No One Can Know kept me reading all the way through, and had overall is a thriller I would recommend. The one issue I had was how a lot of the tension surrounding Emma between her sisters and her husband is easily avoided with some communication. Even leaving her estranged from her sisters, the way she’s evasive with her husband is unnecessary. It adds frustration for the reader and makes certain events and reveals less impactful than they could have been.

Note: arc provided by the publisher via netgalley in exchange for honest reviews

This book is extremely well written. Kate Alice did a great job at introducing the characters and identifying each of their quirks and qualities without giving anything away. There were twists and turns with the characters and with the plot, which I liked a lot. As ,icy as you knew a character, you didn’t know them completely. I liked that aspect because one, you didn’t see it coming, and two, it’s just like real life. No matter how much you think you know someone, you really don’t. The other great part about these twists is that they weren’t predictable. Sometimes when you’re reading you can see it coming and what the author had planned. In this book, you didn’t. Most of the time when there are multiple twists and turns I get annoyed because it’s too much, but Kate Alice did it in a way that made it valuable to the story. I highly suggest this book to anyone that enjoys a good mystery book. You will not be disappointed.

Fourteen years ago, the Palmer sisters―Emma, Juliette, and Daphne―left their home in Arden Hills and never returned. But when Emma discovers she’s pregnant and her husband loses his job, she has no option but to return to the house that she and her estranged sisters still own . . . and where their parents were murdered.

Emma has never told anyone what she saw the night her parents died, even when she became the prime suspect. But her presence in the house threatens to uncover secrets that have stayed hidden for years, and the sisters are drawn together once again. As they face their memories of the past, rivalries restart, connections are forged, and, for the first time, Emma starts to ask questions about what really happened that night.

The more Emma learns, the more riddles emerge. And Emma begins to wonder just what her siblings will do to keep the past buried, and whether she did the right thing staying quiet about what was whispered that night: “No one can know.”


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I did not enjoy this as much as What Lies in the Woods. I think this started out really strongly, but somewhere in the middle of the book, I kind of lost interest a little bit. I enjoyed the flashbacks. I really liked the overall premise, but I felt like the final reveal lacked something. I had a hard time really caring about any of these characters. This was a pretty quick read and it was fine, but I am a little disappointed that I didn't love it as much as I thought I would.

I loved What Lies in the Woods when I read it last year so I was excited to pick up this new book from Kate Alice Marshall!! Emma and her two sisters haven’t been in contact since their parents were murdered years ago. Emma has built a new life in a new place, where nobody knows that everyone in her home town suspects she committed the murders. But when Emma returns to her hometown and the sisters come back together, all of their secrets start to unravel.

This was a twisty domestic thriller that kept me on my toes. I couldn’t put this book down and the build up to the ending was so so good. I will say the ending was a bit convoluted and wasn’t quite as big of a pay off as I was expecting. But it did keep me guessing!!

Thank you to NetGalley and Flatiron books for the ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review!!

Thank you to Flatiron Books & NetGalley for an ARC of this book, in exchange for my honest opinion.

Honestly, I didn’t really love this book. It was a slow moving thriller, that had a very far fetched plot, with little making sense. I did keep reading because I ultimately had to know the answers to the big murder mystery, but like I said it all seemed like a reach and didn’t really add up.

Nathan & Emma are down on their luck. Nathan has just lost his job, and they are now out of all the money they put for a down payment on a house, and have to move out of their current home. It’s not the best timing for Emma to find out she is pregnant. Unsure of what to do they head back to Emma’s hometown where her childhood home still sits because at least they won’t be homeless.

But Nathan doesn’t understand how complex the situation is for them to return back to that house. Emma’s parents were murdered and everyone pointed fingers at her for killing them. Making matters even more complicated is her two sisters who she is estranged from who she hasn’t spoken to since the night of the murders; the night they made a pact .

The book is told in alternating timelines and dual POV from the times leading up to the murders, the murder, the aftermath, and current times. It was easy to follow but by the end of the book the story of who committed the murder and how everything went down seemed a like it was improbable to me and didn’t really make much sense.

