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Sister: A Novel by Rosamund Lupton
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Sister: A Novel (edition 2011)

by Rosamund Lupton

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"Lupton enters the highly charged ring where the best psychological detective writers spar... Like Kate Atkinson, Patricia Highsmith and Ruth Rendellā?¦ Both tear-jerking and spine-tingling, Sister provides an adrenaline rush that could cause a chill on the sunniest afternoon." ā??The New York Times Book Review
 
When her mom calls to tell her that Tess, her younger sister, is missing, Bee returns home to London on the first flight. She expects to find Tess and give her the usual lecture, the bossy big sister scolding her flighty baby sister for taking off without letting anyone know her plans. Tess has always been a free spirit, an artist who takes risks, while conservative Bee couldnā??t be more different. Bee is used to watching out for her wayward sibling and is fiercely protective of Tess (and has always been a little stern about her antics). But then Tess is found dead, apparently by her own hand.

Bee is certain that Tess didnā??t commit suicide. Their family and the police accept the sad reality, but Bee feels sure that Tess has been murdered.  Single-minded in her search for a killer, Bee moves into Tess's apartment and throws herself headlong into her sister's lifeā??and all its secrets.

Though her family and the police see a grieving sister in denial, unwilling to accept the facts, Bee uncovers the affair Tess was having with a married man and the pregnancy that resulted, and her difficultly with a stalker who may have crossed the line when Tess refused his advances. Tess was also participating in an experimental medical trial that might have gone very wrong.  As a determined Bee gives her statement to the lead investigator, her story reveals a predator who got away with murderā??and an obsession that may cost Bee her own life.

A thrilling story of fierce love between siblings, Sister is a suspenseful and accomplished debut with a st
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Title:Sister: A Novel
Authors:Rosamund Lupton
Info:Broadway (2011), Paperback, 352 pages
Collections:Read but unowned
Rating:****
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Confusing to read, unlikeable self-pitying narrator, unrealistic and disappointing ā€œcop-outā€ ending. I feel let down. Strike this author as off my list. ( )
  wordbyword | Nov 27, 2023 |
I just couldn't get into this book. I found the prose slow and overwritten, and the narrator's constant self-pity really grated on my nerves. I also didn't like the style in which the book was written - the letters to the narrator's sister were dull and only served to distance me from the character and the action. I struggled through and finished it, but I was even more disappointed with the ending. ( )
  Elizabeth_Cooper | Oct 27, 2023 |
This was a surprise. I bought it on a whim. It did not disappoint. ( )
  JennyPocknall | Oct 19, 2023 |
Here's what I wrote in 2012 about this read: "Easy and suspenseful read. Written in the UK and quickly traveled to the U.S. Illumuniates the ties of sisters, and creates a story from the unwillingness of one to believe the other would commit suicide, despite tragedy in her life. A fun twist on who-done-it and the author makes the reader suspect EVERYONE she (MGA) meets." ( )
  MGADMJK | Sep 6, 2023 |
Wow. Really tough book to get into, but I was determined to give it a chance -- and eventually, the pacing picks up a bit... but it is confusing in the beginning. An interesting tale of the bond of two sisters. ( )
  Randall.Hansen | Oct 26, 2022 |
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[An] unusual and searing debut...
added by Shortride | editPublishers Weekly (Apr 4, 2011)
 
Lupton's crisp insights into grief and familial guilt are married to a confidently executed plot. Free from the genre's more mawkish excesses, Lupton's persuasive narrative voice is what keeps this classy debut on track.
 
Like Kate Atkinson, Patricia Highsmith and Ruth Rendell, Lupton builds suspense not only around the causes and details of her storyā€™s brutal denouement, but also around the personalities and motivations of those who lunge and those who duck..... Both tear-jerking and spine-tingling, ā€œSisterā€ provides an adrenaline rush that could cause a chill on the sunniest afternoon ā€” which, perhaps, the friendly company of a sister or two (or, in a pinch, a brother) might help to dispel.
 

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ā€˜Where shall we see a better daughter or a kinder sister or a truer friend?ā€™
Jane Austen, Emma
ā€˜But flowers distillā€™d, though they with winter meet Leese but their show, their substance still lives sweet.ā€™
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To my parents, Kit and Jane Orde-Powlett, for their life-long gift of encouragement.

And to Martin, my husband, with my love.
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Dearest Tess,

Iā€™d do anything to be with you, right now, right this moment, so I could hold your hand, look at your face, listen to your voice.
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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:

"Lupton enters the highly charged ring where the best psychological detective writers spar... Like Kate Atkinson, Patricia Highsmith and Ruth Rendellā?¦ Both tear-jerking and spine-tingling, Sister provides an adrenaline rush that could cause a chill on the sunniest afternoon." ā??The New York Times Book Review
 
When her mom calls to tell her that Tess, her younger sister, is missing, Bee returns home to London on the first flight. She expects to find Tess and give her the usual lecture, the bossy big sister scolding her flighty baby sister for taking off without letting anyone know her plans. Tess has always been a free spirit, an artist who takes risks, while conservative Bee couldnā??t be more different. Bee is used to watching out for her wayward sibling and is fiercely protective of Tess (and has always been a little stern about her antics). But then Tess is found dead, apparently by her own hand.

Bee is certain that Tess didnā??t commit suicide. Their family and the police accept the sad reality, but Bee feels sure that Tess has been murdered.  Single-minded in her search for a killer, Bee moves into Tess's apartment and throws herself headlong into her sister's lifeā??and all its secrets.

Though her family and the police see a grieving sister in denial, unwilling to accept the facts, Bee uncovers the affair Tess was having with a married man and the pregnancy that resulted, and her difficultly with a stalker who may have crossed the line when Tess refused his advances. Tess was also participating in an experimental medical trial that might have gone very wrong.  As a determined Bee gives her statement to the lead investigator, her story reveals a predator who got away with murderā??and an obsession that may cost Bee her own life.

A thrilling story of fierce love between siblings, Sister is a suspenseful and accomplished debut with a st

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Nothing can break the bond between sisters...

When Beatrice gets a frantic call in the middle of Sunday lunch to say that her younger sister Tess is missing, she boards the first flight home to London. But as she learns about the circumstances surrounding Tess's disappearance, she is stunned to discover how little she actually knows of her sister's life ā€” and unprepared for the terrifying truths she must now face.

The police, Beatrice's fiancƩ and even their mother accept they have lost Tess, but Beatrice refuses to give up on her. So she embarks on a dangerous journey to discover the truth, no matter the cost.

Their bond was unbreakable. The truth was unimaginable.

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