The Wrong Sister- Book Review

Title:- The Wrong Sister

Author:- Claire Douglas

Date published:- March 14th 2024

No. of pages:- 400 pages

Genre:- Thrille

Rating:-

Plot:- 4/5 Writing:- 4/5

Overall rating:- 4/5

In this sensational thriller from the number-one internationally bestselling author, two sisters discover that the secrets they keep from each other prove to be deadly.

You’ve known her all your life. Or have you?

Tasha and her older sister Alice may look alike, but they couldn’t be more different. Tasha’s married with two children and still lives in their hometown near Bristol. Alice is a high-flying scientist who travels the world with her equally successful husband.

Yet each sister would trust the other with her life.

When Tasha and her husband Aaron need a break and Alice offers to stay in their home with the kids, Tasha knows her family is in safe hands.

She couldn’t be more wrong.

The call from home is devastating. Alice and her husband Kyle have been attacked, leaving Alice in intensive care and Kyle dead. Rushing to the hospital, Tasha finds the police trying to piece events together. She can’t think why anyone would attack her sister.

Then the note arrives, addressed to Tasha:

It was supposed to be you . . .

Every family has secrets. Some more deadly than others.

Natasha “Tasha” and her husband Aaron gets a chance to spend the holiday they very much needed. Alice and her husband Kyle offered to babysit their children while Tasha and Aaron would spend a week in Venice in their apartment. Tasha and Aaron were excited even though it was the first time they were separated from the children. But then few days later, they get a frantic call, saying that their house is being burgled–Alice is hospitalized with injuries while Kyle is dead. Tasha and Aaron had to cut their vacation short and return back to England. During the investigation, the police claim that a familial DNA was found at the crime scene. This led Tasha to believe that the DNA might belong to her missing sister–Holly who was abducted more than twenty five years ago. Has Holly returned back to the small town? Has she come to seek revenge?

This was an interesting story. The story is told in Tasha’s, Alice and their mother Jeanette’s POV and another woman named Bonnie. There were too many suspects and that the present crime might be connected to Holly is also interesting. The writing was really great. There weren’t much twists and turns and I kind of predicted what the ending might be, and that was how the book ended. This wasn’t bad but this wasn’t as good as the Couple At No. 9, the first book I have read from this author. Nevertheless, I am determined to read all her books.

Overall this is worth four stars.

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