--- product_id: 177148187 title: "If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood" price: "745109₫" currency: VND in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.vn/products/177148187-if-you-tell-a-true-story-of-murder-family-secrets store_origin: VN region: Vietnam --- # If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood **Price:** 745109₫ **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood - **How much does it cost?** 745109₫ with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vn](https://www.desertcart.vn/products/177148187-if-you-tell-a-true-story-of-murder-family-secrets) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description A #1 Wall Street Journal , desertcart Charts, USA Today , and Washington Post bestseller. #1 New York Times bestselling author Gregg Olsen’s shocking and empowering true-crime story of three sisters determined to survive their mother’s house of horrors. After more than a decade, when sisters Nikki, Sami, and Tori Knotek hear the word mom , it claws like an eagle’s talons, triggering memories that have been their secret since childhood. Until now. For years, behind the closed doors of their farmhouse in Raymond, Washington, their sadistic mother, Shelly, subjected her girls to unimaginable abuse, degradation, torture, and psychic terrors. Through it all, Nikki, Sami, and Tori developed a defiant bond that made them far less vulnerable than Shelly imagined. Even as others were drawn into their mother’s dark and perverse web, the sisters found the strength and courage to escape an escalating nightmare that culminated in multiple murders. Harrowing and heartrending, If You Tell is a survivor’s story of absolute evil―and the freedom and justice that Nikki, Sami, and Tori risked their lives to fight for. Sisters forever, victims no more, they found a light in the darkness that made them the resilient women they are today―loving, loved, and moving on. Review: Families, the original cult? (Beware: LWR) - Riveting and soul crushing, I couldn’t put this book down. My first time reading anything by Gregg Olsen. I’m not well versed in non-fiction, but I thought he did a fantastic job at making me feel horrified and angry for these three sisters who grew up in abject terror of their mother and did everything in their power to just make it out alive. At times I was shocked at all the times no one did anything to leave or get help. But I forget how pervasive fear is. The whole “don’t rock the boat” mentality. I should know better because I was raised by a violently turbulent mother who could be the sweetest, funniest and lovable person and in matter of seconds (always feels instantaneous) turn into the devil. I saw a little bit of myself in each of the sisters. The living inside your head fantasizing about revenge or better yet leaving them behind and forgotten for good and then the sicker and more confusing part of you that still loves them and yearns for the unconditional love in return. But this mother was unhinged 24/7 and completely unredeemable. EVIL. These children were conditioned their entire lives by this “master manipulator” (gaslighting a very powerful tactic) that this is what family is. This what’s normal behavior. But they knew deep in their souls that this wasn’t right. The children I could understand. They were too afraid to speak out because they had been taught that they had no where to go. Their worse fear was that no one would believe them (because sometimes they had a hard time believing, “aka understanding” it themselves) and being brought to even greater heights of torture in retaliation. What I had trouble fathoming were the so called adults. I suppose that shouldn’t have shocked me either, because I’m more than aware that most adults don’t have it all together and can live the majority of their lives in a perpetual state of ignorance. It’s so easy. Out of sight out of mind and all that nonsense. But some people, like Shelly, who was referenced as an apex predator throughout this story had that uncanny ability to sense and then weed out the very vulnerable. People who needed a friend. Were given the barest of minimums in kindness and support and then had it all taken away. By that point they were already in too deep to really understand what they had gotten themselves into. Broke my heart. There are so many lost souls in this world just trying to figure things out and at the same time willing to give everything they have to offer to others. Making it easier to be taken advantage of, which would be bad enough. But these unfortunate souls had the bad luck to make contact with Shelly. And be sucked into her abyss of gaslighting, finger pointing and violent rhetoric that had everyone under her roof a husk of their former selves. And that’s what she thrived off of. Like a vampire sucking the life out of her intended victim. She’d drain them of their confidence, free will and any sense of purpose until they were as empty as she was. It’s hard to imagine that some people are just born evil. But I 100% believe that Shelly is one of those people. Maybe she’s missing something in her brain that provides the ability to truly empathize with others and know what it means to do right by someone other than themselves. But Shelly lacked all of the qualities that make us truly human. I know we all have the ability to be savage and take on the world when we’re being cornered. But Shelly, even as a little girl relished in her ability to be rotten. There was a family history of abuse and neglect. Maybe it was in the blood or learned behavior? Maybe it was too late for Shelly to change by the time she was already brought to live with her estranged father at 6 years old? That’s terrifying. There are no answers as to why this woman did what she did. It’s frustrating that so many people were aware of the situation and did nothing, but it’s not hard