feel like as compelled as I was to find out the main mystery resolution this was a little slow moving overall. I did like how I didn't completely guess the ending but overall not my favorite.

So twisty and kept me guessing to the end. I love the multiple perspectives and thought this book unfolded in such a way that left me trusting everyone and no one at the same time. I really enjoyed this book!

Thank you to NetGalley and Flatiron books for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Apparently I have been sleeping on Kate Alice Marshall. I randomly picked up What Lies in the Woods earlier this year and *devoured* it, so clearly I was floored when I saw No One Can Know on NetGalley and snagged an ARC. This book had everything! Strict parents who are murdered in cold blood? Check. Strained relationship between sisters? Check. Moody abandoned estate? Check. And the list goes on.

Told in alternating perspectives and timelines, this was definitely the epitome of a domestic drama/thriller. However, I also thought there was a bigger overarching theme of sisterhood, which resonated with me having two sisters of my own.

Do not sleep on this book!

What Lies in the Woods was one of my favorite books last year, so I was VERY excited to read No One Can Know. Unfortunately, this one didn't really work for me. The pace felt very slow, and I couldn't quite get a handle on the characters or what was happening, and the whole thing ended up being kind of boring.

That said, they can't all be winners, and I'm still going to be first in line to read whatever Marshall writes next.

"The author of What Lies in the Woods returns with a novel about three sisters, two murders, and too many secrets to count.

Emma hasn't told her husband much about her past. He knows her parents are dead and she hasn't spoken to her sisters in years. Then they lose their apartment, her husband gets laid off, and Emma discovers she's pregnant - right as the bank account slips into the red.

That's when Emma confesses that she has one more asset: her parents' house, which she owns jointly with her estranged sisters. They can't sell it, but they can live in it. But returning home means that Emma is forced to reveal her secrets to her husband: that the house is not a run-down farmhouse but a stately mansion, and that her parents died there.

Were murdered.

And that some people say Emma did it.

Emma and her sisters have never spoken about what really happened that night. Now, her return to the house may lure her sisters back, but it will also crack open family and small-town secrets lots of people don't want revealed. As Emma struggles to reconnect with her old family and hold together her new one, she begins to realize that the things they have left unspoken all these years have put them in danger again."

Kate Alice Marshall has become a must read author for me.

Anything Kate Marshall writes I will read and I know I will love. This is a great horror/suspense/mystery and I could not get enough of it. This book had me sitting on the edge of the couch biting my nails I was so absorbed in it. Stunning book! Absolutely loved it!
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[4.5 stars]

Every family has their secrets, but not all families have secrets that could harm their loved ones. Emma and her sisters, Juliette (JJ) and Daphne, are the secret keepers of their family. After 14 years, and a number of setbacks that lead her here, Emma returns "home" to her family house. Where her mother and father were murdered all those years ago. As Emma and her husband begin going through the house and its relics, Emma begins to question her memory of that night. Although he was deemed the prime suspect, she knows she did not play a part in her parents' murder. But if she didn't, then who did? And why are all of the sisters hiding something about that night? However, as Emma keeps digging into the past, the more dangerous her search becomes. Everyone in Arden Hills is convinced Emma had a part in that night and are unhappy she has returned to town. Some residents more angry (and motivated for revenge) than others. Emma must reconnect with her estranged sisters to finally put this night to rest. As they recall their memories of the night, more questions arise. Who really killed their parents and are they still out there?

Kate Alice Marshall does it again! I could not put this one down and stayed up way too late finishing the book - lol. There were twists upon twists and just when you thought you had it all figured out, you were completely wrong. I even found myself audibly reacting to events in the story; which is something I rarely do. All I have to say is, what a wild ride. My only complaint is that sometimes with the dual timeline and multiple viewpoints, I found myself getting confused. But, it wasn't anything a quick look back couldn't fix. This will keep you on the edge of your seat from the very first page. If you loved What Lies in the Woods, you will absolutely devour this one.

Thank you to netgalley for a copy of this arc in exchange for an honest review. Kate Alice Marshall is becoming a new favorite author of mine. I really enjoyed this story. The ending was full of twists and I absolutely did not guess what was going to happen!

4.5 stars
The premise of Marshall’s book drew me in immediately. I read the book and listened to the audio both provided by the publisher and NetGalley.
Emma and her sisters are estranged after the death of their parents years earlier. But Emma and her husband are forced to move back to the house where her parents were murdered, and where she was the main suspect.
Emma begins asking questions about what happened years ago and old suspicions arise again.
There were lots of twists that kept the plot moving quickly and the reader engaged. I highly recommend this book to fans of suspense and thrillers. With a TA for abuse.

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. Thank you to NetGalley, and Flatiron Books for the ARC. This review is voluntary and my own.

