Vi Keeland has done it again! This is the second book of hers that I've read, and I was hooked from the start. The story had me on the edge of my seat with some truly shocking moments. While I enjoyed the epilogue, I wanted more details. I'm eagerly anticipating her next thriller because she consistently delivers thrilling and suspenseful stories. Although some plot points were easy to anticipate, the book was still a real page-turner.

Someone Knows is a fast-paced psychological thriller that’s easy to get hooked on. From the start, the story is addictive, packed with suspense and morally complex characters that keep the pages turning. The romantic subplot, especially her dynamic with Noah, walks a fine line between steamy and unsettling. The book leans more toward romantic suspense than a traditional mystery thriller, with several male characters competing for Elizabeth's attention and even touches of a spicy thriller in its darker moments.

Despite a few predictable turns, the final twist is cleverly executed and satisfying.
Overall, Someone Knows is a binge-worthy read that’s perfect for fans of compulsive thrillers with a romantic edge. If you're in the mood for something tense, twisty, and a little steamy, this one is worth a look.

In this twisted and disturbing thriller, Elizabeth is a professor who receives a writing assignment that disturbs her immensely. The novel perfectly describes an underage student’s illicit affair with her teacher, who Elizabeth knows to be dead… because she’s the one who killed him, and the student was her best friend Jocelyn. Elizabeth must find who knows the truth about her past before it comes back to haunt her.

This is the second thriller I’ve read by Vi Keeland, and the second one that I’ve absolutely devoured and loved! This one is dark and contains themes regarding sexual assault of an underage girl, so I’d encourage those who are sensitive to these storylines to approach with caution. The twists are so good, and definitely ones that I didn’t predict. There were several throughout the book that made my jaw drop. I loved the epilogue and only wished it was a bit longer to offer more explanation. I will be picking up the author’s next thriller for sure, as she has proven to write unputdownable, chilling reads!

Thank you to Vi Keeland and Atria books for the arc and opportunity to be an early reader and reviewer.

Thanks Netgalley for the ARC!! I really enjoyed this one! It’s part romance, part mystery, and the story pulled me in right away. I liked the mix of past and present and how the truth slowly came out. Elizabeth was a strong main character, and her connection with Noah had great chemistry. Some twists were easy to guess, but overall it was a gripping and emotional read. I’ll have to read more of Keeland’s books!

Wow! Someone Knows is a nail biting suspense that will have you turning the pages wondering what on earth is going on, just as I did!
This book gave me a thrill. With all the questions about what is happening. Who is who and what happened all those years ago??
This story was entirely unexpected but riveting to the point my heart was hammering in my chest as I read!
The book went in a direction that confused me, it irritated me and made me think alot too!
Ms Keeland has written an intense thriller and I applaud her brilliance at keeping the reader, aka me, hooked to the point that you have to read it to the end to find out what the conclusion actually is, not what you may think it is! Well played Ms Keeland, well played!!

This one fell flat for me. I found my mind wandering while I was reading and I didn't really feel connected to the main character. The pace felt slower than I was expecting for a thriller with this type of plot. I was using adaptive reading with this novel so that might have been the issue vs. the writing of the ARC. For me I guessed the ending early on and it was just a long drawn out story to get there 🤦‍♀️

Big thank you to NetGalley and Atria Books for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review! Someone Knows by Vi Keeland releases on June 17th.

This book had me hooked from the start! I thought the storyline was super well done. The FMC is an English teacher who starts receiving chapters from a student—except the chapters describe a traumatic event that happened during her high school years. The mystery of who is sending them and why keeps you turning the pages. I also really liked the creepy, religious small-town vibes.

Parts of this book were heartbreaking. There are scenes in which a teacher physically and sexually abuses his student (who is also a minor), and they are very hard to read. Definitely a major trigger warning if you’re considering diving into this book!

Overall, this was a very good thriller. I didn’t love the ending, but I understand why the author chose to end the book that way.

I recommend this if you’re into fast-paced thrillers with good twists!

