You Will Never Know by S.A. Prentiss #bookreview #audiobook

I purchased this book for my own collection. I borrowed the audiobook from the library.

Publisher: Scarlet / Blackstone Publishing

Published: October 13, 2020 / November 10, 2020

 

Summary:

In a small, suburban town, the murder of a local high school student rocks one woman’s family to its core – and threatens to expose her deepest, darkest secrets in the process.

After a lifetime of hardship, Jessica Thornton finally has the life she’s dreamed of: a new marriage to a realtor with burgeoning success, a daughter whose athleticism has won her a scholarship to college, and a freshly secured loan from her bank to finally complete her own higher education.

Her life today is a complete reversal from the not-too-distant past, when the death of her first husband left her penniless and desperate to provide for her then-newborn child. But after the murder of her children’s high school classmate, a series of disturbances brings Jessica to question whether her dreams ever actually came true, or whether they’ve just been delusions all along.

In the days after the murder, suspicion creeps in at every corner, beginning with Jessica’s daughter and stepson, who won’t tell her where they were on that fateful night. Then she discovers that her husband’s business is failing, not growing, and that the stories he’s told of meetings with high-powered investors were nothing more than lies. And when a private investigator comes to look into the death of her first husband, her last foundation of truth slips suddenly away.

 

My thoughts:

This is one of the books I had picked up at last year’s Barnes and Noble’s discount sales and it had just been sitting on my shelf waiting for me to read. And I finally did and I’m so glad I did because I really liked it!

This is one of those types of books that quietly sneaks up on you. It’s a quick read, or in my case, listen and I flew through it in just one day because I just could not put it down. The suspense builds almost from the very start of the book and I just love stories like that, so right away I was hooked! It has all the hallmarks of what I love in a good murder mystery – secrets, lies, and little twists all long the way that manage to shock you and keep you invested in what is going on. This one left me unsettled in the best way.

I didn’t know what to expect with this one and was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it. While I had my theories about what was going on, I never seemed to quite get there – that ending totally floored me! I’m not sure how I didn’t see it coming but I definitely didn’t. I sure hope we see more from this author…I would definitely read whatever they write!

 

Audio thoughts:

This is the kind of book I love to listen to because I get completely caught up in it. The narrator, Eileen Stevens, did a great job bringing the story to life and I found myself unable to put this one down until I finished it…listening in just one day!