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Sister of Mine

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147 of 147 copies available
147 of 147 copies available

'Beautifully written, tense and real' - Ann Cleeves

Two sisters. One fire. A secret that won't burn out.

The Grayson sisters are trouble. Everyone in their small town knows it. But no-one can know of the secret that binds them together.

Hattie is the light. Penny is the darkness. Together, they have balance.

But one night the balance is toppled. A match is struck. A fire is started. A cruel husband is killed. The potential for a new life flickers in the fire's embers, but resentment, guilt, and jealousy suffocate like smoke.

Their lives have been engulfed in flames - will they ever be able to put them out?

Steeped in intrigue and suspense, Sister of Mine is a powerhouse debut; a sharp, disquieting thriller written in stunning, elegant prose with a devastating twist. Fans of Liane Moriarty's Big Little Lies and Shari Lapena's The Couple Next Door will be utterly absorbed by this compulsively readable novel.

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'Beautifully written, insightful and thought provoking, with twists I did not see coming - Cecilia Ekbäck, bestselling author of Wolf Winter and The Midnight Sun

'This book is a cracked mirror—sharp, disquieting, impossible to look away, refracting our worst fears and best hopes back at us' - Elan Mastai, author of All Our Wrong Todays

'Laurie's prose is stunning but it was the complicated relationship between the two sisters, and the secret that threatens to destroy them that had me furiously turning the pages' - Hollie Overton, bestselling author of Baby Doll and The Walls

'Imaginative, beautifully observed characterisation. Masterfully written and enchanting, with more than a hint of menace' - Caro Ramsay

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      July 2, 2018
      Set in the small Canadian town of St. Margaret’s, Petrou’s riveting debut finds Penny Grayson, the book’s eloquent narrator, and her younger sister, Hattie, sharing their family home after the death of Penelope’s abusive husband, Buddy, in a fire. Penny, the director of the town’s day care center, and Hattie, who works at the beauty salon, have settled into a relatively comfortable routine. However, the delicate balance of their lives changes when a handsome stranger, Jameson Leung, comes to teach at the local school. For the sisters, his arrival “was like the moon dropped out of the sky and broke open like an orange.” Soon they’re competing for Jameson’s affections. The women’s complicated relationship—made up of shifting emotions of rage, jealousy, guilt, grief, and profound love—is repeatedly tested. Meanwhile, the question of what really happened to Buddy hovers over the novel. The plot may be a tad melodramatic, but it moves swiftly toward the shocking answer to that question. Readers will be keen to see what Petrou comes up with next. Agent: Martha Webb, McDermid Agency (Canada).

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