"Secrets and families cannot always be hidden"
Reviewed by Sharon Salituro
Posted January 3, 2021
Suspense Psychological | Women's Fiction Contemporary
A story about the MacAllister family; five children who grew up at the family summer camp. Things changed for the whole family when Amanda, one of the counselors, is found dead. Ryan who is the only boy in the family was one of the last to see Amanda. His sister Margaux was her best friend; another sister Mary didn't care for Amanda as she feels she took her best friend Margaux away from her. Kate and Liddie the twins really don't have an opinion of the dead girl.
Now twenty years later the family has gathered again at the camp for the reading of their parent's will. Both parents were killed in a train derailment. As the lawyer reads the will, he tells them the camp will go to all of them with one condition. When Amanda was found, Ryan was accused but he was cleared of any involvement. However, their father feels Ryan might have had something to do with it. So the rest of the family have to vote to decide if Ryan should get his share or should his share go to Seth who worked at the camp since he was young.
This is a very hard choice for the family. Ryan insists he had nothing to do with Amanda's death. Now all of the girls and Seth have completely different memories of what happened. They all do their best to put the pieces together but in their searching, the twins come across some paperwork of their father's. It seems that he has a file on all of them, but why would he keep track of his own children?
Catherine McKenzie writes a book with many twists and turns and also shows how no matter what, a family will do their best to help each other out. There are so many secrets in this book that blew me away. Some of them were really shocking. McKenzie also shows how even though at times they appear to be a close family; they all had doubts about what happened that night at the lake.
I'LL NEVER TELL not only shows family love but also is a great psychological thriller. So if this is your type of reading, pick this book up, you won't be sorry.
SUMMARY
Deeply buried secrets make for a disturbing family reunion in bestselling author Catherine McKenzie’s tantalizing novel of psychological suspense.
What happened to Amanda Holmes? Twenty years ago, she was found bludgeoned in a rowboat at the MacAllister family’s Camp Macaw. No one was ever charged with the crime. Now, after their parents’ sudden deaths, the MacAllister siblings return to camp to read the will and decide what to do with the prime real estate the camp occupies. Ryan needs to sell. Margaux hasn’t made up her mind. Mary believes in leaving well enough alone. Kate and Liddie—the twins—have opposing views. And Sean Booth, the groundskeeper, just hopes he still has a home when all is said and done.
But it’s more complicated than a simple vote. The will stipulates that until they unravel the mystery of what happened to Amanda, they can’t settle the estate. Any one of them could have done it, and each one is holding a piece of the puzzle. Will they work together to finally discover the truth, or will their secrets finally tear the family apart?
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