to understand why. If not for her inherent laziness and her incredible sense of entitlement, she could have been the leader of a cult that took over entire communities or a country if her vision went beyond just humiliating and dominating over one person at a time. She was so very good at lying and manipulating. Not everyone bought into. But she knew how to pick her battles and who to mess with. She was always in it to win it. She just never realized that her crimes would come to light by her own daughters. Her original victims. The girls by all accounts should have been her own mirror images. But they were born with a conscious. And after years of trying to make it out and stay out they could finally do the one thing that was never an option before. Stand up to the monster. I’m emotionally wrecked after reading this. But it’s paced so well and the subject matter really hits home. Triggering for sure, but written in a way that makes it hard to put down. Sorry for this incredibly long and irrelevant review. Review: Horrible narcissistic abuse and murder by one horrible mother - I randomly picked this book up, I believe, because it was a Kindle First selection that I was able to choose. I don’t always read the Kindle First books for a variety of reasons, but I read this one because it was included in a thriller challenge sometime around Haloween. I quickly flew through this book because of the writing style, the plot, and the disturbing content that made it a perfect true crime story from the inside – and I suppose that in this sense it is important to note that this is in no way an investigative report but rather a gripping and disgusting narrative account of what happened. It tells the story of three sisters, the victim of their mother Shelley and her murders, abuse, neglect, and control completely driven by a horrific mental illness that had everyone in her orbit as her victims. It reads like a novel, and one could blast through this in a couple sittings easily. If you are into true crime or stories of abuse, this unknown story is one that will keep you at the edge of your seat as Shelley is able to dodge the questions and investigations of law enforcement, and abuse, humiliate, and even kill her victims. A horrible book with wide implications for brutal, abusive families to get help that works, If You Tell is a striking indictment of narcissism and power in one family and the victims that suffered through it. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #2,113 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1 in Serial Killers True Accounts #2 in Murder & Mayhem True Accounts | | Customer Reviews | 4.2 out of 5 stars 182,208 Reviews | ## Images ![If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/817JqhiRekL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Families, the original cult? (Beware: LWR) *by M***T on July 16, 2023* Riveting and soul crushing, I couldn’t put this book down. My first time reading anything by Gregg Olsen. I’m not well versed in non-fiction, but I thought he did a fantastic job at making me feel horrified and angry for these three sisters who grew up in abject terror of their mother and did everything in their power to just make it out alive. At times I was shocked at all the times no one did anything to leave or get help. But I forget how pervasive fear is. The whole “don’t rock the boat” mentality. I should know better because I was raised by a violently turbulent mother who could be the sweetest, funniest and lovable person and in matter of seconds (always feels instantaneous) turn into the devil. I saw a little bit of myself in each of the sisters. The living inside your head fantasizing about revenge or better yet leaving them behind and forgotten for good and then the sicker and more confusing part of you that still loves them and yearns for the unconditional love in return. But this mother was unhinged 24/7 and completely unredeemable. EVIL. These children were conditioned their entire lives by this “master manipulator” (gaslighting a very powerful tactic) that this is what family is. This what’s normal behavior. But they knew deep in their souls that this wasn’t right. The children I could understand. They were too afraid to speak out because they had been taught that they had no where to go. Their worse fear was that no one would believe them (because sometimes they had a hard time believing, “aka understanding” it themselves) and being brought to even greater heights of torture in retaliation. What I had trouble fathoming were the so called adults. I suppose that shouldn’t have shocked me either, because I’m more than aware that most adults don’t have it all together and can live the majority of their lives in a perpetual state of ignorance. It’s so easy. Out of sight out of mind and all that nonsense. But some people, like Shelly, who was referenced as an apex predator throughout this story had that uncanny ability to sense and then weed out the very vulnerable. People who needed a friend. Were given the barest of minimums in kindness and support and then had it all taken away. By that point they were already in too deep to really understand what they had gotten themselves into. Broke my heart. There are so many lost souls in this world just trying to figure things out and at the same time willing to give everything they have to offer to others. Making it easier to be taken advantage of, which would be bad enough. But these unfortunate souls had the bad luck to make contact with Shelly. And be sucked into her abyss of gaslighting, finger pointing and violent rhetoric that had everyone under her roof a husk of their former selves. And that’s what she thrived off of. Like a vampire sucking the life out of her intended victim. She’d drain them of their confidence, free will and any sense of purpose until they were as empty as she was. It’s hard to imagine