“The older she got, the less she thought she knew anyone at all.”
― Kate Alice Marshall, No One Can Know

In her 2024 novel, No One Can Know, Kate Alice Marshall discusses the ramifications of blindly trusting people, even family who should have your best interests at heart.

Fourteen years ago, Emma, Juliette, and Daphne Palmer left their family home never to return. What precipitated their departure has haunted the sisters forever: their parents were murdered in the house. After they were swept away from the house, they each faced their own issues. Emma became the prime suspect in their parents’ murders, Juliette left the younger two behind for college, and younger Daphne spent time in foster care not wanting to be reunited with her sisters. Now Emma and her husband are reeling from more news: she’s pregnant and he has lost his job. At a loss and with nowhere to turn, the two move back to Emma’s family home. It’s never been sold and is still owned by Emma and her estranged sisters. Emma’s reappearance in her hometown has brought up some secrets that some people would rather keep hidden. When she starts looking for answers, she soon finds her estranged sisters popping back into her life. As the three start working through their past, tensions rise. What happened the night their parents died? And what are they each hiding?

Told from multiple points-of-view as well as bouncing between the past and present, No One Can Know is a messy thriller that leads readers down dead end after dead end in a quest for answers. While the ending answered some of my questions, I still had more! I’m left with one big question: Do we finally know the truth? We may never know.