The Sisters

by Claire Douglas Narrated by Scarlett Mack

Overview

From the Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author of The Girls Who Disappeared

One of them lied. One of them died.

When one sister dies, the other must go to desperate lengths to survive ...

Haunted by her twin sister's death, Abi is making a fresh start in Bath. But when she meets siblings Bea and Ben, quickly moving into the townhouse they share with a a group of lodgers, strange things start to happen.

Abi's precious letters go missing, threatening messages are left in her room ... Is this the work of the beautiful and capricious Bea? Or is Abi hiding something of her own?

Is it a dark secret - one she thought had died with her sister...?

In this gripping work of fiction, Claire Douglas weaves a tale of suspense and psychological thrillers, where every action has a consequence and family ties are tested. The top Sunday Times bestselling author once again proves her mastery in creating a world where adventure and life's harsh realities collide.

For fans of Lisa Jewell (None of This is True), Gillian Mcallister (Just Another Missing Person), Claire Mcgowan (A Savage Hunger), Tm Logan (The Mother), and Clare Mackintosh (A Game of Lies).

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly

03/21/2016
British author Douglas’s debut thriller, the winner of the Marie Claire Debut Novel Award, probes the complex emotional landscape of female friendship. Dazed with guilt and grief from the recent death of her twin sister, Lucy, Abi Cavendish moves from London to Bath and latches on to the charming, mercurial Beatrice, a stranger who resembles Lucy. Beatrice craves friendship as intensely as Abi does, quickly inviting her into the opulent Georgian house she shares with a flock of glamorous artists as well as her handsome brother, Ben. Yet the pleasures of this bohemian life—and a growing flirtation with Ben—sour for Abi when precious letters from her sister disappear and she becomes the target of vicious pranks. The reader flips between Bea’s and Abi’s perspective, each voice eliciting both sympathy and doubt. The plot sags at times, stretching credibility with a fast-arriving fleet of characters who look exactly like other characters (casting the movie will be easy), building toward a slightly overwrought ending leavened by the tang of psychological ambiguity. Agent: Juliet Mushens, Agency Group (U.K.). (May)

From the Publisher

‘Grippingly claustrophobic and unpredictable on every page: perfect for fans of THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN’ MARIE CLAIRE

‘Humming with anxiety and friction, The Sisters keep readers guessing as to who is doing what to whom until the very end…[A] gripping psychological debut’ SHELF AWARENESS

‘Tension oozes from every page… [an] addictive read that will leave you on the edge of your seat’ THE SUN

‘Unforgettably dark and complex’ WOMAN AND HOME

‘As soon as I finished the first page, I knew I wouldn’t be able to put this down … I thoroughly enjoyed it’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

‘Written with such skill you don’t know who to believe’ SAGA

‘Get drawn into a tangled web of secrets … A dark and complex novel’ HELLO

‘A powerful emotional charge to this examination of grief’ SUNDAY MIRROR

‘The twists and turns in this outstanding psychological thriller will have you questioning what’s going on in every chapter’ FABULOUS

‘A very addictive read’ IRISH EXAMINER

‘A must-read!’ CLOSER

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170241590
Publisher:	HarperCollins UK
Publication date:	08/13/2015
Edition description:	Unabridged

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