![You Can Never Tell: A Novel by [Sarah Warburton]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51XXBZSICXS.jpg)
Perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty and Joshilyn Jackson, Sarah Warburton’s chilling thriller, inspired by the Moors Murders, explores the twisted side of suburbia.
Framed for embezzlement by her best friend Aimee, museum curator Kacy Tremain and her husband Michael move from New Jersey to a charming Texas suburb to escape their past. Kacy quickly makes new friends–preppy, inscrutable Elizabeth, chatty yet evasive Rahmia, and red-headed, unapologetic Lena. But good friends aren’t always what they seem.
As she navigates the unexpectedly cutthroat social scene of her new town, Kacy begins to receive taunting postcards–and worse, discovers cameras hidden in the wall of her home. Lena and her husband, Brady, reassure her that the cameras are just relics of the paranoid previous homeowner . Once the cameras are removed and Kacy’s fears are quelled, Kacy and Michael make the happy discovery that they are going to be new parents.
Months after the birth of their daughter, Michael accidentally makes a shocking discovery about Brady’s past. And when Lena suddenly goes missing, Kacy and Michael begin to uncover the truth about their neighbors–and it’s more terrible than anyone could have imagined.
Interlaced with transcripts of a chilling “true crime” podcast that follow the tangled threads of the drama, You Can Never Tell is a taut and complex psychological thriller that never lets up until its breathless conclusion.
No. of pages:- 280 pages
Date published:- will be published on 10th August 2021
Publisher:- Crooked Lane Bookes
Genre:- Psychological Thriller
Rating:-
Kacy and Michael Tremaine move to a residential part of town in Texas from Jersey after Kacy was fired from her last job for a thing she didn’t apparently do and was framed by her friend. Kacy soon befriends three women in her neighborhood–Elizabeth, Rahimia and Lena and she and Michael seemed to be living a happy life with a child on the way.
So when their daughter, Grace was born, Michael discovers a secret in Brady, Lena’s husband’s past and Lena goes missing. A couple of serial murders have been taking place in the neighborhood. And Kacy starts getting weird postcards…
nitially, the book started a bit slow but gradually it started to become fast paced. The plot was intriguing and the book was engaging and the writer did a good job drawing the reader into the story. The story is told from Kacy’s perspectives and towards the end, it was all action packed and I couldn’t simply put the book as I want to know what is going to happen in the end! I actually enjoyed reading this thriller, quiet unputdownable with some twists and turns mingling on the way.
Overall, this book gave me a rollercoaster ride–worth four stars!
Many thanks to Netgalley and Crooked Lane for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.
I’m the oldest of four sisters, raised in Virginia, an avid reader and knitter. After earning a B. A. in Latin from the College of William and Mary, an M.A. in Classics from the University of Georgia and another from Brown University, I studied creative writing at the University of New Mexico with Sharon Oard Warner and Julie Shigekuni, at the Taos Writer’s Workshop with Pam Houston, and in Houston with Justin Cronin. I’ve worked at independent bookstores, and spent ten years as a writer (and eventually lead editor) for UpClose Magazine. My short story, “Margaret’s Magnolia,” appeared in the Southern Arts Journal, I won first place in a WOW! Women on Writing Flash Fiction Contest, and my Pushcart prize nominated story “Survival English” appeared in Oyster River Pages. I live with my family-husband, son, daughter, and hound dog, in the mountains of Southwestern Virginia. I’ve been told that for a “basically happy person” I write very bleak prose.
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