Framed for a crime she didn’t commit, Kacy is disgraced and loses a job she loves. She and her husband, Michael, make the decision to move and start afresh in Texas and they leave their friends and relatives behind in New Jersey. Kacy is struggling with the trauma and stigma that follows her as she finds herself blackballed in the field she so loves. After attending a women’s get together in her new neighborhood, Kacy meets Lena. Living next door, Lena and her husband, Brady, and Kacy and Michael quickly become friends sharing BBQ’s, pool time and even planting a garden together. When Kacy finds out she’s pregnant, Lena cools toward her, but the couples remain friends. That is until one fateful night. Now Brady is in jail, Lena is missing and Michael is in the spotlight. Is Lena really missing or are their lives in danger? Kacy vows to find out, but will she be able to save her family or will she die trying? Perfectly voiced, this was a great listen.

This book captured my attention from the first word to the last. Kacy and her husband, Michael, moved across the country looking for a new start. Betrayed and disgraced by her best friend, Kacy is starting from scratch: new career, new friends, new Kacy. However, Kacy is finding it hard to shake her dark cloud of distrust. Then enters Lena. A dynamic, witty woman that befriends Kacy. She makes Kacy feel alive again and conveniently lives next door. As the friendship blooms, dark events begin to occur. People go missing. Kacy receives taunting letters and finds hidden cameras in her house. Has Kacy’s past followed her to Texas or is something more sinister going on? Kacy’s carefully crafted new life begins to crumble and she must find out who to trust before it’s too late.
This book had me guessing all the way through. I really enjoyed the twists and turns. I loved the strong, smart female characters. My only critique, which is minor and personal preference, is that the narrators cadence was a bit slow for my taste at times. (I listened to the audio book.) I recommend this book for fans of true crime, mystery, and strong female leads.

You Can Never Tell is a riveting story that delves into the world of murder, mystery, and the other side of true-crime podcasts all while asking "who can you really trust?" This book had one of the absolute strongest introductions that I have read in years. The first chapter grabbed my attention and made me crave the truth behind the murders and what really happened in our main character's friendships. I think the traditional book version and audio versions would both be great ways to enjoy You Can Never Tell but I did personally listen to the audio book. I believe the narration paired well with the story.

This book was fantastic! It kept me engaged from the first chapter. The reader for this audiobook did amazingy. She had a very pleasant and energetic tone that made listening easy to do. I found myself on a binge of this book, completing it in roughly two days.

If you are looking for a mysterious thriller that includes murder, betrayal, true crime podcasts and a new life this book is for you.

I can't wait to listen/read more by this author.

Many thanks to NetGalley, Crooked Lane Books and Dreamscape Media (excellently narrated by Jorjeana Marie) for gifting me both a digital ARC and audiobook of the thriller by Sarah Warburton - 4.5 stars!

Kacy was framed for a theft by her supposed best friend and subsequently fired from her dream job at a museum; devastated, her and her husband, Michael, moved to Sugar Land for a new start. Kacy was slow to trust in making new friends but she slowly met people in the neighborhood, becoming fast friends with next-door neighbor, Lena. Lena was on her side when it appeared that her old friend was continuing to taunt her from far away. When the couple found hidden cameras in their home, Lena's husband, Brady, helped them detect and remove them. But when Michael makes a discovery after being with Brady, they both realized they didn't know their neighbors as well as they thought.

I loved how this book alternated the story with snippets from a true crime podcast telling about this crime. It led even a more creepy vibe to the entire tale, because there were enough really true details to make it seem so real. The characters felt real and you could feel for Kacy, wounded from her last friendship and slow to trust yet needing friends in her life. A must read!

The narration on this audiobook was excellent - there were many female (and male!) characters and Jorjeana Marie did them impeccably. I had no issues determining who was speaking. Her tone and pace were perfect.

