Loved the book from page one to the end. Good story line, interesting characters, mystery, suspense and a surprising ending. Fast reading and a book I would recommend. I wasn’t familiar with the author but like her style. I will look for her books.

Helen is called back to her parents house after the cancer diagnosis given to her mother Barbara. Helen takes her young kids with her. Her estranged husband, Darren, is not impressed but helps as he can. Helen finds mysterious letters left for her mother and not all is as it seems: who exactly is helen’s Mother Barbara?

This was told through flashbacks and from each characters point of view. It was engrossing and very well structured and I really enjoyed it. Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for this arc in exchange for my honest review.

I received "If They Knew" by Joanne Sefton from NetGallery in exchange for a honest review. Thank you to the publisher and author for giving me the opportunity to review "If They Knew."
Barbara Marsden has many secrets and she wants to keep those secrets safe, especially from her daughter, Helen. When Barbara is diagnosed with cancer.....will her dark secret come out? Will Helen uncover the secrets Barbara has tried to hide for 50 years? Helen is determined to uncover what happened but what will this do to her mother?
A fascinating family drama, revenge, intrigue.....a story that keeps you guessing.
Should secrets stay hidden??????

I normally do not really care for family dramas. I really love my crime thriller and mysteries so this book was a bit out of the box for me.
Even though it is not my particular cup of tea, I did enjoy reading this. The characters were interesting and the story flowed very well!

I was hooked on this novel from the moment I started reading and devoured it in a day.

While I could predict some plot lines, it was written well and I was gripped. I liked the glimpses back in time and how different perspectives were explored,

I think it shows how a seemingly ordinary family can implode and it made me wonder, how many Katy Clerys are out there, hidden in plain sight.

If They Knew follows Barbara, the mother with secrets and Helen, the daughter who tries to uncover the secrets. This book goes into flashbacks every other chapter to get clues on the characters history and start to unravel the secrets and where they started and why they stayed hidden. As children grow up and become adults the knowledge that they do not know everything about there parents is discovered. This book takes that to another degree when there is almost another life that the parent is hiding. There is a good pace that keeps the reader guessing, intrigued and not wanting to put it down. Netgalley and Avon Books UK provided a copy of the ARC for an honest review.