Kacey and Michael were very happy living in New Jersey until Kaceys best friend framed her for something she didn't do and she had to leave her job and her town.
Starting over in a new city , new state Texas was hard as making friends wasn't easy. Trust was so difficult especially after everything she went through
However she was starting new and in time she healed and met a new friend
Will this friend be someone she can trust also? Time will tell, time always tell.

I did enjoy this book, it was engaging and entertaining
Thank you Netgalley and Dreamscape for this advanced audio copy for my honest review
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3.5 stars

I’m a little mixed with this book. The writing was good, I definitely enjoyed that aspect. Th the storyline fell a little short for me. It wasn’t bad by any means, I just felt it was your typical psychological thriller book. It was fairly easy to predict everything that took place, and in these types of books I like th element of surprise.

If you’re just looking for any easy read or listen then I would recommend this book or audio. Again, it wasn’t a bad book, it just wasn’t a 4 or 5 star book in ,y opinion either.

I listened to the audiobook of You Can Never Tell by Sarah Warburton and enjoyed the slow build to the dramatic edge of your sear conclusion. It was perfectly voiced by the narrator Jorjeana Marie. The chapters alternated between the discussion of transcripts from a true crime podcast and the events and circumstances that led to the discovery of the true crime and dramatic ending. You Can Never Tell was suspenseful, with lots of twists, tension and secrets. It makes you second guess your intuition as to how well you really know your friends even when you think they are your “besties’.

Kacy and Michael Tremain were happily married and living in New Jersey. They had a good marriage and both had good jobs. When Kacy was set up to take the fall for an embezzlement charge, the couple was forced to move to Sugar Land, Texas so Kacy could start over and escape the constant finger pointing and jeers. The Tremain’s bought a house in a planned community. There Kacy began to heal from the scandal she had been framed for by her best friend. It was no wonder Kacy now suffered from issues of trust, confidence and her ability to form new friendships. Time and distance helped Kacy heal though. Soon Kacy began to consider Elizabeth, Rohmia, and her next door neighbor, Lena, her friends. Kacy, and especially Lena, formed a beautiful friendship where they started doing everything together. Kacy looked forward to the time she spent with Lena and soon began to trust her enough to share confidences with her. Even Kacy’s husband Michael and Lena’s husband Brady forged a friendship. The two couples spent several evenings together barbecuing, swimming in Lena’s and Brady’s pool while they sipped margaritas and even worked on a shared garden together. As far as Kacy was concerned, Lena was her new best friend. Life in Sugar Land was good. Then Kacy got pregnant and gave birth to a beautiful daughter. She and Michael, named the baby Grace. After Kacy became a mother her relationship with Lena began to change.

One night while Lena was out of town visiting her aunt, Brady invited both Kacy and Michael over. It was a night that would impact Kacy’s and Michael’s life more than they would have ever guessed. Kacy decided to stay home and Michael went by himself. That night Michael discovered something about Brady that was more than he bargained for. As a result of what Michael learned that night, Brady was put in jail but no one knew where Lena was. Since Michael went directly to the police and shared what Brady had shown him with the police, the police begin to question Michael and even Kacy to understand their involvement and what they may know about both Brady, Lena and what Brady showed Michael. Eventually, the police and FBI put Michael in a safe house and Kacy was encouraged to return to New Jersey to stay safely with her parents while the police and FBI continued to work on this case and track down Lena’s whereabouts.. Kacy was determined to find out where Lena was and put an end to the fear she and Michael had been living with. Was it a nightmare or had Kacy and Michael’s life become a true crime story? Will they survive to tell about the ordeal they faced and were living through?

Thank you to Dreamscape Media LLC for allowing me to listen to this audiobook through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

Wow, this was a fun listen/read, I appreciate the chance to listen to this atypical thriller (that's a good thing!) from NetGalley and Dreamscape Media. You Can Never Tell worked really well as an audiobook for me, the narration was well done and I like the mixing in of true crime information and how that part of the writing related to the narrative and plot. I am often drawn to listen to thrillers as I find it really fun to get caught up in the twists and turns during my commute and this one was really fun, particularly because it offered the insight that you know upfront something is not alright with the neighbors and then we learn more and more about that, along with a lot of complexity with Kacy's background (kacy is the protagonist). It really does get into the vibe that you don't know who your neighbors are and harkens back to all of the statements you often hear when a serial killer/murderer is caught: they seemed so nice, they were normal, good neighbors.... I guess you can never tell.

