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The Better Sister
The Better Sister is a sublime novel of suspense, from an emerging master of the form – I betrayed my sister while standing on the main stairs of the Metropolitan museum in a beaded Versace gown…
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Summary
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‘Highly addictive’ KARIN SLAUGHTER
‘A major talent’ HARLAN COBEN
‘Accomplished and absorbing’ SUNDAY TIMES
Keep your enemies close and your sister closer. . .
For a while, it seemed like both Taylor sisters had found happiness. Chloe landed a coveted publishing job in New York City. Nicky got married to a promising young attorney named Adam McIntosh and became a mother to a baby boy named Ethan.
But now, fourteen years later, it is Chloe who is married to Adam. When he is murdered at the couple’s beach house, she has no choice but to welcome her estranged sister – her teenage stepson’s biological mother – back into her life. When the police begin to treat Ethan as a suspect, the sisters are forced to confront the truth behind family secrets they both tried to leave behind in order to protect the boy they love, whatever the cost.
Readers were gripped by The Better Sister:
‘Reading an Alafair Burke novel is like a ride on a Harley.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘If writing twists and turns were an Olympic sport, Alafair Burke would be the gold medal champion.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘This is one of the best domestic thrillers I have ever read.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘An excellent read with a twisty, “I did not see that coming!” ending!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘This book kept me on my toes trying to figure out who did it. It was a real page turner.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘A must read for crime novel fans.’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Critic Reviews
Great writing, evocative settings, and compelling characters kept me turning pages late into the night.
The Better Sister held me prisoner from the first page to the last, with Burke twisting the kaleidoscope
ever so slightly, changing the entire picture as the pieces realigned.
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Domestic noir doesn’t come much more noirish.
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A woman marrying her older sister’s ex-husband is a pretty neat set-up for any story. Chuck in the murder of said husband and the stepson emerging as a suspect and you have a cracker of a plot… Burke’s portrayal of the complex relationship between the two siblings, with their shared secrets but very different outlooks, that makes this book such a compelling read.
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Another classy slice of psychological drama from Alafair Burke.
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A highly accomplished and absorbing blend of psychological and courtroom thriller.
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This twisting domestic thriller shows that Burke is now a mistress of the genre and particularly adept with sibling relationships and the strange tensions they trail in their wake… a fast and rewarding read.
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Alafair Burke is the Edgar-nominated, New York Times bestselling author of fourteen novels of suspense, including Find Me, The Ex, The Wife, The Better Sister, and the co-author of the best-selling ‘Under Suspicion’ series with Mary Higgins Clark. The Better Sister is being adapted for television by Amazon Prime, and will star Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks. A former prosecutor,…
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