What an amazing thriller this had so many twists and turns I felt like I was on a rollercoaster and I love a good plot twist fantastic

A well written novel about family secrets and the effect they have on people years later. If you enjoy a good mystery then I recommend this book

In Two Sisters by Kerry Wilkinson - Megan returns to her hometown to confront her family's past after receiving a postcard that rekindles the mystery of her missing brother, setting off a haunting journey of discovery.

Kerry Wilkinson is an author I discovered on NetGalley and now she is one of my favorites. "Two Sisters" is an amazing novel that will keep you guessing until the end. I can't wait until the next novel comes out!! If you have never read any novels by Wilkinson you need to start.

Really enjoyable read. Good characters and a Good story. Well worth a read. Think others will enjoy.

Great story by Kerry Wilkinson!! Really thrilling read, great characters and an enjoyable story. Highly recommend to others!!

I will not be posting a review on goodreads because I was unable to enjoy this book and do not feel comfortable leaving a negative review.

TWO SISTERS by Kerry Wilkinson is a standalone psychological thriller, and the first novel I have had the pleasure of reading by this author. It definitely won’t be my last. I have lots of catching up to do. This novel highlights the drama that two young sisters, Megan and Chloe, face after the death of both their parents in an automobile accident. Their older brother, Zac went missing ten years ago and has never been found. And then the car accident. They went through so much…

They had been told that their brother probably drowned.

Megan and her younger sister Chloe return to the family’s summer cottage in the small seaside town of Whitecliff one summer for the first time since their brother’s disappearance. Megan says it’s to get her parents’ affairs in order. There are boxes to pack, junk to clear, a rundown cottage to sell. But that’s not the real reason.

Megan has come home to discover the truth about her family’s past after receiving a postcard on the day of her parents’ funeral. It had a photograph of Whitecliff on the front and a single letter “Z” for Zac on the back.

Megan and Chloe realize that discovering the truth about their brother’s disappearance is not well received by the locals on the island. The locals on the island are secretive and just want the topic dropped except for Megan and Chloe.

This is a well-written psychological thriller with believable characters. Looking forward to reading more by this author.

Many thanks to Bookouture via Netgalley for my digital copy.

I’m conflicted over how I feel about Two Sisters. I loved The Girl Who Came Back and couldn’t wait to read this but found it lacking in both suspense and characterisation and my interest waned a lot whilst I was reading which was really disappointing.

Two Sisters sees Megan and Chloe returning to Whitecliff after their parent’s death and after Megan received a postcard from the area with nothing written on it other than the letter Z. Megan assuming it means Zac, their brother who went missing ten years ago. Given the life that they have led due to their parents, there’s not much of a connection between the sisters, nor did there seem to be any real sense of either of them caring about what happened to Zac. I just felt very detached from everything whilst reading the story and there wasn’t much emotion in the storytelling or in scenes between the sisters. There were times when Megan was an interesting character but Chloe is mostly a non-entity throughout, until the closing chapters when she actually gets to do something.

The setting of Whitecliff I felt was well-imagined and did make for some atmospheric reading in places and I enjoyed how it allowed the story to be told. That said, it felt at times a little bit of a cliched version of what you would expect a village in the arse end of nowhere to be like (why would they look at Megan like she had two heads when she asks about tofu or vegan food?) and in 2018 surely mobile phone signals aren’t restricted to being stood next to a single tree in the village.

As the story progressed I toyed with the idea of abandoning the book but I wanted to see it through to the end and find out what had really happened to Zac all those years ago. When the ending came it wasn’t a satisfying resolution and I felt that everything was a little rushed. I was disappointed that there weren’t any great twists to the story, and the explanation given for what happened to Zac and the subsequent cover-up by some cardboard cut-out bad guys just fell completely flat and I finished the book wanting more. Having loved The Girl Who Came Back I have not been put off reading more of Kerry’s psychological thrillers because I did really enjoy that one. Unfortunately the same can’t be said of Two Sisters and so whilst it isn’t a book I will be recommending, I can highly recommend Kerry’s Jessica Daniel series and also The Girl Who Came Back.

Bookouture and NetGalley provided me with an electronic copy of Two Sisters. I was under no obligation to review this book and my opinion is freely given.

20 year old Megan Smart is abruptly told by a police officer that both of her parents died of injuries sustained during a car accident. Now responsible for her 16 year old sister Chloe, the sisters take a trip to the family cottage in Whitecliff. Neither sister had been to the cottage in ten years, after their brother's disappearance from the area prompted a swift departure. When Megan starts to ask questions of the townspeople who knew of her brother and his situation, will anonymous threats prevent the sisters from getting answers? Will Megan and Chloe heed the warnings before someone gets hurt?

Two Sisters has a good premise and the mystery portions of the book have just the right amount of suspense. My issue with this book stems from the prominence placed on Megan and her eating disorder. It was not central to the disappearance of her brother, yet the author places almost as much emphasis on it. Perhaps the author was offering Megan's issues up, especially in regards to the fact that her mother had much to do with it, as a way of misdirecting the reader, but it was too overdone. The twist regarding money was interesting, but a little out of left field. I would have liked more background on the parents, as the book would have seemed more complete with the story fleshed out a little more. Readers who like mystery and suspense may enjoy Two Sisters and author Kerry Wilkinson in general.