This was the fun twisty thriller that I enjoy listening to and even if I had moments of disbelief (would I have trusted Lena so easily after being so burned by a "friend" so recently... maybe, we tend to be trusting social creatures...?), I am willing to say this was a fun audiobook and one I recommend. I think this would also be a fun read for true crime/mystery book clubs in particular as it is a welcome change in how a serial killer story is told.

Thanks again for the chance to listen to this audiobook!

Whoa. A bit terrifying. Especially since the story begins with a bit of a spoiler, or so I thought.

Kacy and her husband Michael move to Texas to start fresh after a traumatic framing for embezzlement from her best friend in New Jersey. After a few strange starts, Kacy begins to feel at home in her new suburbia with new friends, especially her next door neighbor Lena, and her husband Brady. Then it all turns horrifyingly awful when her husband comes home in a state of panic and fear setting off a new level of tension.

I honestly expected a fairly straightforward creepy neighbor story. It seemed that way for the beginning and I was thinking that this was too easy. As the story unfolded, I realized this wasn't as much as a twisty suspense, but a more terrifyingly realistic thriller. I was thoroughly caught up in the tension and even though I knew who the "bad guy" was, there was still the angst of wondering how it would all unfold.

I enjoyed the snippets of the crime podcast that was sprinkled throughout the narrative. It gave the story a realistic feel and also helped explore and explain what we would all be thinking! I very much looked forward to the analysis from the podcasters!

Thank you NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for the E-ALC!

3.5 stars rounded up!

I enjoyed listening to this book. The first 30% were very slow for me but I was still enjoying it. Things really picked up after that point.

I was a little thrown off by the huge jump in time from kacey becoming pregnant to the night of the incident but it was easy enough to catch on.

I really enjoyed the podcast aspect. Listening to that is so great but I wish that the podcast discussion was parallel with the crime throughout the whole book. There are times that the podcast is fully giving away what happens way before we get to that point in the plot.

After being framed for a crime by her best friend and discredited at her job, Kacy and her family move to Sugarland, TX. Kacy is forced to start fresh and becomes a part of the Bluebonnets group of women. She also finds herself being drawn to the lone wolf of the women, Lena. Kacy can't seem to escape her past however as she begins to get taunting messages from her former best friend. On the plus side, Kacy and Michael have discovered they are pregnant with their first child. When Kacy's husband discovers a secret about their neighbors, their lives are flipped upside down as they are forced to undergo police speculation. Kacy begins questioning their safety as Lena goes missing. Although the beginning was a little slow, it picked up significantly around the midway point.

Thanks to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media LLC for a free audio copy in exchange for an honest review.

This book isn’t your typical thriller. From the start, the reader knows that Kacy’s best friend is a serial killer, and then the backstory unfolds.

Kacy and her husband Michael moved to Texas after Kacy was framed for art embezzlement by her former best friend, Aimee. In Texas, Kacy tries to start over - a new neighborhood and new friends. But can she trust any of them after what Aimee did to her? Soon Kacy and Michael become friends with their next-door neighbors, Lena and Brady. Over the next year, the couples grow closer with BBQ, pool parties, bread baking, and gardening. All seems idyllic until Michael discovers something awful about Brady. Suddenly, Michael is a murder suspect, Brady’s in jail, and Lena is missing. Now, Kacy must put all the pieces together about the neighbors she never really knew.

Entangled with Kacy’s story is a True Crime Podcast about Kacy, Michael, and their serial killer neighbors. The podcasts are terrific - offering hints about the crime, hindsight perspective, and history of other serial killers.

I love the narrator - Jorjeana Marie. Her voice helped with Kacy’s character growth - pained and struggling after Aimee’s betrayal to confident and strong as she uncovers what truly happened next door. And I absolutely loved Lena's voice as it rolls with southern wickedness. I added the extra .25 star simply for Jorjeana Marie’s narration.

The twists and turns are minimal since the podcasts lay out the facts, but I wanted to know how ultimately the serial killers were caught! With the podcast and Kacy’s story unfolding simultaneously, this book offers an intriguing take on how little we really know our friends and neighbors and what goes on in their houses.

