truth. It's a gripping novel that will stay with you long after you finish reading.

No One Can Know is a must-read for anyone who loves a good murder mystery. With its intricate plot, complex characters, and evocative setting, this book has everything you could want in a suspenseful read. Whether you're a fan of Kate Alice Marshall's previous work or just discovering her for the first time, No One Can Know is guaranteed to keep you turning the pages until the very end.

Forced to move back into the family estate where their parents were killed, three sisters grapple with what really happened that night and all the secrets they’ve been hiding from each other. It’s a pretty run of the mill mystery/thriller but I had a good time reading it.

This is the first book I've read by Kate Alice Marshall, seeing the buzz around What Lies In The Woods, and knowing this is narrated by Karissa Vacker convinced me to try it.

'Three sisters, two murders and too many secrets to count.'

Emma and Nathan are married, in financial strife and she's pregnant. After losing their apartment they have nowhere to go, except Emma's childhood home - the house her parents were murdered in fourteen years ago. No one was ever convicted but some people believe Emma did it.

Emma's estranged from her sisters, between them they might be able to uncover the truth.

It's quite a slow burn, but it held my interest, the main characters have plenty of depth and there's a lot of detail including the unhappy childhood that made all three sisters eager to escape. There is some nice writing and narration by Karissa Vacker is excellent.

The plot is fairly standard but overall I think it's well worth a listen.

Thanks to Netgalley and Macmillan Audio

Here’s an interesting present day suspense story featuring three traumatized sisters. Their parents were shot to death one night when the girls were teenagers, and to this day the case has not been solved. The chapters alternate between the women, and between the time of their childhood “then” and the present day, “now.”

Each of the three main characters has a distinct personality and the author does a great job showing their personalities and how they got to be that way. I really disliked each of the three sisters, and that detracted from my enjoyment of the book. I couldn’t connect with them or care what happened to them.

The murdered parents were abusive, and none of the daughters felt sorrow about their murder. The plot drops hints that one of the girls might have killed their parents, and at different points the sisters suspect each other.

The plot became convoluted during the last third and by the end I still wasn’t positive about what had happened. I was mostly interested in the story but I would have liked it to be more clearly explained.

I think most readers of crime thrillers would like this book because it’s suspenseful and has some nice twists.

I listened to the audiobook and the narrator was capable, although the deep pitch she used for the male characters sounded weird to me.

Thank you Netgalley for giving me a free audio ARC for review consideration.

I am rating No One Can Know three and a half stars and I always round up.?

Just like her last book, Kate Alice Marshall kept me guessing the entire time, and I like when we get a zinger of a twist right at the end when you think things have fallen in to place and finally make sense. 😂 This book is a must read for thriller fans of What Lies in the Woods, and fans of twisted family drama and some wild women who you don’t know if you ca. trust! Thank you NetGalley for the arc! Great book!

Emma would rather die than return to her childhood home. It's where her parent's murders occurred, fracturing her relationship with her sisters forever. But years later, when her deadbeat husband loses his job, she has no choice but to return. It's not just the house, but the town. They all turned on her when so many questions about that horrific night were left unanswered. Unfortunately for Emma, she can't hide the truth forever.

Give me all the dysfunctional family thrillers, please, and thank you. Nothing is more satisfying than a mystery tangled up with tense family dynamics. The tension between the sisters over what happened to her parents was so energetic. None of the girls are perfect; they all have flaws and secrets, which adds to the atmosphere. The mistrust is even stickier since they are all lying in some way to each other, the town, and the police. The web of lies layered between them and the town is so sticky. Even when they hate each other, there seems to be an instinct to defend and protect each other. Blood runs thicker than water.

The narrator did a fantastic job of engaging with me. If I had read this in book format, I could see myself getting bored at parts. Some of the inner monologue gets repetitive and monotonous. Emma especially had some chapters where she kept rehashing the same anxieties. Thank goodness the narrator saved those passages from getting clunky.

I highly recommend this if you love tense psychological thrillers with layered secrets.

Thank you, NetGalley and Macmillan Audio, for the advanced audio! All thoughts and opinions expressed are my own.

I wanted to love this. I like a good mystery and I love Karissa Vacker. Unfortunately, she couldn’t save it for me. In fact, her narration probably made me dislike Emma, our heroine, more than I might have had I read it. There was a strident tone in Emma that just felt whiny and annoying. Told in the present and in flashbacks by 3 sisters, it was sufficiently confusing enough to obscure the truth. But that obscurity didn’t serve to leave the reader in suspense, it just felt like it dragged out a bit too long.