When Kacy gets into some legal trouble at work, she and husband Michael move to a community in Sugarland, Texas to regroup and start over. Kacy makes new friends, starts establishing herself in the community, and she and Michael start their family. But things get weird when they find cameras inside their home and bodies get discovered near their neighborhood. Imagine their surprise when it turns out the villain lives in their very own neighborhood.

My favorite thing about this book is that the villains are not black-and-white. As the story unveils who the serial killers are in the neighborhood, even Kacy struggles to put that face on the friends she has come to know. I like that the author didn’t jump to making them only villains, but took the time to add in the shades of gray that make them real people.

A complaint I have with this book is that the character of Kacy is a little too good. When she describes the situation that led her to have to leave her job and move across the country, she puts the blame all on someone else. I would’ve liked to see a little more depth to her, maybe making her not so innocent in that situation. However, that does not detract anything from the story. It is just a personal preference to want a little more depth to that character.

I was also a fan of the narrator of the audiobook. She did a great job with her voices, and I found her accent really appealing throughout the reading.

Overall, I would recommend this thriller!

You Can Never Tell has embezzlement, a moms club, and serial killers. Aimee and Michael recently moved to Texas to start over. After getting settled, Aimee joins the Blue Bonnets and gains a new group of friends who hopefully she can trust this time around. At the same time, people are disappearing and strange things are happening in the neighborhood.

The main thing that drew me to this book was that there was a crime podcast in it. The story is broken up with bits from the podcast which really makes it feel like a true crime story. I listened to the audiobook and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in this book. I loved that since I was listening to it, it actually felt like a crime podcast. Aimee has the worst luck in friends and at times she came off as naive. I really enjoyed the pacing of the story since you got to know the neighborhood first, while at the same time the podcast was giving you little glimpses into the future. The ending did seem predictable and I wish there had been some crazy twist at the end. For me this was a 3.5/5, a solid audiobook to listen to on your commute instead of your normal true crime story.

If you like neighborhoods with disappearances, true crime made fiction, or have an unhinged friend, then this one is for you.

I received a copy of this audiobook free from NetGalley and Dreamscape Media in exchange for an honest review.

This thriller has rocketed to the top of my list of favorite thrillers EVER. I loved the different perspective on the serial killer thriller that this author took. This book is one that allows for complexity in all of the characters, realism in how an investigation would go, and leaves you not hating every single character you encountered in the book - as so often thrillers do these days.

The narration was perfect - the voice of the character was authentic and matched to the story. The narration also had distinct differences between our main character's perspective and the podcast transcripts throughout the story, which made it very easy to follow along.

4.5 stars

This was a fun story. If started out seeming like a typical domestic thriller/fiction narrative, albeit one with some interesting time jumps, but then it shifted partway through. It became more enthralling and a bit more unique during the second half. I definitely enjoyed the story and the characters overall. As I said, it was a fun story.

I am grateful to the publisher for being able to receive, read, and review this audiobook. All opinions are my own. I felt like this was a good thriller with a very slow burn. There were intricate details of day to day moments and while they didn’t push the story forward they made the characters seem more real. Poor Kacy, the main character in this story, has the worst taste in friends ever. Seriously. She should never make another friend. Her best friend Aimee before this story started framed her for theft and embezzlement at the museum they both worked at. Following this scandal she and her husband move from the east coast to Texas for a fresh start. As Kacy settles in and joins a neighborhood women’s group she becomes friends with her next door neighbor. But the neighbors have secrets of their own that derail the fresh start and set Kacy and her husband Michael on an adventure they would have rather skipped. I liked the podcast transcripts sprinkled throughout with the aftermath of the story that was being told.

Loved this one!! It captured my attention from the very beginning and I was intrigued all the way to the very end. I listened to the audio version and the narrator’s smooth, soothing voice reading this thriller made it extra creepy!! This audio version was amazing!!

<b>What would you do if you found out your bestie was a serial killer? She’s planning on doing you a favor by killing your previous bestie, who ruined your life and is still taunting you about it. Is that such a bad thing?