Not my cup of tea, but someone else may enjoy!

Marshall has done it again! I loved her previous book, What Lies in the Woods, and my high expectations were absolutely met with her newest book. I loved the alternating POVs and the sisters' relationships to one another. This one was dark in all the right ways and the pacing was just perfect.

I really enjoyed this story - the story was told from 3 sisters points of view - the main being Emma, followed by Juliette and Daphne. While growing up in a house with abusive parents, lies and secrets, mom and dad are murdered and it's suspected Emma did it (the middle sister). These book really keeps you guessing until the end - it still leaves some things up to debate also - which I do like. This was a great dark twisty thriller!

Thanks to NetGalley and Flatiron Books for an advanced reader copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. No One Can Know chronicles the lives of Emma and her two sisters, the murders of their parents, and Emma's return to her hometown (and the scene of the murders, her childhood home) in the wake of her husband's unemployment and her unexpected pregnancy. Kate Alice Marshall weaves an intricate mystery, and throughout the book, I was left guessing as to the identify of the murderer. However, while the beginning and ending were particularly compelling, I became bored by the middle of the book, as multiple characters, perspectives, reveals, and time jumps made for a non-linear and somewhat overwhelming reading experience.

•domestic thriller
•family secrets
•small town murder mystery
•multiple POV
•alternating timelines

Add this book to your list of twisty thrillers to read. The main character is Emma: she's in her early 30s, in a struggling marriage, with a husband who recently lost his job. They have no choice but to move back to Emma's small hometown and reside in the childhood home she inherited after her parents were murdered. Emma was the prime suspect in the case and the police are quick to let her know they still have their eye on her. To complicate matters, her estranged sisters come back into her life and the cold case is reopened. The three sisters have never talked about what happened that fateful night, but their secrets must come to light before someone goes to prison, or worse.

This was a really quick read and I enjoy books with alternating timelines. But with that and multiple points of view, it often felt like too much. Especially the end, when most of the plot twists happen. So I was ultimately left feeling confused, but still enjoyed it as a whole. If you loved 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙇𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙨 then I think you'll also love this one.

Thank you to NetGalley and Flatiron Books for providing me a digital reviewer copy in exchange for my honest thoughts.

No one Can Know is a fitting title because I was never quite sure where this story was headed.

The parents of three sisters were found murdered in the family home and one of the girls is considered the chief suspect. Through flashbacks we discover the traumatic childhood that gave each girl a reason to want their parents dead.

The case goes cold and present day one of the sisters moves back home. What could possibly go wrong.

I found the premise compelling, I’m all for family drama but some of the decisions of the characters had me yelling at my book.

Twisty and a fun read though I thought the build up was better than the conclusion.

I love a good sister story, and No One Can Know featured three adult sisters who endured a terrible tragedy as children and have not spoken to each other since. They return to their childhood home and begin to confront the past. But someone (who might very well be one of them) does not want the truth to come out.

I LOVED this premise! There were definitely aspects of it that didn't make complete sense and that you just had to go with. Readers who are like amnesia stories and don't mind a more atmospheric and less propulsive narrative will love this one!


My full review was posted on Jen Ryland Reviews on January 3 and is linked below!

Let me tell you about this book! It was so good! I loved every minute of it. When I say I carried my phone and kindle every where I went I did. I could not stop reading this book. I love this author so stink much. This was a GREAT read! I wish I could read it again. This was an edge of the set read for me. I enjoyed this book so much. The characters were so relatable.

This was super twisty and I loved almost every minute of it! I really enjoy the way that Kate Alice Marshall builds up secrets and then slowly reveals twist after twist. This is her second adult thriller (I am also a big fan of her YA and MG books) and I think it was very well done. The characters in this one aren't particularly likeable, but I actually liked that because then I wasn't too upset or shocked by any of their actions.

Anyway, I would definitely recommend this one to thriller lovers.