Thank you to NetGalley for my advanced copy

I consistently enjoy everything I read from this author! For whatever reason her approach to mytery/thrillers really works for me and I find her books fun and interesting while tackling some larger issue at the same time. No One Can Know is also in that vein. Three estranged sisters return to their hometown and the childhood home where their parents were murdered. One of them was a suspect, but now she's pregnant and looking to clear her name. But there are long-buried secrets threatening to come to the surface...

In a lot of ways, this is a book about surviving abuse and how that impacts your life as an adult. The sisters grew up in a home that was emotionally and physically abusive, and generally very oppressive. Yet they all responded in different ways and have become very different people. It's twisty but also grounded in characters and themes in a way that I connected with. I will continue to read whatever she writes! The audio narration is also excellent. I received a copy of this book for review via Netgalley, all opinions are my own.

Emma and her husband, Nathan, find out they’re pregnant the same day that her husband tells her he lost his job and money they put down on a house. The only choice they have is to move back to the home Emma left behind so long ago when her parents were killed and a cloud of suspicion surrounded Emma. When they move back, things begin to unfold and secrets begin to come to light- deadly ones.

No One Can Know is the story of three sisters facing the aftermath after their parents' deaths years ago when they were children. They have to face all of the old suspicions and, worse, each other and their broken relationships.

If you're looking for likable characters, you won't find them here. Secrets and hidden motivations abound, and there are plenty of twists. I think the pace is a little too slow to be called a thriller, but it is a great mysery. The alternating POVs and duel timelines slowly reveal the story.

The narration was good as well.

Thank you to #NetGalley and #MacmillanAudio for a free copy of #NoOneCanKnow by Kate Alice Marshall. All opinions are my own.

Three sisters all trying to protect themselves, each other and their secrets. With both of their parents having been murdered years ago and no one convicted of the crime, there's a lot of speculation and so many people with motives. When Emma, the sister that everyone believes is guilty, comes back to live in their parents old house, it's apparent that she's not welcome. When her other two sisters enter the picture, secrets start coming out - but will the truth ever be told?

This book was SO GOOD!! I loved every second of the audio version. The story drew me, kept me guessing and the twists just kept coming. The narration was great too. I highly recommend putting this one on your TBR - 4.5 stars!!

Love love love this! Figuring out who was responsible was great. Everyone here is an unreliable narrator and I really hate the husband.

No One Can Know is a new mystery, thriller about three sisters, two murders, and too many secrets to count! This was my first read from this author and I thought it was an okay read, but not a new favorite.

In here we follow three sisters: Juliette (JJ), Emma, and Daphne. We follow Emma first, she was 16 when her parents were murdered in their home and we catch up to her in current day, years later. Her and her sisters haven’t really spoken to one another in years and she keeps much about her past secret, even from her husband. Emma finds out she’s pregnant right around the same time her husband Nathan loses his job. He says they should move to her family home, the one she inherited after her parents death. So Emma has to finally let him know that they were actually murdered in that house and most people back in that town still believe she killed them…

The beginning of this one was more interesting than the story ended up being. We do see all 3 sisters and follow what went down in the past, as well as in current day when another death happens. I just felt like this was too long and I started to lose interest or care where the story was going. It was just an okay one for me in the end. I had just read another thriller that was a lot more interesting than this one ended up being.

I received an audio ALC from Macmillan Audio and the publisher via NetGalley, all thoughts in this review are my own. No One Can Know is out January 23, 2024.