When Elizabeth starts getting emails regarding her past submitted as a student assignment, her whole world turns upside down. This book is a quick read. I enjoyed the mystery and romance in this book.

OH HOLY MOSES!! My first Vi Keeland book but most definitely not my last. This story grabbed me from the very beginning and just did not let go until the final line. I wish I could give it more than 5 stars, it certainly deserves it. Deliciously dark and twisty storytelling with a cast of excellent characters. I just hated for this one to end, wish I could read it for the first time again.
Thank you NetGalley, Vi Keeland and Pinnacle Books for the opportunity to read and review this book.

Wow!!!! This was actually pretty crazy of a story and I've never really read a thriller that has some spice in it. We have our main character, Elizabeth, who is an English professor seemingly living a normal care-free NYC life until her past comes back to haunt her. She has a secret and someone knows (thus the title). This starts spiraling into a crazy story where she has to go back home to Louisiana to confront her past and figure out who is harassing her, as well as uncovering things she hasn't thought about in 20 years. Meeting a mysterious man in town she finds out its the son of the man she's killed and it begins a whirlwind of figuring out who is trying to expose her while also learning about the past in bits and pieces for the reader. I found it thrilling and novel, but I do wish it was a little more in-depth. There were parts of the story, like Elizabeth's psyche or maybe more flashbacks that could have added more to the story, as well as the other POV we hear from - I would have loved to know more. But overall this was a decent read and I wonder if there would ever be a second book because that would be so crazy.

Thank you for providing me an ARC, NetGalley!

I was so grateful to receive an ARC of this chilling psychological thriller, which I devoured in just two sittings. In Someone Knows we follow an English Professor named Elizabeth Davis, who hosts an online Creative Writing course as part of her wider role. When she receives a submission from a mysterious new student named Hannah Greer, she is horrified to learn that someone knows the dark secrets lurking in her past, and is taunting her from afar, one chapter at a time.

This book is most certainly a page-turner, with plenty of jaw-dropping twists along the way. In fact, even when I thought the author had wrapped this mystery up nicely, there were still gasp-inducing moments, right up to the very last page.

Our central character is complex and flawed, yet also relatable and endearing. Elizabeth is understandably traumatised by the abhorrent events that marred her final years at High School, but she's forced to confront her past head on in this chilling narrative. Whilst visiting her home town, she is also able to spend time with her ailing mother, and I adored reading about their complex relationship, as her Mother struggled with addiction throughout Elizabeth's childhood, and failed to provide the nurturing environment she so desperately required.

This book features an extensive cast of characters so the list of potential suspects is ever increasing, akin to a game of Cluedo! My only gripe with this was the fact that some of the characters seemed to be introduced merely to divert our suspicions temporarily before vanishing from the story entirely, so their narrative arcs felt unnecessary and incomplete; the characters of Lucas, Ivy and Chief Unger spring to mind here. Furthermore, this book introduced an unreliable narrator trope later on in the narrative which, whilst shocking, rendered much of the information gleaned up to that point somewhat redundant, and I found myself needing to reevaluate everything, to better appreciate any foreshadowing or Easter Eggs along the way.

Finally, I must just caution people, that this is by no means an easy read, as it deals with some dark and disturbing subject matter, so I heed you all to check the Trigger Warnings before committing to this book.

Trigger Warnings Include: Child Sexual Abuse, Child Physical Abuse, Child Psychological Abuse, Child Neglect, Grooming of a Student by a Teacher, Alcoholism, Terminal Illness, Grief and Pregnancy Loss.

