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No One Can Know

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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
Crime Thrillers Domestic Thrillers Mystery Psychological Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Suspense Fiction

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

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Kept you busy thinking about the final plot, definitely worth listening to and the characters were very interesting!

Keeps You Guessing

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I loved this book and the previous one, plus the narrator is one of my favourites too, so i was gutted when it finished. I listen to a lot of books, on average 170 hours a month, it is a literal obsession, so it can take a lot to surprise me of keep me guessing but this book kept me hooked is defiantly worth a listen.

Loved it

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The story really drags on at the beginning. There were many 'eurgh, I get it they're a bad person' moments/chapters that I ended up speeding/skipping as they just weren't adding to the plot in any way - just reaffirming that a character was bad/good.
It did get better after the halfway ish mark (a certain event). The plot twists were good but not amazing, I still felt like I wanted to see it through and know the ending - so I'd say stick with it, it gets better.

Slow start but stick with it.

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Brilliant narration. Absolutely fantastic story. Really got invested in Emma’s life. Looking forward to reading more from this author

Fantastic

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I loved it! There were so many twists and turns, and the crime/ thriller storyline ticked all the boxes for me. It was so well written. Karissa Vacker delivers a masterclass in storytelling and is the perfect narrator for this genre.

Kept me guessing right till the end!

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