I really enjoyed No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall, I think it may be my favorite by her yet. It was the perfect whodunnit murder mystery, in a small town setting, where practically anyone could be guilty. The suspense was literally killing me. I thought I had it figured out, but the twists were so good!! This was told from the points of view of three sisters who grew up in an abusive household with wealthy and well known parents. I loved the dual timelines telling the story of their upbringing and their parent’s murder, and how the double homicide was still unsolved 14 years later, when Emma moves back into the home where it all happened. I was hooked from the beginning, even though some parts were a little difficult because I felt for Emma, and the example of how the people in someone’s life can break them. The narrator, Karissa Vacker, is one of my favorites so I really enjoyed the audiobook. Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the ALC. This review is voluntary and my own.

NO ONE CAN KNOW by Kate Alice Marshall is a fantastic suspense that looks like it was brought out early for any of you BOTM subscribers!

Three sisters are estranged years after their parents' brutal murders. Each has questions about that night. Each has secrets about that night. When Emma, the youngest sister, has to return to the house due to life with her husband Nathan making a downward turn, her presence stirs up more than her sister's suspicions.

I really don't want to say too much. This is a really good mix of dark family drama and suspense. I was so involved in the sisters recollections of that night, appreciating the headings of each chapter as the now or then. I paired the digital book with the audiobook, which is becoming my favorite!

The audio is narrated by Karissa Vacker who is one of my favorite narrators! I think her voice is like silk and she did the sisters well with the rising tensions, suspicions, and fear.

Overall, I really enjoyed seeing the development of the sister's relationships. The small town suspicions of Emma fed the underlying weight of the story, as did her relationship with her husband. The flashbacks of the girls' childhood added to the growing angst. The ending was also one that I really enjoyed!

Thank you to @netgalley @macmillan.audio & @flatiron_books for this suspenseful thriller and letting me share my thoughts! This title will be published for all us non BOTM people on January 22nd or possibly sooner?!

No One Can Know was my first Kate Alice Marshall book, and it was solid. Not the best, not the worst, just a satisfying one-off and good way to spend a day listening to narrator Karissa Vacker. The story was slow to get started, and for those who DNF quickly, you'll miss out if you quit. It gets better and the twist are satisfying.

Emma and husband Nathan (who was a real bleep), are forced by finances to move into the inherited home from Emma's parents. A shared inheritance with siblings, they can live there but it won't solve the financial issues. It gets complicated as Emma finally reveals past history to her husband, and the reader, and she reestablishes relationships with long-absent siblings. An onion with many layers to peel, give this one a chance.

Thank you for the advance copy. This was a great book and I would highly recommend it. The mystery vibe pulls you in and makes you have a vested interest in finding out the truth. A sign of a great book for me is it keeps you guessing and is not predictable, This book definitely makes you play detective. I loved the storyline showing the bonds between the sisters. I really enjoyed the story and was shocked by the ending. I’m very interested in reading more books from this author.

What a twisty story that had me flying through to the end to see how it turned out!

Emma and her husband Nathan are losing their apartment, their bank account is in the red, and they find out they have a baby on the way. She confesses that her family has a large home that she shares with her estranged sisters, and they can go back to her hometown to live. The house is also where her parents were murdered, and she was the prime suspect… Will moving back home expose secrets of the past?

This story was full of so many twists, secrets, and angst throughout, that it had me guessing until the very last page! I love her way of telling a story, and loved the jumps from past and present to piece together the entire picture. Would highly recommend!

Thank you NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for my ALC, in exchange for my honest feedback.

I absolutely loved "What Lies in the Woods" and was super excited to be lucky enough to recieve an arc of this book as well. This book does not disappoint is another super fast-paced thriller told in multiple timelines and POVs. This sometimes gets confusing when an author tries to introduce so many characters and we are jumping between timelines, but this was not the case for this book. It was easy to follow and added to the suspense of the mystery.

There truly were so many secrets and I was left guessing till the very end. I was wrong, I thought I had it all figured out, but similar to her last novel, she had another twist coming and the final reveal was satisfying.

I will absolutely continue to read KAM's work and I look forward to this being released to the general public so I can recommend it to all my friends!

When Emma's husband loses his job, she's forced to do two things she never wanted to do: go back to live in her childhood home and tell her husband that her parents were murdered there. She and her sisters, Juliette and Daphne, had protected one another but had never been sure who had committed the crime.

Now that she's home, Emma is determined to discover what happened all those years ago.

I loved the interaction between the sisters and the dual timelines. There were some interesting twists and some room for interpretation that I enjoyed.

Emma jointly owns her childhood home with her two sisters, who she has been estranged from for many years. While facing money problems, Emma and her husband, Nathan, decide to move into the house while they get their financials sorted. Nathan doesn't know the full story of Emma's upbringing or the true story of how her parents died, and returning to her childhood home forces Emma to reveal her secrets, but it's not just hers she's keeping.

