Gosh I am loving Vi Keeland’s thrillers! I have been reading her romance for YEARS and she has the perfect formula to draw me in and I eat it up every time!

5⭐️ | 3🌶️

I was lucky enough to receive an e-ARC of Someone Knows from @atriabooks and while I started reading it on my Kindle a week before release day, I immediately grabbed the audiobook as soon as it was out…and oh wow, what a great call that was!

Because the narration? Absolutely stellar. Leslie Howard and Aiden Snow were the dream duo for this twisty, intense story. Leslie perfectly captured Elizabeth’s simmering panic and inner turmoil, while Aiden brought just the right amount of edge and mystery that kept me second-guessing everyone’s motives. The tension they built through their voices alone had me fully immersed and pressing play every free second I had.

The story kicks off with Elizabeth, a creative writing professor, who receives a student submission that hits dangerously close to home- a story about a teenage girl and her teacher, mirroring something from Elizabeth’s own past. A past she’s tried to outrun for 20 years. As she begins to connect the dots, paranoia sets in and the web of secrets only gets more tangled.

This book is part psychological thriller, part steamy suspense, and 100% addictive. It starts off slow, but once it clicks into place, it’s an absolute rollercoaster. I had so many theories (most of them wrong), and by the time I reached the final chapter, I was stunned. That ending? Jaw. Dropped.

Elizabeth is messy, layered, and so deeply human…someone who makes questionable choices but still pulls you in. I loved the way the book explored guilt, memory, and how the past never really stays buried.

If you love binge-worthy thrillers with great audio performances, some spice, and twists you won’t see coming, Someone Knows is a must. Check your content warnings, then dive in blind!

One of the best thrillers I’ve read this year! I flew through this book in a single day—seriously, I couldn’t put it down. The twists and turns had me up all night, eyes glued to the pages, desperate for answers.

The story follows Elizabeth, an English professor at a college in New York, who is helping her students craft personal narratives. But when her student Hannah turns in a chilling chapter about a high school teacher grooming a student, complete with real names and intimate details, Elizabeth is shaken to her core. This isn’t fiction. This is her past. A past she thought was buried. Her friend Joslyn. The teacher. The secret. And now someone knows.

The mystery unravels brilliantly, with moments that made me gasp out loud. And the big twist at the end? I’m still not over it. It completely blindsided me and what infuriates me most is that I genuinely liked that character the entire time. 😖

If you love thrillers with a psychological edge, emotional depth, and a haunting sense of “no one is who they seem,” Someone Knows needs to be on your radar. It’s gripping, smart, and unapologetically dark in the best way.

This was dark, sexy, provocative and completely binge worthy! The twists kept coming and just when I thought it was over ..boom! The ending made me rethink everything. Highly recommend
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Okay, Vi Keeland is seriously proving she’s not just a romance queen and that she’s got the thriller game on lock too. I really liked her debut thriller The Unraveling, so I was excited (and a little nervous) to see if Someone Knows would live up to it. Spoiler: it did!

This book was fast paced and addicting. Vi doesn’t waste anytime. She just pulls you in and keeps the tension building with every reveal. I’ll admit, I did clock a few of the twists early on, but that final twist???I definitely didn’t see it coming! My jaw was on the floor. I had to sit there like... “wait, WHAT?!”

I also loved that while there were hints of romance, this one really leaned into the psychological suspense.

If you liked The Unraveling, or just a thriller reader in general, then this one is a must-read. It’s a sharp and twisty thriller that’ll have you on your toes.

This book had all the vibes of "I know what you did last summer," and I loved every single bit of it. Vi Keeland did an excellent job of keeping you guessing throughout the entire story, and that plot twist at the end, GASP!! I felt like I knew who the culprit was, but halfway through the story. However, I had to keep changing my mind and couldn't put the book down until I was at the end and knew for sure who it was. I also loved how she incorporated book writing into the storyline and made it part of the plot. This was my first book by Vi Keeland, and I will be looking forward to more books from her.

I have been such a huge fan of Vi since she has been writing romance herself as well as when she collaborates with Penelope Ward. She has always written such great stories and this one certainly didn't disappoint. It was so interesting to see a new type of book from one of my favorite authors.