Thank you to the Team at Atria/Emily Bestler Books (an imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC), as well as the team at NetGalley for allowing me to access an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Rating: 3.75 stars, rounded up to 4 on GR and NetGalley

Thank you to NetGalley and author Vi Keeland for allowing me to give my honest review if Someone Knows in exchange for an advance read.
Elizabeth has done well for herself since moving to NYC and is a creative writing professor. She decided to take on a summer class, online instead of teaching in person. She scans her students first chapter submissions to see which catches her eye to start with when she comes to Hannah Greers opening chapter it starts to stir her memories of high school. She brushes it off as coincidence. Along with her memories she decided she should probably go home to visit her ailing mom, it’s been too long.
Back in her childhood home, she’s reminded how dreary it is a why she was so anxious to “get out of there”. Nothing had changed not even her mom and her preachy nagging. Elizabeth decides she needs a night out and heads to a bar where she meets Noah, 10 ish years her junior. They advance quickly to sex, which is how she prefers her encounters. Later in her bedroom she catches up on the next set of submissions and when she finishes Hannah’s chapter she’s absolutely positive it’s no coincidence Hannah knows what happed 20 years ago, but how, and who is this Hannah.
Told in dual timeline, we follow high school age Elizabeth and present day as she tries to make peace with her past .
I rate this read 4⭐️’s

This book kept me on my toes. I thought I knew exactly what was happening and what was going on, and boy did I have some things very wrong.

This book follows Elizabeth, an English professor, who starts receiving chapters for a novel written by one of her students that hits a little too close to home; the novel is about her friend and what happened 20 years ago that changed Elizabeth's life forever.

After receiving these chapters, Elizabeth is scared yet determined to get to the bottom of who knows about what happened back then and what do they want with her by bringing this up.

This leads Elizabeth to go back home to Louisiana where the pieces start to come together with one very cunning twist at the end.

I thoroughly enjoyed this author's other thriller The Unraveling and I really enjoyed this one as well. I will say be prepared for some triggering subject matter, some spicy content, and some questions you may still be left with in the end.

Thank you to Netgalley and Emily Bestler Books/Atria (an imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC) for the ARC of this book in exchange for my review.

Thank you so much Atria Books and Atria Thrillers for inviting me to read this eARC via NefGalley.

This was not for me. I don't think "sexy" is a good word for a teacher preying on a student.

I loved Vi Keeland’s last thriller and enjoyed this one as well. She’s great at writing unhinged characters! In this case the main character is suffering from the impacts of childhood trauma, which I found fascinating as a therapist myself. I loved how the story of what happened was woven in and how I learned bit by bit that nothing is as it seems. And that ending! It really got me.

What A Mind-Blowing Experience! I should have expected it from one of my very top favorite authors, Vi Keeland. She Kills It with her Psychological Thriller "Someone Knows"! This book is unbelievably well written! I could not keep up with how many people the secret author might be. At the end, it was none of the people I suspected. Total Mind Blown!

Elizabeth Davis is a respected English Professor who carries a dark secret. Recently, while grading chapters from a writing assignment she gave, she realizes, she is not the only one who knows her secret. One thing leads to another and she must go back to her hometown she fled twenty years ago and face old demons.

I was glued to every page trying to get to the end to find out the culprit. The ending was crazy and not at all what I was expecting! It left me wanting to continue on and find out more and why! This is one of those books you absolutely have to read! If you read one thriller this year, this is the one you want to read! I very highly recommend this fascinating book!

DNF @51%

I don't like the direction this is going and I don't like the main character. I would also disagree that this is a "sexy thriller". Having the main character get with every Tom, Dick, and Harry, doesn't make it "sexy". Also calling a book where a teacher takes advantage of an underage student sexy is weird.

I really enjoyed this fast paced thriller, hooked me since chapter one, and I devoured in one sitting.

With surprised twists, this was entertaining, dual timelines, suspenseful, and sexy.

This was my first book by Vi Keeland and I definitely recommend.

Thank you so much Atria Books and Atria Thrillers for inviting me to read this eARC via NefGalley, opinions are my own.

This is Keelands best book yet. As a male educator, I usually don’t see the worth of books about teacher abuse but this novel was so creative and twisty. This is definitely the thriller of the summer.

I loved this book!! The beginning started slow and I almost put it down to not finish, however, once it picks up - whew! It is intense!! I never saw the twist coming and I always appreciate that in a book. The story was fast paced and kept me on my toes.

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Thank you NetGalley & Atria Books for this arc!