This was so good. It was creepy, twisty, and interesting. I felt for our protagonist. She's been blamed for years for the death of her parents and she honestly can't explain what happened or why they've died. I loved the ending.
It was wonderful.

Thank you to Netgalley and the Publisher for this Advanced Reader's Copy of No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall!

✨mystery/thriller
✨family lies/drama
✨multiple POV
✨multiple timelines

SYNOPSIS:
“This book is about three sisters, two murders, and too many secrets to count. Emma hasn't told her husband much about her past.
He knows her parents are dead and she hasn't spoken to her sisters in years. Then they lose their apartment, her husband gets laid off, and Emma discovers she's pregnant-right as the bank account slips into the red. That's when Emma confesses that she has one more asset: her parents' house, which she owns jointly with her estranged sisters. They can't sell it, but they can live in it. But returning home means that Emma is forced to reveal her secrets to her husband: that the house is not a run-down farmhouse but a stately mansion, and that her parents died there. Were murdered. And that some people say Emma did it. Emma and her sisters have never spoken about what really happened that night. Now, her return to the house may lure her sisters back, but it will also crack open family and small-town secrets lots of people don't want revealed. As Emma struggles to reconnect with her old family and hold together her new one, she begins to realize that the things they have left unspoken all these years have put them in danger again.”

This book was a wild ride! It is full of twists, turns, and a whole bunch of family lies. It had me hooked from the beginning. It bounces around between POVs and multiple timelines. So that does get hard to follow at times but it still all flows well together. This book kept me intrigued from the first page!

If you are a thriller lover, add this one to your TBR! I don’t think you’ll be disappointed!

thank you Netgally and Flatiron Books for the ARC in exchange for a honest review.

No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall
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Pub date: January 23, 2024
Narrated by Karissa Vacker
@KarissaVacker
Duration: 10H 16M

If you haven’t read anything by Kate Alice Marshall, you should! Her writing has an edginess and atmosphere that I love but her characters, well, I’m never quite sure I should fully trust or even like them but I find myself rooting for them, just the same.

In No One Can Know, she examines the dysfunctional relationship between three sisters who’ve been estranged for 15 years since the brutal murder of their parents.

Emma, married now and soon to be without a home, moves into the family estate, the scene of her parents’ unsolved murder. Emma’s then forced to tell her husband the whole truth – that people in her home town think that she’s the one who murdered them.

Emma’s return has made more than one person nervous and will unwillingly bring all three of the sisters back together again. One thing is for certain, there are a lot of secrets being kept by Emma and her sisters. Secrets between them and secrets from each other. How this all plays out is a brilliant telling in different POV’s, past and present.

Clever and quickly paced, this suspenseful thriller has all the hairpin twists I could dream of.

🎧Karissa Vacker narrates this superbly; every character with a distinct tone and nuance. She is a favorite and made listening to this an absolute joy. Bravo and well-done, Karissa!

My thanks to @Macmillan.Audio and @Flatiron_Books for these gifted copies to review.

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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!

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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 follows three sisters in the past and present as they deal with the murders of their parents and the secrets they’ve all been keeping from each other.

Emma and her husband have moved back to Emma’s hometown fourteen years after her parents were killed. This is the first time she had been reunited with her sisters since the murders. The local police have always suspected that Emma was the one who murdered her parents, so she had to deal with their suspicion as she and her sisters confront the past.

This was a solid thriller that kept me guessing about what exactly had happened right up until the last chapter.

Thank you NetGalley, Flatiron Books, and Kate Alice Marshall for the advanced copy of No One Can Know in exchange for my honest review.

Marshall strikes again! I could not put this book down. I loved that we got alternating point of view chapters that also jumped around the timeline. Sometimes this can get confusing but I thought it was executed very well in this case.

Towards the end I did get a little confused about what *actually* happened the night the parents were murdered, but I did eventually get it figured out.

There were definitely twists I didn’t see coming which I can always appreciate in a thriller. Can’t wait to see what Marshall comes up with next!

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 Flatiron for my ARC, in exchange for my honest feedback.

My problem with this book was that in an effort to be unique the author put 19 plot twist at the end. Half of the people in the novel are like “It was me I killed him” and you don’t know the whole truth until the epilogue. At some point it was just ridiculous, literally 4 people were blamed for the same crime in like 5 chapters. However, it was still interesting and well written, the ending was just like a bad soap opera in my opinion.

2.5-3 stars

I really enjoyed What Lies In The Woods so I was excited to read this, but unfortunately it was somewhat of a miss for me.

The first 3/4 of the book really dragged. Between the different POVs and dual timelines, it just seemed like the story wasn’t moving forward much.

I was originally excited to read a story about 3 sisters and wish their relationships and personalities had been developed more.

So much happens in last part! Twist after twist, and it was hard to keep up. I did enjoy the last chapter and wrap up of the book.

Thank you to NetGallry and Flatiron Books for the advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.