This was the definition of a popcorn thriller - it was engaging, fast paced and there were secrets to unravel at every turn. You never knew who you could trust or what truth would be unveiled next. I really enjoyed this one and definitely was never bored. I liked all of the flashbacks and the multiple POVs - I thought all of that added to the mystery of everything and kept us on the hook as readers. It was never confusing which was a definite feat! I thought the audio was so well done - definitely recommend this one.

I loved this one! I read “What Lies In the Woods” last year and it quickly became one of my favorites so I was excited to see another by this author. The narrator is one of my favorites that helped make a wonderful book even better. I loved the different dynamics between the characters. It seemed like every time I knew something would happen, it did but with an added twist! Highly recommend, especially the audiobook!

Now you know I love stories where someone is forced by circumstance to return to their small hometown after years away, especially if it includes a creepy house and a murder mystery.
This was perfection! Our girl is pregnant and just lost all her savings. Her husband was laid off and now she's got no choice but to come home and live in her childhood home - where her parents were murdered.
The time in town starts out perfectly! She goes to the gas station and is immediately recognized and shunned. People are hostile to her.
Emma decides to work to clear her name.
This was wonderful because we get the different perspectives of the sisters and their perspectives on the day their parents were killed.
It gets more intense as other terrible things happen in the current day.
The narration is absolutely perfect for this book. I felt for Emma for sure!

I'm very thankful to Macmillan Audio, Flatiron Books, Kate Alice Marshall, and Netgalley for the advanced physical, digital, and audio access to this twisty flashback thriller before it's projected to hit shelves on January 23, 2024.

14 years ago, the Palmer sisters, Emma, Juliette, and Daphne, found themselves in a sticky situation as their parents were murdered execution-style in their family home. The blame was ultimately placed on Emma for she had the most motive at the time, but flash forward to present day and Emma and her new husband (with baby on the way) have returned to clean up and sell the home for profit. This return home has brought upon a series of gossiping and vandalism for the whole town still ardently believes Emma is to blame, but boy oh boy are they so very misguided.

JJ (Juliette) and Emma bind together to learn that their seemingly perfect family had more nefarious intentions all those years ago, involving themselves shady business and extramarital affairs that lead to their untimely demise, but still who is to blame other than one of the girls? The twist will get ya, and while I totally saw it coming, I feel many would still enjoy this book's narrative and plot.

Kate Alice Marshall is officially an auto-buy author for me now. This book was so good! The dual timelines were used perfectly and I love how twisty the ending was. I stayed up late last night to finish it and I have no regrets. Marshall is a master storyteller! The narration was great.

I would read a phone directory if Kate Alice Marshall wrote it, and “No One Can Know” is not a phone book. It is a suspenseful, time skipping, slowly unfolding story of three sisters covering for a crime one of them may or may not have committed, and how the repercussions of “no one knowing” (including each other) follow them for the rest of their lives.

I love sister stories and I love how you slowly learn more and more through each unreliable narrator… right up until the very last page.

Thank you NetGalley for this opportunity to read and review, my only regret is now I have to wait THAT MUCH LONGER for the next KAM book.

Kate Alice Marshall’s ya writing is GREAT, but the adult books are always top notch!

This was so twisty and turny and I audibly gasped MULTIPLE times while reading it. The suspense in this was paced so perfectly and the reveals unveiled at just the right times.

This follows three sisters who know we’re home the night their parents were gunned down. All three of them decided that when it comes to that night, no one can know…

Now, in present day, Emma, the one who was blamed most (though never charged) for their deaths, must move back to their childhood home with her husband Nathan. She doesn’t talk to her sisters anymore, but being back draws them all together once again.

To track down the truth about what happened that night, we get a mix of past and present from all three sisters and I enjoyed each timeline and pov equally!

There is deceit, abuse, infidelity and tons of murdery goodness in this lightning speed thrill ride of a book!

Sinister sisters or virtuous victims? Told in dual timelines NO ONE CAN KNOW follows three sisters in the aftermath of their parents murder. The crime goes unsolved and the sisters become estranged until years later, the middle sister returns to the family home.

KATE ALICE MARSHALL explores familial loyalty, decades-long secrets, and the consequences of incomplete memories and assumptions. I enjoyed the slow burn with a twisty payoff in the last quarter of the book and think suspense fans will too!

Karissa Vacker always dials up the tension with her audiobook narration, and this story was no different. She is one of my all time favorite narrators for the thriller genre.

Read this if:
-A cold case hooks you every time
-You enjoy small-town mysteries
-Complicated sister dynamics draw you in

PUB DATE: January 23, 2024
RATING: 4/5

I loved this! There were a number of twists, so even though I solved the mystery almost right away I could never be completely sure and so it never got boring.

This isn’t fast-paced until the end, but the pace works perfectly for the story. It starts slow and then builds and builds, giving plenty of room for delightful character development. The sisters were so fun to get to know!

Fans of character-driven narratives, dysfunctional families, sister dynamics (think Little Women but deranged), and untrustworthy narrators will eat this up!

Thanks, NetGalley and Flatiron Books, for the gifted ARC in exchange for an honest review.