Thank you @netgalley for this gifted audiobook!

I love a good domestic thriller and Sarah Warburton had definitely written a good one!

What would you do if you found out your best friend and neighbor was a serial killer? Kacy and Michael are starting a new life in a planned community in Sugarland, Texas fleeing from the shame of being framed by her best friend Aimee for a crime she don’t commit. When Kacy meets Lena and her husband Brady they become fast friends, and Kacy is drawn to Lena’s personality. But one night will change everything when Brady decides to show Michael one of his victims. Michael manages to get away and report it to the police but Lena is in the wind. Lena leaves false trails for the police and FBI to follow but Kacy knows her best friend and knows if she wants her life back and protect her family she is going to have to find Lena first.

This chilling tale kept me engaged throughout. While, I was not a huge fan of Kacy , I find the story unique and creepy without being over the top. The added element of a podcast about the murders added to the story in an unexpected way that I found enjoyable. This book is out now !!

I listened to this as an audiobook and I loved how the story went from a podcast to the unraveling of the story. Very unique idea I thought.
I enjoy a good thriller and while of late, many have disappointed me with the ending or early into the book solving the story, this one did not. I mean you do know who is the serial killer is, but no one else in the story does. What you don't know is how it will all play out.
I liked the characters and how Kacy's relationship with them developed throughout the book. Kacy enters into the story as a betrayed person - not only was she betrayed at work and her job life ruined but her judgement in people was put into question. How could she have been so tricked by her supposably best friend.
This flavors her encounters with everyone she meets going forward and her relationship with her husband.
The whole idea of serial killers spook me and this book is just another reason why they do - you worry for all the people who enter into Kacy's life right up to the very end.
This is the first book I have read (listened to) by Sarah Warburton and will be on the lookout for her other works.
Thank you NetGalley for this early audio read of You Can Never Tell It was the perfect summer thriller and got me to walk a couple extra miles with my dog to see what was going to happen next.

How do you know your life is a true-crime story? How do you know you will survive?

Kacy and her husband Michael moved to Texas from NJ after Kacy was disgraced on her job. Now it is the time to start again, make new friends, and have a new life. Kacy and Michael became best friends with the neighbors, Lena and Brady, until one night when their secrets were revealed and the terror begins.

Can Kacy keep her family safe? The story is interspersed with episodes of a true crime podcast, which is a unique addition to the book. The story is fairly suspenseful from start to finish, with a bit in the middle that drags while there is more reflection. The main protagonist is likable and the villains are appropriately despicable. Even though you know fairly early who did it, you will be left guessing if someone else is involved.

The narrator in the audiobook is good and has various voices to help distinguish the characters.

Thank you to Net Galley, the publisher and the author for an advance copy of this audiobook.

This was a fun suburbia thriller. Kacy is trying to pick up her life after her friend framed her for embezzlement. Kacy and her husband move from New Jersey to a new town in Texas to try to start over. However, they soon discover hidden cameras in their home and their new friends aren’t who they seem to be. A true crime podcast was interwoven throughout the story which made it very interesting as you as the reader kind of knew what was going to happen next. I could see this being made into a fun domestic thriller movie – maybe even one of those Lifetime Movies. The writing was entertaining and kept me interested. It wasn’t the best psychological thriller but wasn’t bad either.

I enjoyed this one, but it was a little fluffy for me.

I live in North Texas and I know how these neighborhoods can be. I thought the author did a good job describing the Texas suburbs and setting the stage... I just didn't feel like it was exciting.

That being said, I had a similar reaction to the books by Joshilyn Jackson, so I think this book would in fact be a huge hit with her audience.

3.5 stars

You can never tell us a dual timeline story that follows a podcast show reliving the events of a serial killer and subsequently how these events affect our main character Cassie.

You can never tell was a mix of suspense, family drama and even a little murder mystery. It was pretty comparable to many other thriller stories out in the world today, but I did like the take on adding the podcast as a reliable narrator to fill in the gaps that Cassie could not.

One of the main issues I had with this book was the character portrayals and how different they were by each page. Most were set up, they were sketchy, rude, racist, ignorant etc but then one simple conversation later Cassie had learned that they're completely normal and misunderstood. She was EXTREMELY quick to judge others, especially with what her past was. I found her very niave and her "dream husband" kind of a class A jerk.