Someone Knows follows Elizabeth who is a New York English professor. She has had a hard past that she left and moved away. She is shocked to see one of her students send in an assignment that details the experience Elizabeth's friend had with an abuser. The person even knows who was involved. Elizabeth doesn't know who it is because the class is not small. Elizabeth remembers everything that happened with her friend but does this person know everything?

As the story goes on and the writer sends in a new chapter Elizabeth is losing her mind to find out who knows her secret. This will take you on a journey to discover twists and turns you never will see. If you are a fan of thrillers then you will love this one.

Thank you to Atria Books and NetGalley for an advanced copy for an honest review.

On the surface, Elizabeth is a normal English professor. But she's hiding dark secrets - and someone knows. This unknown person begins sending Elizabeth chapters of a story and they mirror disturbing events from her own life.

Vi Keeland is a go-to for a fast-paced popcorn thriller that makes your skin crawl. Though this didn't have the depth and character development I enjoy, I certainly didn't want to put it down. Some of the story was very predictable and felt a little too convenient, while some parts surprised me. Overall, I had fun and would recommend this to dark psychological thrillers readers

Someone Knows is a thriller that grabs you from the start and keeps you guessing until the twisty end. I enjoyed the book a lot and Vi Keeland needs to write a sequel to this one. Elizabeth is an English professor at a college in New York and is teaching a summer course on creative writing. She asks the students to turn in a chapter of their book each week. The chapters are sent digitally and Elizabeth reads them, posts comments, and sends them back to the students. As she's reading one of the submissions, the story is all too familiar. The students is writing about what happened to Elizabeth and her friends in high school. The writer is even using their names. How could the writer know all of this? The 3 friends made a pact never to tell another living soul.

The story is about Jocelyn, Elizabeth's friend, who was having an affair with one of their teachers. Elizabeth knows how the story will end because she killed the teacher after he abused and attacked Jocelyn. Who is the student submitting this story? They're taking the class online and there's no information about their address. Elizabeth has got to find out who this is before her entire life and that of her friends blows up! Elizabeth gets a week off during the summer session and decides to go back to Louisiana to try to find out who is doing this. She'll visit her mom while she's in town even though they've been estranged forever.

Who can Elizabeth trust in her hometown? Any one of her friends could be the person doing this. Her mother is ill and keeps telling Elizabeth to go to confession. Has she been talking to people about her during her drunken periods? She's awfully close to the priest and he looks at Elizabeth oddly. Does he know something? How about the new guy that Elizabeth meets at the bar? Is he just a nice guy or does he want something? Someone Knows will blow your mind in the best way as you try to figure out who is doing this to Elizabeth. Just when you think you have it all figured out, BOOM! I love books like this and give Someone Knows 4 stars with a high recommendation. I'd like to thank NetGalley and Atria Books for an advanced copy of Someone Knows in exchange for a fair review. #SomeoneKnows

This one started really strong (a solid at least 4 stars) and I was very interested in the plot, but the first “twist” was meh and unfortunately started rolling downhill for me after 60%. The second twist was very predictable.

3.5/5 stars

Thank you for the advance e-galley to the author, Atria, and NetGalley.

⚠️ CW: student-teacher relations, abuse of children, alcoholism, domestic violence, cancer

SOMEONE KNOWS by Vi Keeland is a contemporary, adult, thriller focusing on thirty-seven year old English professor Elizabeth Davis.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from first person perspective (Elizabeth) with one final chapter by Noah, using present day, memories and email chapters, SOMEONE KNOWS focuses on Elizabeth’s search for the truth. Approximately twenty years earlier, at age seventeen, Elizabeth’s life imploded when she was forced into an affair, and groomed by a married man, someone who was in a position of power but when an unknown student begins submitting chapters from a book detailing Elizabeth’s life, our heroine begins to spiral in the face of decades long secrets and lies. Fast forward to present day, Elizabeth returns to her home town in Louisiana, to discover all was not well: Elizabeth’s mother is ill, and the tight knit group of parishioners and friends have Elizabeth on edge with what they could possibly know. Having been befriended by a man ten years her junior, Elizabeth begins an affair in her home town only to discover, their introduction had been predicated upon a lie.

SOMEONE KNOWS is a detailed, complex and twisted story of betrayal and vengeance, secrets and lies, power and control, dysfunctional family dynamics. From addiction and abuse to mental illness and murder, and the righteousness of religious beliefs, we are up close and personal with the lives destroyed by one man, and his lecherous need to extinguish young minds.



