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A review by booklistqueen
No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
4.0
Emma has purposely kept her husband in the dark about her past. When Emma announces she is pregnant, he confesses that he was laid off and has lost the down-payment to their house. With nowhere else to turn, Emma and Nathan move into her parent's estate that she jointly owns with her estranged sisters. Emma just never mentioned that this is the house where her parents were murdered, and she was always seen as the prime suspect. With a baby on the way, Emma finds it's time she learn what actually happened all those years ago. For Emma has been covering for her sisters without ever really knowing what actually happened that night.
It's been awhile since I've read a really satisfying thriller, and No One Can Know was just what I needed. Emma makes for an excellent narrator. You know she is covering for her sisters, but even Emma doesn't know what exactly she's covering for. Marshall smoothly builds tension as you slowly learn the truth of what actually went on in that house. I loved the complicated relationship between the sisters and Emma's intense desire to protect them no matter what. With excellent pacing and plenty of unexpected twists, No One Can Know is the perfect thriller to kick off the new year.