I’ve always been interested in the minds of serial killers and psychopaths. And couples who kill are extremely interesting. How do they find each other?

This wildly suspenseful thriller is interlaced with podcasts that make it even more entertaining, especially since I listened to the audiobook. The narration was excellent!</b>

Kacy is sweet and friendly, but she has a knack for choosing the wrong friends. Her bestie, and coworker at a museum in NJ, framed her for embezzlement. There wasn’t enough evidence to send her to prison, but she lost her job. And become front-page news. So she and Michael, her super-supportive husband, moved from New Jersey to Texas for a fresh start.

I guess framing her wasn’t enough though, Aimee also sends her taunting postcards. I don’t know how this girl was ever able to pull off acting like a best friend!

After their move to Texas, it takes Kacy a while to settle into their new life, and start trusting her instincts again. Then she meets Lena, their next-door neighbor. Lena is pretty rough-around-the-edges, but she accepts Kacy and believes her side of the story. Kacy and Michael click with Lena and Brady immediately. Kacy has a new bestie again. This one always has her back…but happens to be a serial killer, whoops! I guess we can’t all be perfect.

Sincere thanks to NetGalley, Dreamscape Media, and Katherine Center. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

<b>My Rating: </b> 4.5 ⭐️’s (rounding up)
<b>Expected Publication:</b> August 10th 2021
<b>Audio:</b> 9 hours 47 minutes
<b>Recommend:</b> Yes

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<b>What would you do if you found out your bestie was a serial killer? She’s planning on doing you a favor by killing your previous bestie, who ruined your life and is still taunting you about it. Is that such a bad thing?

I’ve always been interested in the minds of serial killers and psychopaths. And couples who kill are extremely interesting. How do they find each other?

This wildly suspenseful thriller is interlaced with podcasts that make it even more entertaining, especially since I listened to the audiobook. The narration was excellent!</b>

Kacy is sweet and friendly, but she has a knack for choosing the wrong friends. Her bestie, and coworker at a museum in NJ, framed her for embezzlement. There wasn’t enough evidence to send her to prison, but she lost her job. And become front-page news. So she and Michael, her super-supportive husband, moved from New Jersey to Texas for a fresh start.

I guess framing her wasn’t enough though, Aimee also sends her taunting postcards. I don’t know how this girl was ever able to pull off acting like a best friend!

After their move to Texas, it takes Kacy a while to settle into their new life, and start trusting her instincts again. Then she meets Lena, their next-door neighbor. Lena is pretty rough-around-the-edges, but she accepts Kacy and believes her side of the story. Kacy and Michael click with Lena and Brady immediately. Kacy has a new bestie again. This one always has her back…but happens to be a serial killer, whoops! I guess we can’t all be perfect.

Sincere thanks to NetGalley, Dreamscape Media, and Katherine Center. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

<b>My Rating: </b> 4.5 ⭐️’s (rounding up)
<b>Expected Publication:</b> August 10th 2021
<b>Audio:</b> 9 hours 47 minutes
<b>Recommend:</b> Yes

#YouCanNeverTell #NetGalley #PsychologicalThriller #DreamscapeMedia #Audiobook #ExcellentNarrator #JorjeanaMarie #Podcast #SerialKillers #InExchangeForReview #ARC #NoRulesJustThrills #BookReviewer #JustFinished

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Casey is really bad at picking friends. After being framed by her former best friend, she and her husband move across the country to Texas, where she befriends a serial killer. The reader knows who the killers are early on, but Casey and her husband, Michael, do not. It is a book that requires a bit of suspended disbelief, but it’s quick paced and an overall good pick. I listened to the audio version and it had excellent narration. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy!

You Can Never Tell by Sarah Warburton

You Can Never Tell who you truly trust.

Kacy and her husband, Michael, moved from New Jersey to Texas for a fresh start. Kacy’s so called best friend, Aimee, framed her for theft at the museum they worked at.

