No One Can Know is a sinister tale of three sisters and the secrets they’ve kept since the night of their parents murder. They’ve been estranged for so long that they no longer know one another anymore, but it’s obvious they all have their own agenda. As they return to their childhood home, it is apparent that neither the town, or each other, have forgotten the events of that night. For the town, that means continuing to blame Emma, the middle sister, for the murders despite the investigation never closing. For the other sisters, it means covering up the parts in it they played, no matter how small. The story they told as children is about to be unraveled. It’s an every-man-for-himself thriller that I could not stop reading, at least once I got out of my reading slump.

I loved the changing character POVs and the flashbacks to the past, it gave such a great insight into who the sisters were at the time of the murder and the total impact it had on them and continued to as adults. We’re given the chance, as readers, to form a bond with Emma, to carry sympathy for her, even as the story twists. We see how she gave up her inheritence, how she's the nice quiet one, the way she works hard for her marriage. However, we meet the other siblings through her lense. That tainted perspective was actually super fun for me, because it made it harder for me to figure out truth from fiction. JJ was the perfect one, but she's shed that skin now, and Daphne just freaked me out from start to finish. Even as we get to know their past and their whys, Emma's perception carried on in my mind. Seeing how they work together and attempt to dig one another down was just fascinating.

With family drama, police corruption, and even a second murder, the pace of No One Can Know is breakneck. There is so much happening, but Kate Alice Marshall weaves it together so perfectly. It’s a haunting tale that I truly could not figure out, which means instant 5 stars from me!

Someone knows everything. Everyone knows something and someone was falsely accused, or were they? That’s how this tale of three sisters whose parents were murdered in their home goes. It is quite an interesting take on a murder mystery and then it is finally solved, or is it? I love a mystery that makes you think through everything and provides many paths to wander. This book kept me on my toes and on high alert throughout, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you to NetGalley for the advance read copy.

I liked this book. The narration was done very well. The overall story kept me interested. At times I wished the story would have moved faster and gave more clues to what was going on.

I mostly enjoyed this book. I loved What Lies in the Woods by this author and was hoping for a bit more from this one. The beginning was great, as was the ending but the middle seemed to lose me a bit.

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.”
Thank you to NetGalley and Flatiron Books for giving me an advance copy.

This my third book from Marshall and she just continues to surprise me with fantastic, binge-worthy reads each time. I’ve read both her adult fiction and young adult fiction, and truly think she has mastered meeting expectations for both.

Our main character, Emma, is clearly hiding secrets about her past and about her parents' deaths. But does she even know the truth behind some of the secrets she’s hiding? That’s what readers get to find out alongside Emma!

Marshall chooses to intricately reveal more and more about the night in question which gives readers a chance to guess at the truth before Emma can reach her own conclusions. On the flipside, readers are also experiencing the present day timeline with Emma where a series of troubling events unfold that may or may not have a connection to her past. Both timelines and the various perspectives we got on them aided in making this story well-rounded. I loved learning about both and determining where secondary characters played a part in each.

ARC provided in exchange for an honest review.

I really enjoyed this book! It’s a psychological thriller about three sisters whose parents are murdered and 15 years later the youngest moves back into the house with her husband. I really enjoyed the flashbacks to the past leading up to the murder and the insight they gave into the relationship between the parents and sisters. Almost every character is an unreliable narrator at times, but with so many twist, I would expect nothing less! If you like mysteries and psychological thrillers be sure to check this book out!

These sisters need to work on their communication (just sayin). I loved the way that Kate Alice Marshall used the alternative POV’s and alternating timelines to give readers a trail of breadcrumbs to follow to the end. And what an ending it was, that brought the family tragedy, town hatred, and sisterly bond all together.
The writing was fast-paced in a way that allowed readers to enjoy the story, but not too fast that it felt as if the story ending was rushed.

This book was a wild ride!! I loved the comexoty of each sister story and what happened the night their parents were killed. Everytime I thought I had the mystery figured out, something would happen to change my mind until the very last chapter. So good!!

𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭. — 𝐁𝐎𝐓𝐌

💭 𝐌𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒:
This book— every bit as good as It Lies in the Woods, maybe even better! So many twists, turns, and surprises throughout… continued to the very last page! Just when you think you’ve figured it out- Errrr, wrong. I actually experienced that feeling a number of times while reading. I love that I didn’t exactly figure out the ending— it was a dropped jaw moment for me. However, in retrospect, I can reflect and see there were definitely clues so it wasn’t out of the blue and it is a plausible ending. Sometimes my brain hurt from taking in all the information and exploring all the possibilities but it was worth it! Such a fun, complex whodunnit with multiple crimes to sift through.

𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚:
🤯 Having to actually think while reading
🔪 Murders to solve (yes, plural)
🎭 Multiple Perspectives
🔁 Nonlinear timelines
🤫 Secrets and lies
💍 Marital issues
👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 Complicated family relationships

Thank you to Flatiron Books and NetGalley for the advanced copy. The thoughts and opinions expressed above are my own.

A thriller and suspense novel rooted in sisterhood and secrets.
Emma and her husband move to her hometown for a new start when financial and personal struggles strike them, leading them to her childhood home...where both of her parents were murdered years before. The move comes with its own struggles as much of the town believes Emma was responsible. As she is connected with her estranged sisters, all carrying their own secrets from that night and the years since, something sinister is invading her life once again, putting everyone in danger.
I thought this was a decent thriller that while predictable in a few parts, left me guessing on a lot of it until the final few pages. Thank you to Flatiron Books for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I loved this book! I was hooked from the beginning with a girl returning to a small town and an old crime resurfaces. The slow release of information kept me guessing the whole time. I loved all the twists that were revealed. It wasn’t what I was thinking it would be, but I was happy with the final twist because the one before that just didn’t seem right.

