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The Wrong Sister: The chilling novel from Sunday Times bestselling author of The Couple at No. 9
By (Author) Claire Douglas
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Books Ltd
14th March 2024
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Psychological thriller
Narrative theme: Interior life
Narrative theme: Love and relationships
Hardback
400
Width 164mm, Height 242mm, Spine 35mm
621g
A burglary gone wrong, a mistaken identity ...or something far worse The paperback sensation moves into hardback Tasha has always felt in the shadow of her older sister, Alice. Alice is married to wealthy entrepreneur Kyle and has a high-flying career, Tasha is married to her childhood sweetheart and lives in a Bristol suburb with their three-year-old twins. When Alice realises that Tasha is struggling she suggests she come to look after the twins for a week, so Tasha and her husband can enjoy a week away. But a few days in, it all goes terribly wrong. Tasha receives a phonecall to say Alice is in hospital and Kyle is dead after an intruder broke into their house. A burglary gone wrong, surely. Until a note arrives saying It was supposed to be you...
- -- PRAISE FOR CLAIRE DOUGLAS
I loved this twisty novel -- RICHARD OSMAN
Few people do psychological thrillers as claustrophobic and as creepy as Claire Douglas -- TIM WEAVER
Spine-chilling * THE SUNDAY TIMES *
A chillingly atmospheric thriller -- JP DELANEY
Clever and terrifically compelling -- SARAH PEARSE
Devotees of domestic noir will love the multiple perspectives and shifts in time that Claire Douglas uses to complicate her nervy narrative -- SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB
Claire Douglas has worked as a journalist for fifteen years, writing features for women's magazines and national newspapers, but she's dreamed of being a novelist since the age of seven. She finally got her wish after winning the Marie Claire Debut Novel Award, with her first novel, The Sisters, which was followed by Local Girl Missing, Last Seen Alive, Do Not Disturb, Then She Vanishes, Just Like the Other Girls, The Couple at No 9. and The Girls Who Disappeared. Her latest novel, The Woman Who Lied, spent eleven weeks in the Sunday Times top ten. She has sold nearly 1.5 million copies of her books in the UK. She lives in Bath with her husband and two children.