Kacy is angry with the fallout. Paranoid on becoming close to anyone else, because can she truly trust anyone again? With some time she slowly starts to become friends with their neighbors. She becomes good friends with Lena, who happens to be a serial killer! (We know this from the beginning, but it was still interesting!)

Bad things are happening right next door and Kacy and Michael never knew!

I enjoyed the true crime podcast transcripts throughout. Good way to keep the suspense.

I enjoyed listening to this book! Kept me interested the entire time! Could stop listening to it!! Fun story!

Thank you Sarah Warburton, Dreamscape Media and NetGalley for the audio to listen to this book in return for my honest review!

4 stars

There's a ubiquitous and very specific - nearly always woman identifying - character type whose life is FILLED with people they just can't believe would do/would be/would say/etc., and up until now, I have wanted to shake this character. HOW, I want to know, do you never know that all of these awful people are, in fact, awful, and do you think maybe your picker is malfunctioning...?

As much as other characters of this ilk have infuriated me at times, I have to say that I have a soft spot for this one. Kacy and her husband move from New Jersey to Texas after her close friend participates in a series of absurd acts against her. She feels understandably confused, betrayed, and unsettled, so she's in an ideal mindset for the m.c. at the start of a thriller. It's also helpful that she is surrounded by new people AND that she has misgivings. Unlike so many of her predecessors, she actually thinks critically about the new folks in her life. Can they be trusted? Is she missing something? All good questions, Kacy...

The secondary characters are a bit rounder than readers often get in this genre, and that helps build the suspense and uncertainty. When Kacy's husband gets himself in a pickle, it's easy to wonder (back to the broken picker) what the truth is. The same is true for her various new friends. Overall, that uncertainty and past experience work so well here. And, in an effort to avoid any kind of spoiler, I'll say that I found the way all of this resolves, including the lengthy build to the climax and the more evolved than usual resolution, pretty satisfying.

A fun feature of this novel is the inclusion of snippets from a podcast that centers on an integral murderous couple. If you are also a Murderino, I urge you very strongly to get the audiobook. I think this narrator is pretty solid overall, but I died laughing every time she was doing the podcast scenes. The hosts are named Helen and Julia (Karen and Georgia to the rest of us), and the narrator does what I can only call a hilarious impression of both voices: especially Helen's (Karen's). Had I heard one of these snippets completely out of context, I still would have thought, "Hey! Not a bad Killgariff!" Truly, if you know what I'm talking about, you need to have a listen. SSDGM.

This is definitely one of my favorite thrillers of the summer. For me, there was a weird amount of focus on a baby at times, nearly to the point of distraction (like why did I need to know about milk bubbles, how she looked when she was sleeping, how she was rooting...this struck me as odd). I'd have also liked to see a bit more resolution/discussion between two characters who have longstanding drama. These points were minor in the grand scheme. Recommended.

I really enjoyed this read through. As someone who listens to true crime podcasts I was stoked when the first interlude played. I love when that form of media gets portrayed in books and is one of the reasons I picked this up. I was also a really big fan of the authors choice to fast forward through what would have been a boring uneventful day to day life of the our characters. Instead we got to see friendships start and initial thoughts and hints of the sinister things going on behind closed doors.

Mixed feelings on some aspects of this novel, but ultimately I found it enjoyable and interesting.

Kacy has moved away after being framed for an actual crime (though she escaped prosecution) by her truly terrible ex-best friend. Said ex-friend, Aimee, continues to torture her by sending her nasty postcards in the mail. Kacy is having trouble trusting new people and making new friends for understandable reasons. At the same time as this story is being told, the book is alternately narrated by two true crime podcast hosts. You will wonder for awhile how the crime fits in to Kacy’s story with her ex-friend, and the way the two stories merge is clever, if not at all the direction I expected things to go.