When Emily Giuliana and Daphne find their parents murdered they make a pact to tell no one what they know. It is years later and Emily is married to Nathan and she just found out she’s pregnant on the same day as she learns he has lost his job. This is terrible news on top of the fact they just applied for a loan to buy a house because they have to move out of there in two months. Emily doesn’t know how to react to this news but soon after telling her Nathan says they should go and stay in her parents house… After all she is 1/3 owner of the property. She is astounded by this because what Nathan doesn’t know is that is where her parents were murdered she let him believe they died in an accident but after telling him he still insist they move there, after all what choice do they have? She is reluctant but ultimately agrees as she does to all Nathan‘s wants and wishes. After asking permission from her two sisters who she hasn’t spoke to in years and they agree her and Nathan move to her hometown. The other news Emily had to break to Nathan was that she was the prime suspect of said murders and everyone in town believes she is the culprit and they have a variety of reasons why she did it; her and her older boyfriend Gabriel could only be together if her parents were murdered, she wanted an early inheritance, she was a Satan worshiper and or she just wanted them dead. Not long after arriving she gets stairs and out write blatant comments and questions about why she’s back even the investigating detective tells her inappropriate comments about staying in the home where she murdered her parents. On top of all that Nathan insist they should sell the house but Emily who is pregnant decides she may want to stay and wants to clear her name to give her child a better future. Her parents were controlling abusive and expected nothing but the best from their three daughters Giuliana seems to be the only one that wanted to live up to her parents wishes little sister Daphne just wanted to be invisible where Emily was rebellious and had just had enough of her parents control and telling her what to do she even plan to apply to UCLA despite the fact they didn’t want their daughters going to any college more than an hour away from their home. Throughout the book we learned why more than just Emily had reasons for wanting her parents dead but when it is all said and done there will be more than one surprise in store for poor Emily. There is so much I can’t put in my review because this is one twisty piece of work put on your seatbelts and you may need your bicycle helmet because when this bus crashes you will be wonderstruck. In the first book I read by this author I thought her character personality changed throughout the book but I have to say in this one the author nailed it… What a propulsive explosive thriller and that is 100% my true opinion I am not saying this because I just finished the book because I finished it yesterday and didn’t know what to put in a review about such a twisty plot changing all coming together in the end book but OMG if this wasn’t the best and I absolutely love Gabriel… And you will too if you read or listen to the audio book I myself listen to the audiobook and thought the narrator is a top notch narrator and had a great ability to do awesome character distinction.. I want to thank McMillan audio and NetGalley for my free arc copy please forgive any mistakes as I am blind and dictate my review.

Thank you to NetGalley for the advanced audiobook copy. I love this narrator. She does and excellent job! I also really enjoyed the story.

Kate Alice Marshall has done it again with No One Can Know. A twisty, dark thriller that kept me guessing! A solid 4 stars! Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC opportunity!

Murdered parents, 3 sisters and many buried secrets. Absolutely loved this book that I graciously listened to as an audiobook. Had me hooked from the first chapter until the very end! Very fast page-turner. Anyone who enjoys psychological thrillers should read this! Kept me guessing who did it and left me truly surprised!

Emma comes back to Arden Hills after 14 years on the lamb. Secrets she kept hidden become unraveled and revealed as another murder takes place! Three sisters, three suspects, three murders.

Thank you to NetGalley for this advanced readers copy!

Hi, Kate Alice Marshall fan here! Why? She writes for the girlies.

It is with some embarrassment and regret that I tell you I'm not an EXTREME fan of mystery/thrillers but if Kate announced she was going to be penning NatGeo articles about the mating habits of blobfish, I would immediately subscribe, okay? Okay.

In this one, we first meet Emma. We find out a couple of things, first: her husband sucks, she's pregnant and facing homelessness (due to afformentioned sucktitude of husband), and fourteen years ago she found her both of her parents dead via gunshot wounds. Oh yeah, she's the prime suspect, too - having faced years of stalking and harassment at the hands of her hometown's local cop who is sure he detects lies in the story she told when she was a kid.

Forced by circumstance to move back to empty estate where her family lived and her parents' died, the sisters with whom she shares the secrets of that night so long ago - Juliette (now JJ) and Daphne - suddenly are back in the picture after years of being no-contact.

We start peeling away the layers of what really happened that night - was it Emma's accused boyfriend Gabriel? Was it Daphne? Was it Juliette? Was it Emma herself?

It was easy to feel empathy for the girls here, despite the fact it immediately felt like one of them was guilty of doing the deed, especially as we learn more about their parents. This felt like a literary story about girlhood, if I'm being honest, and some of the content was extremely tough to read. It did feel like there was a twist on every single page, though - a new reveal that leaves you guessing until the end what happened and why.

I do want to say that there was some really weird discussion of fatness/weight that made me feel a little icky, which was why it wasn't a perfect read for me.

It was an unexpected mystery, though! And I didn't see the ending coming, either!

CW: a loooooot of parent/child abuse, some physical and some verbal.