The Better Sister: A Novel
by Alafair Burke
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" From Alafair Burke New York Times bestselling author of the runaway hit, The Wife comes another twisty tale of domestic noir. When a prominent Manhattan lawyer is murdered, two estranged sisters one the dead man's widow, the other his ex must set aside mistrust and old resentments. but can they escape their past?-Keep your enemies close and your sister closer.-Though Chloe was the younger of the two Taylor sisters, she always seemed to be the one in charge. She was the honor roll student with big dreams and an even bigger work ethic. Nicky was always restless and more than a little reckless was the opposite of her ambitious little sister. She floated from job to job and man to man and stayed close to home in Cleveland. For a while, it seemed that both sisters had found happiness. Chloe earned a scholarship to an Ivy League school and moved to New York City, where she landed a coveted publishing job. Nicky married promising young attorney Adam Macintosh and gave birth to a baby boy they named Ethan. The Taylor sisters became virtual strangers.-Now, more than fifteen years later, their lives are drastically different and Chloe is married to Adam. When he's murdered by an intruder at the couple?s East Hampton beach house, Chloe reluctantly allows her teenage stepson's biological mother her estranged sister, Nicky back into her life. But when the police begin to treat Ethan as a suspect in his father?s death, the two sisters are forced to unite . . . and to confront the truth behind family secrets they have tried to bury in the past."
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On May 12 2019, a reader said:
4.5★s
The Better Sister is a stand-alone novel by best-selling American author, Alafair Burke. When e-zine executive, Chloe Taylor comes home from a dinner party to find her husband, corporate lawyer Adam Macintosh, fatally stabbed, the police initially suspect it's a robbery gone wrong. But closer examination has them arresting Adam's sixteen-year-old son, Ethan. And despite being virtually estranged from Ethan's mother, her sister Nicky, they now join forces to scramble to his defence.
Detective Jennifer Guidry is convinced that Ethan Macintosh killed his father and, despite lacking some vital evidence like the murder weapon, the prosecution has dug up a fairly credible motive, and a time line that fits the defendant's whereabouts. But Ethan's stepmother is insisting the police investigate Adam's movements in the 48 hours before his murder. Guidry dismisses this until a newspaper article rings a bell.
At first, readers may wonder just how reliable a narrator Chloe is; she certainly has some secrets she's not revealing, but the reason for any discrepancies becomes apparent later on. And if the story starts out fairly straight-forward, with perhaps a few little kinks in the plot, then with each chapter, another wrinkle, another layer, another twist, another turn is added to the story, so that the reader is kept guessing until the final chapters, and even the most astute reader is unlikely to easily deduce the murderer's identity.
Burke gives the reader some great characters and the banter between the sisters is particularly delightful. There are plenty of clues and red herrings dropped throughout the story, and readers of Burke's earlier novels The Ex and The Wife will recognise Olivia Randall in her role as lawyer for the defence with some excellent courtroom drama. A gripping page turner.
This unbiased review is from an uncorrected proof copy provided by Allen & Unwin.
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- Title
- The Better Sister: A Novel
- Author
- Alafair Burke
- Book Condition
- New
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- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0062894927
- ISBN 13
- 9780062894922
- Publisher
- Harper
- Date Published
- 2019
- Size
- 8 vo
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