Megan and Chloe are sisters who are in Whitecliff to clean out their parents summer cottage after they were killed in a car accident. Neither sister have been back to Whitecliff since the summer that their brother Zac disappeared and Megan is determined to find someone who can tell her more about her brother's disappearance, but no one in the village seems to want to talk about that time and Megan wonders if it is all one big conspiracy. I really enjoyed this mystery and look forward to more thrillers by this Author!

Creepy atmosphere with a slow burn of a suspense novel. I typically faster paced books but the creepiness of this one made the slower pace easier and more pleasurable to tolerate. I feel this may be more in a YA genre than an adult one but I love those too so win win! A nice, unexpected ending but not gut punching due to the pace. Still would highly recommend.

After her parents are killed in a car accident Megan and her sister Chloe return to the seaside village where their older brother Zac went missing 10 years ago. When Megan starts asking questions about Zac's disappearance things become very uncomfortable for her.

I really struggled with this book about a quarter of the way through. There wasn't much happening and I was unable to work out what was going on. However the last 25% of the book picked up speed and the strands began to tie up. It was not the ending I expected neither was it memorable. Not something I'd recommend as a thriller.

A good, dark, tense psychological thriller. Two sisters orphaned after already losing a brother. Their brother disappeared years ago but no-one knows what really happened. A beautiful holiday spot but with eery characters and suspicion all around. The girls go back to clear the house they have been left but someone does not want them there. Is Zac really dead. Lots of questions and great twists and turns. Did not guess the ending. Really good story and look forward to reading more by Kerry Wilkinson.

I read this book a month ago and it didn't stick in my head at all. The story was slow and the characters were missing any type of real depth. It was just not my kind of book.

Two Sisters by Kerry Wilkinson
Publisher : Bookouture

Thanks to NetGalley and publisher Bookouture for the Ebook ARC of Two Sisters by author Kerry Wilkinson in exchange for an honest review.

Zac disappeared in the small seaside town of Whitecliff, he went missing among the cliffs, caves and beaches; and that he probably drowned. He was missing for almost 2 days. That is what parents told younger sister Megan, who was 10 at the time, and Chloe who was only 6 at the time.
Ten years later, Megan & Chloe’s parents gets killed in a car crash. And for the first time since Zac’s disappearance, the girls go back to Whitecliff. Megan says its to clear out their parents cottage and get their affairs in order. But the real reason, Megan keeps to herself. She received a postcard in the mail on the day of their parents funeral. It is a picture of Whitecliff and the only thing written on the back, was the letter, Z. Z for Zac.
Will Megan be able to uncover what exactly happened to Zac or will she uncover her parents hidden past.

I found this book to begin extremely slow, I found that it didn’t really pick up the pace until I was about 3/4 of the way through the book. And even then I didn’t find it extremely exciting. It did though still kept me wanting to read after meeting the characters, Megan & Chloe and find out what happened to their older brother, Zac.
The book was well written though , but I wouldn’t really recommend it. I give the book a rating of 3 stars.

Within three pages I was hooked! I devoured this book and the rest of the series within a fortnight. Twists, turns, it was gripping and throughtfully put together. My new favourite author!

What a way to be introduced to Kerry Wilkinson! It's going to be hard to put in to words all the feelings that this book made me feel. This is the story of Megan and Chloe, two sisters which tragedy seems to be following them as they lost their brother Zac one summer vacation in some mysterious circumstances when they were just kids and recently both parents in a car accident. Megan the oldest, gets a postcard from the place where they spent the summer (same place where Zac went missing years ago) with the letter Z on their back. This takes them both to Whitecliff, back to the cottage for the first time after the "accident" which Megan is determined to figure out who send the postcard and wondering the unthinkable: could Zac be alive? And what really happened to him?
As you dig deep in the story, you get to know more about Megan's internal issues. Her relationship with her mother (and how this made her how she is) and her eating disorder, this last one putting you at the edge of your seat making you wonder if she gonna pass out or not. She's definitely the hero type of girl and a little crazy at the same time, which made me love her and her determination in this story. Megan will definitely drive you crazy as you keep on reading. Chloe, the youngest, is the free spirit, so different from her sister. She barely remembers her missing brother, and despite of growing away from her sister, Chloe cares for her and is aware of her sister's eating problem. She will have a huge impact in Megan's decisions since she's the only family she has left.

On their time there, they will come across different characters (some of them you will hate a little) that will lead Megan to discover, in a brutal way, what really happened to Zac, who their parents really were and why. This will also will bring the sisters close even more. You won't be able to put this book down trust me!

Excellent writing, great character development. I am giving this novel full 5 out of 5! And I'm so looking forward for more from Wilkinson!

A great standalone suspense/YA novel from the author of the brilliant Jessica Daniel crime series (if you haven't read these you're missing out!). I don't think this is meant to be a YA novel however it's hard not to get that vibe when the main characters are in their teens.

I continue to be in awe of how Kerry writes all of his main female characters so flawlessly - you'd never guess the author is male!

Kerry covers many topics such as bereavement, tragedy, resentment, rivalry, complex emotional & mental health issues, lies & deception, the mystery of their elder brother going missing at a young age with the body never discovered, and outsiders trying to fit in in a small seaside town.
The cover is fab and if that isn't enough to grab your attention the synopsis will.

Thanks to Bookouture for allowing me to read this arc in exchange for an honest review.