THE SISTERS by Claire Douglas is a psychological
thriller that was the winner of the Marie Claire Best Debut Novel Award.
“I see her
everywhere … in the window of the Italian restaurant … trying to cross the road
… running for a bus.”
Haunted by
despair and guilt over her twin sister’s death eighteen months ago, Abi
Cavendish struggles to prove to her friends, family, psychologist, and most of
all herself, that she’s no longer a fragile, self-destructive loner. All she needs
is a new start, new friends, new surroundings. As luck would have it, she may
have found all three. Beatrice seems to understand her as no one else ever has.
Her handsome twin brother seems interested in romance. And the two just happen
to have a room available to rent in their elegant old house. It couldn’t be
more perfect, but as the coincidences continue to pile up, Abi begins to
question her good fortune and her sanity.
Shifts
between Abi’s and Bea’s point of view offers readers conflicting takes on
events and motives, thus creating doubt and raising the stakes for the reader
in much the same way as the events challenge the characters to differentiate
between opposing realities.
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