But, my little bone to pick. I am a girl without kids who loves to read domestic thrillers. This book had a weird need to highlight the fact that one of the characters didn’t have or like kids, and made an effort to point this out as sort of a red flag character flaw and a key part of her being a bad person. I was really not a fan of that for obvious reasons, so it took a lot for the book to get me back on its side after that.

Also, this book is not one of your dark and ambiguous narrator books. The main character is definitely a bit of a goody two shoes, not even indulging in a LITTLE bit of dark fun or fantasy against a person who truly wronged her, and that made it a little difficult to identify with or have fun with her character. I think I would have enjoyed his book a lot more if Kacy had been allowed to exercise more of her dark side or at least express a little more healthy anger at her psycho ex-friend.

Despite these things, though, I found this a well-plotted and well-narrated mystery that held my interest and kept me coming back to find out what happened. So to sum up, I’d give this 3.5 stars for an enjoyable read despite some flaws. I like how Warburton writes and builds suspense, and I would read her again, but I’d like to encourage her to let her inner bad girl out a little more in the next one. Many of us come to these domestic thrillers for a little dark fun. No need to make the main character quite so perfect.

Thanks to Dreamscape Media for this well-narrated and suspenseful ARC!

Right away I was intrigued. What was the punchline? Page after page, patiently reading, waiting on Kacy's past to be explained. And, I was not disappointed. Podcasts are intertwined in the story, and work amazingly well piecing together Kacy, her husband, and their next door neighbor. Also, Kacy faced with another crime committed around her was still on point and worked well, still believable.

As the plot unraveled, my thoughts wondered, were there two authors? I'm not a fan of B-movies, and sadly the second half read like one. Example without spoiling: A happily married educated couple, a newborn, a security breach in their home, packages and crazy mail appears, and the writer sadly blows all the good work. At one point, the author writes that desperation on her face and/or in her voice is noticeable. That is what I thought the entire time Kacy and her husband were in a perilous situation, exchanging actions and dialogue of a couple kids. She did this several times in the last 100 or so pages, and I immediately dropped the rating to three stars hoping she could save this with a realistic ending. Of note, automatic 1 star loss for foul language laughed off as French or bombs.

The narrator, Jorjeana Marie, did a nice job.

Furthermore, this had such potential, so easily could have been a five star, I will sing the praises and recommend to everyone read.

*Tell me right now why I must not say a word, run to the car or I won't go. I mean it. This type of dialogue left me shaking my head for too many pages.

Thank you Netgalley, Dreamscape Media, Sarah Warburton.


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I highly suggest you skip reading the official description for this book.

Non-spoiler description: Kacy Tremain and her husband Michael have recently moved from New Jersey to Texas after a former friend of Kacy's framed her for embezzlement. Looking to restart her life, Kacy finds friendship with the women in her new community. As Kacy settles into her new life, community members are found murdered. The story then unfolds to reveal that not everything is as it seems with her new life. The story is mainly told from Kacy's POV but includes transcripts from a true-crime podcast that covered the story.

The first half of this book grabbed my attention, but it fell a bit flat somewhere along the way. I would have enjoyed this more going into it blind.

I listened to this story as an audiobook. The narrator did a great job bringing this book to life, and I really enjoyed the parts of the podcast. It added a bit of humor and depth to the story.

Many thanks to Netgalley and Dreamscape Media for providing an ALC in exchange for my honest opinion.

Told in both narrative and “true crime podcast” excerpts, Warburton’s book paints a grim picture of what happens behind the picket fences in a Texas suburb. Kacy and Michael Tremain have moved to Texas for a new start after Kacy was accused of white collar crime by her best friend. She makes friends in her new Texas neighborhood, but is freaked out when she finds hidden cameras in her new home. Her new friends convince her they were installed by the previous owners and the couple settles in and starts a family. It’s not until about a year later that one of their neighbors disappears and it appears her husband may be to blame. There’s nothing worse than bad neighbors…. except for psychotic neighbors