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Loading... The Better Sister: A Novel (original 2019; edition 2019)by Alafair Burke (Author)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A mystery that follows Chloe as she attempts to discover who stabbed her husband, Adam, while she was attending an award ceremony. Suspicion of the culprit changes throughout the novel as new evidence emerges and Chloe finds herself defending her teenage stepson, Ethan, after the police charge him with murder. Complicating the situation, is that Adam was previously married to Nicky, Chloe’s older sister, who has always been the less successful of the pair. Deceit, control, manipulation and domestic violence feature throughout as Burke spins an ingenious plot and keeps tension gradually mounting as the investigation and Ethan’s trial progress to an unexpected finale. This was a fast-moving, interesting mystery, but I kept getting distracted by annoying quirks along the way. Chloe Taylor is the “better sister” evidently because she completed college and became ultra-wealthy, as well as marrying her inferior sister’s ex-husband, Adam, and raising their son. Adam is murdered and the police immediately focus on the son, Ethan, as the killer. Chloe and sister Nicky bond while working together to prove Ethan’s innocence. I enjoyed the courtroom sequences, but the police investigation was conducted so poorly that Chloe was instructing the detectives in how to do their jobs. So many twists were introduced and rejected that I almost lost interest in who would finally be found guilty. Then everything was wrapped up and tied with a bow. This is the first book I've read by Alafair Burke, but it definitely won't be the last. I enjoyed the mystery and the legal aspects of the story. The characters were well developed, and I did not see the twist coming. *Thank you to Netgalley for providing a free ARC in exchange for an honest review.* no reviews | add a review
"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? Though Chloe was the younger of the two Taylor sisters, she always seemed to be 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--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 like 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 teenaged 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"-- No library descriptions found. |
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