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I am screaming 😱 This book was absolutely wild. It was a slow and steady start but the ending was worth it. I was waiting for a different POV to come in to play and when it did I was shook. A few times I screamed, I knew it and what the heck. This was a really good read and I love the writing style. This is a book that I will not be able to forget.

Thank you netgalley for the review copy!

I needed more explanation from that ending!! But overall enjoyable. Lots of plot twists and guessing who it really was.

3.5 stars...

This was a good book. It had me hooked early on and pretty much the entire way through...until the ending. This book contains a history of a student/teacher "relationship", that was very challenging to read about. The delivery of the flashbacks, if you will, was uniquely done. I wavered with having the plot figured out a few times, and in some ways I did but was still a bit shocked. Elizabeth's character was likable and even relatable in a lot of ways, especially her relationship with her mother. The ending just completely threw off how I had felt throughout the book and even left me questioning why there were scenes that felt big and important, but they were dissolved and left unanswered.

I will say, I felt the author has really grown with her suspenseful writing from her first thriller to this one, and I am excited to see how she continues to grow in that respect.

This is a great book. lots of twists, turns and surprises along the way! A diabolical thriller that will keep you turning pages until the end! This book will keep you guessing and then have you gasping in surprise. I really loved someone knows By Vi Keeland. I've read a lot of her books and highly recommend this one. Totally liked the surprises around every twist. Happy reading!

Creative writing professor, Elizabeth, enjoys reading her chapter-writing assignments from her students. But one story, The Reckoning, causes her to panic when she begins reading details of a high school student's affair with her teacher. As she reads more chapters she realizes it is the exact story of her best friend Jocelyn. And she knows how it will end: the teacher dead- because she is the one who killed him.

I did not see the first twist coming here! I thought the realization was very well-done. I do wish the ending wrapped up a bit more cleanly, but I know that is more of a personal preference than anything.

Thank you NetGalley for an arc of this book in exchange for my honest review.

This was such a compelling read! Someone Knows hooked me from the start with its mix of suspense, emotion, and mystery. Vi Keeland did an amazing job crafting a story that felt both intense and deeply personal. The pacing was great, the characters were complex, and the twist totally took me by surprise (in the best way). If you enjoy psychological thrillers with a strong emotional core, I highly recommend picking this one up!

Thank you Atria books and NetGalley for the eARC!

Excellent mystery! Elizabeth had a lot of trauma from her teen years, but for twenty years she’s been successful in compartmentalizing. That is until she begins receiving chapters of a story only she and a friend or two know about. As she returns to her hometown, the safe life she’s built starts to unravel. Who is messing with her? Who knows her deepest secrets? Don’t miss this excellent story!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4/5)

As a college English professor, Elizabeth looks forward to the start of each new semester teaching her creative writing seminar. At least until she reads chapter one of The Reckoning, a tale about a high school senior who has an affair with her teacher. To anyone else it would be the beginning of a great page-turner, but to Elizabeth it is the beginning of the end.

She knows this story. It’s all familiar because she lived it. The girl in the story was her best friend Jocelyn, and Elizabeth knows exactly how the story will end—with the professor dead. Because she was the one who killed him.

First, before reading this book, please note there are some trigger warnings: Sexual abuse, grooming, child neglect, psychological trauma. Be prepared to read this in a sitting or two as it’s a fast paced read.

The book instantly hooked me from chapter 1 and I had to know how it ended. It’s told in 3 POVs, current day Elizabeth, chapters submitted by one of Elizabeth’s students named Hannah Greer, and a 3rd POV for the last chapter. While I didn’t care for most characters, I did root for Elizabeth to find out the truth.

There are little twists in the book that are pretty obvious, but others took a little digging. Overall, I enjoyed the book, despite some of the dark themes.

The last chapter though 🤯 I need to know more!!!!

Thank you to NetGalley and Atria Books for a copy of this ebook in exchange for my honest review.

Someone Knows by Vi Keeland was an entertaining and amazing story.
This book will keep you intrigued to the very end! Written with great care to detail and characterization. Kept me entertained through the whole story. It was so interesting I couldn't put it down. I read the book in one day.