that some people are just born evil. But I 100% believe that Shelly is one of those people. Maybe she’s missing something in her brain that provides the ability to truly empathize with others and know what it means to do right by someone other than themselves. But Shelly lacked all of the qualities that make us truly human. I know we all have the ability to be savage and take on the world when we’re being cornered. But Shelly, even as a little girl relished in her ability to be rotten. There was a family history of abuse and neglect. Maybe it was in the blood or learned behavior? Maybe it was too late for Shelly to change by the time she was already brought to live with her estranged father at 6 years old? That’s terrifying. There are no answers as to why this woman did what she did. It’s frustrating that so many people were aware of the situation and did nothing, but it’s not hard to understand why. If not for her inherent laziness and her incredible sense of entitlement, she could have been the leader of a cult that took over entire communities or a country if her vision went beyond just humiliating and dominating over one person at a time. She was so very good at lying and manipulating. Not everyone bought into. But she knew how to pick her battles and who to mess with. She was always in it to win it. She just never realized that her crimes would come to light by her own daughters. Her original victims. The girls by all accounts should have been her own mirror images. But they were born with a conscious. And after years of trying to make it out and stay out they could finally do the one thing that was never an option before. Stand up to the monster. I’m emotionally wrecked after reading this. But it’s paced so well and the subject matter really hits home. Triggering for sure, but written in a way that makes it hard to put down. Sorry for this incredibly long and irrelevant review. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Horrible narcissistic abuse and murder by one horrible mother *by G***R on February 15, 2023* I randomly picked this book up, I believe, because it was a Kindle First selection that I was able to choose. I don’t always read the Kindle First books for a variety of reasons, but I read this one because it was included in a thriller challenge sometime around Haloween. I quickly flew through this book because of the writing style, the plot, and the disturbing content that made it a perfect true crime story from the inside – and I suppose that in this sense it is important to note that this is in no way an investigative report but rather a gripping and disgusting narrative account of what happened. It tells the story of three sisters, the victim of their mother Shelley and her murders, abuse, neglect, and control completely driven by a horrific mental illness that had everyone in her orbit as her victims. It reads like a novel, and one could blast through this in a couple sittings easily. If you are into true crime or stories of abuse, this unknown story is one that will keep you at the edge of your seat as Shelley is able to dodge the questions and investigations of law enforcement, and abuse, humiliate, and even kill her victims. A horrible book with wide implications for brutal, abusive families to get help that works, If You Tell is a striking indictment of narcissism and power in one family and the victims that suffered through it. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wow *by I***R on April 24, 2022* This book was riveting. The prose and pace were excellent. It was dark and difficult to read but it was also what pulled you in and held you captive. From start to finish it was intense, raw, emotional and suspenseful. The pull between good and evil, the descriptive acts and emotions of the different personalities were so detailed it made me feel every word. It made me understand the different points of view even when it elicited anger. The author did a great job of letting you into the different minds and the reasons behind their actions and thoughts, in a way that even though it made you feel anger and hate, it also gave insight on the frailty of human nature, eliciting empathy for all involved. He captured the essence of each individual to a perfect degree. I could not put the book down. I kept wanting to know how it ended or what happened next. Every chapter was intriguing and as a lover of true crime and psychology - Shelly, her victims and (at one point or another) her accomplices fascinated me. I was able to connect with the struggles Tori, Sami and Nikki faced with their mother, feeling both love and hate, battling the sense of right and wrong. Wanting to tell because it wasn't right but being afraid to tell because of the unknown consequences and the false sense of love and loyalty one has for a manipulative and narcissistic mother/family. It's a thin line and it can become blurry when faced with a duty to self and loved ones; of protecting blood though they are hurting you and those around you, it can be debilitating and confusing. He touched on all the emotions, the internal struggles of family ties: the love between children and their parents even when their parents are monsters. It's just a super great read and real. If you can tolerate reading about physical and mental torture - because it is pretty graphic - read this book. It will not disappoint. ## Frequently Bought Together - If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood - Allegedly: A Psychological Thriller - Love, Mom: A fast-paced psychological thriller with several twists --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.vn/products/177148187-if-you-tell-a-true-story-of-murder-family-secrets](https://www.desertcart.vn/products/177148187-if-you-tell-a-true-story-of-murder-family-secrets) --- *Product available on Desertcart Vietnam* *Store origin: VN* *Last updated: 2026-06-06*