A mother’s house of horrors. Three sisters’ fight to survive. A true story of unimaginable cruelty—and incredible resilience.
For years, behind the closed doors of their farmhouse in Raymond, Washington, sisters Nikki, Sami, and Tori Knotek endured brutal abuse at the hands of their sadistic mother, Shelly. Isolated, terrorized, and subjected to unthinkable cruelty, they developed an unbreakable bond—one that would ultimately save them.
But their mother’s darkness didn’t stop with them. Others fell into her twisted web, and the nightmare escalated to murder. Finding the courage to escape, the sisters risked everything to seek justice and reclaim their lives.
A Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller, If You Tell is a harrowing but powerful true-crime story of survival, strength, and the unshakable bond of sisterhood.