The story was interesting and kept me wanting to read, I just wanted that big plot twist I was waiting for instead of the slow burn.

I received this audiobook from the publisher in exchange for an honest review-

I’m familiar with this author so I sort of knew what to expect when I requested the book. I wasn’t disappointed. It was a good slow burn thriller/suspense novel. The main character was a little “vanilla” and a goody two shoes which was sort of annoying and despite an interaction with Sandy in the beginning, she was really a pushover and a tad unlikeable.

The killer/s weren’t a secret so it wasn’t a who dunnit sort of thriller but it was an enjoyable read and a quick read. I will definitely keep an eye out for more books from this author.

This book draws you in and keeps you involved and engaged. I would recommend this one for anyone who loves a good story with twists. This one has both in spades. It was perfect from start to finish. The book pushes the reader all the way through and to the end. You want to relax but as soon as you think you might off on your toes you are lifted. After her bestfriend, Aimee, ended their friendship in betrayal, Kacy is scrambling to piece together a new life. She, and husband Michael, have moved across the country to a new neighborhood and a fresh start. When she meets her next door neighbor, Lena, Kacy is excited at the prospect of a new friendship. Until the night Michael comes home from their house, with blood on his hands. Michael discovered their neighbors deadly secrets. Bad things were happening right next door, and they never had a clue. As more information comes out, Kacy is terrified that her new bestfriend may be a serial killer. The pace was fast, I finished it in one day. There is a podcast vibe to it, but it doesn't take over the book. The killers are smart and likeable, but just as deadly. Though I predicted the twist, it was done well. I will definitely be adding this author to my read list and watch when her books come out. Fantastic!

Many thanks to NetGalley, author and Crooked Lane Books for this ARC- I hope to read another book from Sarah Warburton again soon!

Thank you Netgalley for this advanced audiobook edition of You Can Never Tell by Sarah Warburton.

First off, the narration was great, good voice actress, no complaints.

I wasn't crazy about this book.

It's about Kacey, a woman so traumatized from the betrayal of her friend that her and her husband move across the country, only so that she can make another caustic friend. And she is like TRAUMATIZED, and here comes Lena, absolutely blinding with all of her red flags, and Kacey is like, aaaaaw bestie!

That's kind of where the story lost me. And also, how likely is it to go from one absolute psychopath of a friend, to another. I mean, the lead up to the story was fine, but I was driven nuts by those two facts the whole time.

With friends like those…..Kacy and Michael move to Texas for a fresh start after Kacy was betrayed by a woman she thought was her best and most cherished friend. As they try to settle in to their new life Lacy is reticent to make friends or let anyone in emotionally. As she starts to get into a groove and be an active participant in her community with a new group of women she discovers some insane and heinous things about her neighbors. And then one disappears and things just keep getting creepier, scarier and more disturbing. You truly never know who you’re living next door to. It was a well written, keep you up at night story. The blending with a true crime podcast only makes it creepier. In the best make you paranoid way. Great narration. I would not listen to this story while walking the dog alone late at night!!

Forced to relocate after being wrongfully accused of embezzlement and theft by her best friend, Kacy And her engineer husband relocate from New Jersey to Texas. Because finding a job in her field would be difficult, Kacy plunges into the stay-at-home life of preppy wives in her gated community.. She and Michael be good friends with their next door neighbors only to find Lena and Brady have some terrible secrets. Sarah Warburton has written a psychological thriller about serial killers which kept one on the edge of my seat. I could t put it down! I highly recommend it. I thank the publisher and Net Galley for the opportunity to read this ARC.

Just finished this domestic thriller and I was absolutely hooked from the beginning. Kacy and her husband move from the north east down to Texas to escape Kacy’s sorted history with her former best friend. Looking for a fresh start, they seem to be healing nicely, new job, nice neighbors, a girls club, all things are falling into place; then they discover their neighbors are harboring a horrifying secret and the plot unfolds from there. What I really loved about this book was the reveal is in the middle, there’s no anticipated twist at the very end which was a refreshing difference for me. The plot also is moved forward by snippets of a True-Crime podcast carrying the story through; a really fun modern add to this novel.