No One Can Know

A Novel

By: Kate Alice Marshall

Narrated by: Karissa Vacker

2025 ITW (International Thriller Writers) Thriller Award winner for Best Audiobook!

"Vacker's narration keeps listeners on their toes throughout this twisty story of corrupt officials, sociopathic relatives, and dark family secrets. Vacker's character work captures the shifting nature of Emma's desperate need to protect her complicated family members."—AudioFile

Three sisters, two murders, and too many secrets to count.

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.”

A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books.

©2024 Kate Alice Marshall (P)2024 Macmillan Audio

Critic reviews

“A propulsive and intricate psychological thriller. . . Meticulously plotted. . . Marshall’s deft writing teases out revelations aplenty, perpetually ratcheting up the tension—and an element of violence—while keeping the story skimming along. Family connections prove both their damage and their worth in this community-focused thriller.”—Kirkus (starred review)

“Propulsive mystery-cum-psychological drama. . . Marshall shrewdly interlaces past and present timelines, alternating perspectives between the three sisters to shed new light on old information. Even genre veterans will have trouble sussing out the culprit. Skillful misdirection and urgent plotting make this a winner.”—Publishers Weekly

Great book!

I liked how each chapter was labeled who was talking and what time period it was about. Kept me less confused as other "flash back" stories I've read. I enjoyed the story, the characters and the narrator.

Meh….

Lots of twists but they were all pretty mediocre. I had a lot of anticipation for this book and it just wasn’t my favorite.

Slow then fast

The book wasn’t super exciting until close to the end when it had so many twists that I don’t even know “who done it”. Overall, it was good but not a super “page turner”.

Few twists

At times hard to follow as it flips between the three people but overall it was a nice read

Great Narrator!

I enjoyed the book overall. The only feedback I have is the third person view. Due to the constant she, her etc. But the performance was amazing. Good story line. I didn’t want to miss a second.