No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall #bookreview #thriller

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Title: No One Can Know

Author:  Kate Alice Marshall

Publisher: Flatiron Books

Publication Date: Jan 23, 2024

Page Count:  329

My rating: 4 stars

About the book:

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.”

No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall is a psychological thriller with an air of mystery. The story in No One Can Know is one that is told from multiple points of view and takes place in the present timeline with some flashing back to a past timeline.

Emma, Juliette, and Daphne were raised by their parents in their home in Arden Hills until one night the girls find their parents murdered. Emma being the middle sister was suspected by the police to have commited the crime but the case never closed with the sisters seperating and moving on with their lives.

Now fourteen years later Emma is married and has just discovered that she is expecting her own child with her husband. This realization comes just as Emma and her husband are having financial difficulties so in order to save money Emma admits her old family home which she and her sisters own is sitting empty but moving back will force Emma to face her sister and the secrets they’ve kept of that night of their parents murder.

No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall was an engaging read right from first picking it up. As the story unfolds there’s no shortage of suspicions to go around for the characters as we peel back the layers to the past and present. Both timelines were intriguing as it went along and of course there were a few twists and turns to keep the pages turning. Definitely an author I’d return to after finishing this thrilling tale.

I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.

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About the author:

Kate Alice Marshall writes horror and thrillers for all ages, from middle grade to adult. Her books have been nominated for the Washington State Book Awards and Bram Stoker Awards. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family, where she spends her time gardening, gaming, and concocting stories of the uncanny.