3.5 Stars

Plot -
Three sisters grew up in an abusive home until one night their parents were murdered and middle child Emma was always the prime suspect. Years later, Emma returns with her husband to fix up the family home, but there are people who want to make sure she doesn't share what she knows.

Thoughts -
I thought this book was just okay. It didn't wow me. The plot centers around the sisters being suspects and delves into the idea that their parents were abusive. There were a couple of unhinged moments and examples, but it felt like it wasn't explained enough. The sisters as girls kept having this idea that they could "never leave," despite one of the sisters about to turn 18. The whole thing just wasn't explained well.
There were also too many plot twists for me. I often enjoy a double plot twist, but this one felt like it kept saying, "this person it the murderer, just kidding, this person it the murderer. Psych! It was actually this person. Lol got you! This is the real murderer." It got to be too much for me and a little confusing.
I really enjoyed Kate Alice Marshall's first book, WHAT LIES IN THE WOODS, but this one missed the mark for me a little bit. Overall, it was well written and a fast easy read, but I would have preferred more focus on the backstory and less on the endless plot twists.

Kate Alice Marshall is an auto buy author no matter what she writes. No One Can Know is phenomenal. Sisters keeping secrets, conspiracies, cheating, lies, and so much more. I genuinely loved this thriller, and the red herrings were plausible and basically perfect. Marshall does not disappoint with this one, keeping us guessing til the end.

I was a huge fan of "What Lies in the Woods," so I was really excited to read this new release by Kate Alice Marshall. In addition to being a twisty thriller with an ending I didn't guess, this book gets props for having one of my favorite features -- a grand old house that's such a presence, it becomes a character in and of itself. I also liked the parallels with her debut, with three girls once again serving as the protagonists, but in a completely different way than in "What Lies in the Woods." This was an easy five-star read for me.

I read Marshall's other adult centric book - What Lies in the Woods - earlier this year and was enthralled - I leapt at the chance to read this ARC and was NOT disappointed - This was my last read for 2023 and it was a ride. Centered around a family with a tragedy that causes lots of whispers in town as to whom might have been responsible for this great tragedy and sends each of the children in a different direction. Due to circumstances, one of the siblings move back into the family home with her husband and whispers and secrets come bubbling to the surface. The story goes back and forth between a Now and Then narrative and flats between the 3 siblings, as the story moves along you learn more and more about what may have happened the night of the tragedy and how that has affected their current life. Highly recommend.

All in all this was a great thriller that had you racing to the end to figure out what secrets it held. I'm a real sucker for deep, dark family secrets, so this one was right up my alley.
To be honest I was expecting something more dramatic to happen than what did, given the actions of two out of three main characters. And I wish there was a little more explanation for some of the story threads, but overall | enjoyed the book. Four stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review

🤫 No One Can Know - Kate Alice Marshall

4 ⭐️ - This is my second Kate Alice Marshall read and I’m definitely a fan! This one had a spooky setting, lots of plot twists, unreliable unlikable characters, and a bit of an open ended ending. I felt addicted to this rollercoaster ride of a thriller.

Emma hasn’t shared a lot of her past. Her husband knows her parents are dead and she hasn’t spoken to her sisters in years. When Nathan is laid off, they lose their apartment and their bank accounts are in the red - Emma decides to share that her and her sisters jointly own their parent’s house. But returning home brings up a lot of secrets for Emma, including that her parents were murdered… in this house… and the town thinks Emma did it.

I am a big gullible mystery/thriller readers. I never know who did it. In this one, I had my suspicions, I thought I could be right, guess what.. I wasn’t. This book kept me hooked from the beginning, kept me guessing for answers, and secrets that everyone seemed to have. The ending is a big vague and keeps you guessing at what is true and what is false, which can sometimes be frustrating but I really liked it for this story. Definitely recommend if you’re a Marshall fan or looking for a new thriller!

Keep your eyes out for this one on shelves on 1/23! Thanks to Netgalley, Macmillan Audio, and Flatiron Books for the early ARC copies!