Thank you NetGalley and Flatiron Books for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This was another great thriller by Marshall. There were so many great twists and turns in this book. Emma finds herself having to return to her family's abandoned home after her husband squanders away their savings and has lost his job. It's the last place she wants to return to, the scene of her parent's murder, but she is out of options. She lets her estranged sisters know that she is returning home and old family secrets start to reveal themselves. But, after all the secrets and lies they kept growing up, can they still keep them? Even if it means revealing the truth?

Every time I thought that I figured out what was happening, there'd be a new twist or surprise. This one had me guessing until the very end! Definitely a must read!

This is my second Kate Alice Marshall read and I LOVED this book...so much that I made it my BOTM even after reading the ARC. My favorite thing about Kate Alice Marshall is that I continually guess and question everything until the very end. I loved the multiple perspectives from each of the sisters. I weirdly liked that they weren't all likeable, but still easy to connect with. While the middle was a teeny but slower paced I had to rate this 5 stars because of the suspese and mystery aspects.

This was my first Kate Alice Marshall novel and I wonder if "What Lies in the Woods" is better. I like the story and how it was told through the three sisters perspectives but this wasn't as suspenseful as I thought it would be. I enjoyed the three sisters' personalities and seeing them as children and adults. I wasn't hooked on this novel to the point that I had to finish it. I idly read this just curious to find out what was going on. I would recommend this author and will be checking out her other works.

Thanks to Kate Alice Marshall, Netgalley, and Flatiron Books for allowing me to read this ARC.

𝚁𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐: 3.5 ⭐️
𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚛𝚎: Thriller/mystery📚

𝙼𝚢 𝚃𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜:
An engaging enough read that didnt really feel like a thriller and fell a little short for me

𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎:
Lots of reveals
Whodunnit murder mystery
Multiple POV
Domestic thriller
Dual timeline (then and now)

𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝙸 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚍:
Each sister has a POV

𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗’𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛:
I guessed it from the very beginning
A little slow at times
I didn’t really connect with any of the characters

“Yellow wallpaper. White grip. Red hand”

Three sisters have been living separate lives after their traumatizing past. Their parents were brutally murdered inside their home while sisters Emma, Daphne, and JJ were having a sleepover in their treehouse. You think they would have heard the gunshots, but they each told police that they must’ve slept through the noise.

Emma, the middle child, is blamed for their murders even though the police can’t prove it because of the lack of evidence. The gun was never found, and yet, she’s hounded by not only the police, but also her so called friends and people around town. She’ll never go back to that town, she can’t.

Now, years later Emma is married and pregnant with her first child. Her husband, Nathan, hits her with a bombshell that he lost his job and they’re in severe financial trouble. They have no place to live until Nathan insists that that they move into the house her parents were murdered in.

Since moving back, her husband has taken quite an interests in the night of the murders by asking uncomfortable questions. She’ll never tell, her sisters swore they would never tell what happened.

Moving back has brought her estranged sisters back as well. No one remembers what happened that night, but Emma is destined to clear her name and do a little investigation of her own even if it puts her life, and her unborn child, in danger.

This was my second book by Kate Alice Marshall and it won’t be my last. The twists were unexpected, the thrill of unraveling the mystery was exciting, and the secrets kept spilling out throughout the book. I might’ve guessed the ending, but the events leading up to it were heart pounding and I couldn’t put my kindle down.

NetGalley Review — my rating ⭐️⭐️/5

“No One Can Know” by Kate Alice Marshall …. & I’m not even sure anyone really does know …

This psychological thriller surrounds 3 sisters: Emma, JJ, and Daphne & their parents’ murder when they were teens. The cops are still convinced of Emma’s guilt. So when Emma and her husband, Nathan, have to move back into the house her parents died in, suspicion surrounds her. Why would she revisit the scene of the murders if she really is hiding something? Maybe it wasn’t her after all.

This book didn’t hit for me at all. It was so slow and so confusing towards the end. I’m not even sure I know what actually happened and what story was real.

Not a fan but hey! You decide. This book is out now!

Big thanks to NetGalley for the ARC!

#netgalley #noonecanknow #arc

This was the five-star thriller I've been looking for. It is a slow burn with complex characters. It doesn't have the plot twists of something like First Lie Wins, but the character revelations continue to develop (and I enjoy that kind of twist). The author does a great job of revealing the layers of childhood memories and trauma as she moves between the present and past--I would say an artful construction that is harder than we might realize. Thank you to Flatiron Books and NetGalley for the advance copy.

This book.

I loved it SO MUCH.

It starts with the murders of the parents of 3 daughters. The police this one or all of them is guilty, but can't really find anything to pin on them. They enter foster care and drift away from each other, falling out of touch, unable to talk about that night.

Emma was the sister with the biggest target on her back, and she's grown up to marry a man that... she kind of likes? But when he loses his job and she announces she's pregnant, they have no choice but to move back into the home where her parents were killed, to fix it up and hopefully sell it.

Coming back home isn't something Emma wants to do, and her sisters aren't thrilled about it either. Told from different POVs - the sisters in the past AND the sisters in the present, this book slowly reveals what happened that night, and not all is as it seems.

This book has so many twists and turns that I still have whiplash. It is a must read.