3.5 stars. Widow Frannie Greene moves to an assisted living facility at the persistent urging of her children. Once there, she mostly keeps to herself until she makes a friend in a vibrant woman named Katherine. Katherine's husband, however, is cold and controlling, and one day Frannie recognizes him as the corrupt judge she blames for the death of her young granddaughter. Impulsively, Frannie tampers with the medicine cart, rationalizing her actions as a sort of karmic justice. The next day, however, she finds that the judge is still very much alive, but someone else is not. Is it Frannie's fault? And if so, how will she live with herself?

This was an enjoyable thriller from a fresh perspective! I feel like most of the books I read in this genre have a young female protagonist, so I really enjoyed Frannie taking that role. I was invested in the story, the pace was excellent, and some of the twists surprised me. Overall a solid read! Narrator Petrea Burchard does an excellent job of bringing the story to life.

Thank you to Rebecca A. Keller, Dreamscape Media, and NetGalley for my advance audio copy!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.
This was an oddball mixture of crime, corruption, family life and secrets. It wasn’t bad but it wasn’t my favorite. The main character was confusing at times and the rest of the characters were rather unlikable.
The ending wasn’t what I expected either and there really wasn’t any climax to the whole book at all.
Narrator did an ok job.

Sorry this was a DNF for me. I gave it all my effort to finish and at 60% in I’ve decided this book just isn't for me.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for the free audio book in exchange for an honest review.

This was narrated by Petrea Burchard who did a fabulous job with all of the characters. Highly recommend the audio version!

This is an interesting mystery about people committing a crime for the wrong reasons and a thought-provoking reminder that all of us will grow old at some point despite our best efforts!

Frannie Green is a retired nurse who has reluctantly moved into assisted living at the insistence of her kids. While she has her mental faculties, her movement in her 70's is just not what it should be. As she acclimates and begins to make friends in the home, she discovers something about a couple that she befriends...the husband did something horrible and it impacted Frannie's family. Despite an inner struggle, Frannie takes her revenge and it ends up causing harm to an innocent person. As Frannie struggles to sort through the mess and discovers the truth, we see that things are more complex that they seemed.

I really enjoyed this! I liked Frannie and had great empathy for her as I too have a mother in memory care. I thought the author was brave to set the book in a nursing home as that is not a sexy setting that any of us want to end up in. Recommend!!!

You Should Have Known by Rebecca A. Keller
Narrated by Petrea Burchard

This is such an interesting mix of crime, past and present, and the self reflection that comes with grief, loss, age, and guilt. Retired nurse Frannie Greene has been moved into a senior living facility after a fall that led to a broken knee cap and the decision by her doctor and grown children that she should no longer live at home on her own. Her family has had enough heartache in their past for Franny to feel like she can add more stress on her children so she does her best to settle into this fate even though she's not happy about the situation.

Soon Franny is embroiled in a precarious situation. A judge that she considers crooked is living in this home and Franny had become friends with his wife before she was aware that this judge played such a huge part in the tragedy that befell her family. If only Franny could get justice for her granddaughter and others but that's just a pipedream. Then things come together to make Franny's dream a possibility...maybe?

Instantly Franny has regrets, especially when someone who least deserves it may pay dearly for something she didn't do. How could Franny throw away everything that made her the person she had been in the past by trying to change the future? Nothing she could do would change the past and now she's mucked up the future for so many people. What was the right thing to do? What is the right thing to do now?

Petrea Burchard does a fantastic job with the narration of this story. She makes it easy to picture Franny as she tried to work through all that has happened and should happen in the future. Franny is at a crossroads. She can fight her fate in ways that make things harder on her children or she can adapt and find happiness in her last years. She may not be where she wants to be but there is no fighting the aging process. And now she has to make sure her actions don't hurt even more people than her family. For some of what Franny reflects upon, there are no answers, what is coming will come no matter what Franny does.

Thank you to Dreamscape Media and NetGalley for this ARC.

After a fall, retired nurse, Francine Greene has been persuaded by her children to move into an assisted living facility. She quickly befriends Katherine, another resident who shares her love of books and soap operas. That friendship quickly curdles when Frannie discovers that Katherine’s husband is the judge who let the drunk driver who killed her grandchild off with house arrest. Succumbing to the temptation for revenge, she takes drugs from an unattended meds cart to prepare a lethal cocktail for the judge. When death is the result, Frannie is consumed with feelings of remorse, guilt and the fear of discovery. Less a thriller than an intense study of the human psyche, this thought provoking story is perfect for book groups

Wow, I was not expecting to enjoy this one as much as I did. This audiobook had me hooked from the beginning!

Thank you Dreamscipe Media and Netgalley fir this alc. It was a different and surprisingly good debut. I loved the dynamic an unique settings that made a mystery thriller really complex. There were really some difficult decision and was really hard to say were good or bad but I enjoyed this audio a lot.

First, I am so thankful to Crooked Lane Books, Dreamscape Media, NetGalley, and Rebecca A. Keller for granting me advanced audio access to You Should Have Known, which details a saddening downtick in our ever-aging lives, but the process of receiving elderly care when one might not be ready for it. Our main character is jetted off to a senior living facility after it's deemed she can no longer care for herself alone. What she stumbles upon is a community like no other, and one that's not portrayed in the stereotypical media sequences.