This book was amazing i was hooked from the first page i could not put it down it was like being on a fairground ride there was so many exciting twists and turns they flew of the page and jumped full force into my imagination. i love this writers amazing imagination. it was one of the best books ive read this year and that ending wow i was not expecting that well done.

A heart-pounding chiller guaranteed to leave you breathless, Sister, Sister is the latest edge of your seat thriller from the new queen of grip-lit – Sue Fortin!

Claire Kennedy’s world had tumbled down around her ears when, twenty years ago, her father had walked out on her and her mother and taken her sister Alice with him to live in America. Time has proven not to be a healer and putting that anger, anguish and heartbreak behind them has proved impossible for both Claire and her mother. With no clue as to how Alice is or where she is living, Claire and her mother have spent the last twenty years wishing and hoping to be reunited with their long-lost family member. Claire’s mother has bought Alice Christmas and birthday presents and she has never lost hope that her other daughter will walk back into her arms again – even though the likelihood of that happening is highly unlikely.

Not a day goes by that Claire does not think about her sister – or wishing that she could be normal again. She’s spent most of her life carrying the burden of being the sister of the girl who had disappeared with her father to America and she has worked hard to carve out a life for herself. As a successful solicitor with a loving husband and two young daughter to care for, Claire has got enough on her plate, but little does she realise that her life is about to be shaken upside down when Alice walks back into their lives.

Claire is initially ecstatic that Alice has come back home, but she cannot shake off the feeling that something isn’t quite right. But with everyone else being so happy that her sister is back in their lives, she begins to wonder whether she just has her family’s best interests at heart-or whether there is something far more sinister going on…

Is Claire right to be suspicious of her sister? What dark secrets is Alice hiding? And who is telling the truth and who should not be trusted?

Sister, Sister is the kind of thriller you just cannot stop reading! Packed with shocking and nail-biting twists and turns that will make your hair stand on end, Sister, Sister stylishly and effortlessly blows the likes of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train out of the water with its beguiling blend of family drama, domestic noir and emotional suspense. Peopled with richly drawn characters that leap off the pages, pulse-racing intrigue and jaw-dropping revelations that will chill you to the bone, Sister, Sister is the must-read thriller everyone is going to be talking about in 2017!

Loved it! Gripping from start to finish. Had previously read The Girl Who Lied which was good, Sister Sister was even better. Full of surprising twists and turns, it had me hooked from the first line.

I can't praise Sue enough for this brilliant, suspense-filled, addictive book, (and not because I worked with her for years with my mum being her boss; it wasn't until she'd handed her notice in that I discovered she was an author... oh boy were her talents being wasted!)

I was lured in to request it not only because of the author but the stunning cover! Utterly hooked from the very first chapter, I became infuriated when 'real life' interrupted my reading binges; it was totally addictive!

I'm recommending this to everyone :)

Thanks to Harper Impulse for allowing me to read this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was good mystery. The story has a lot of twist and turns. The story is about two sisters who were split apart when they were young. The sisters find each other later in life and meet and this is where the story takes place. I did find I already knew what was going to happened and who was behind all the weird stuff going on. The story shows how people can be very manipulative and easily turn people against each other. I did enjoy this story and all the twists and turns it offered.

Sister, Sister by Sue Fortin
Sue Fortin has really stepped up to the psychological thriller bar with this tense and terrifying suspense novel about family bonds, lies and betrayal.
In this fast paced, gripping, dark family drama, we meet Clare, mother of 2 lovely little girls and her artist husband, laid back Luke. They all live in Clares childhood home with her emotionally fragile Mother. They have never been able to quite break their ties with the past as all their lives they have been waiting without any success for news of Clares little sister Alice who was abducted by her own father when she was just a little girl. This has left a huge gap in their lives and despite having a successful career as a lawyer Clare always hankers after what might have been, whilst her mum just wants news of her little girl, she has never given up hope that one day she might return.
And one day she does – Hooray! Alice is alive and well and she has contacted them!
Suddenly Clare’s life begins to change, she is no longer the only daughter. Her home and family suddenly has a new dynamic and despite this being what she has always hoped and longed for she finds it really difficult to accept Alice into her home and life. She’s no longer the sad little blue eyed baby Clare had to protect, she is very much grown up! Very soon Clare begins to feel Alice has a hidden agenda and when things start to go wrong, they go very, very wrong and poor Clare gets her nose pushed out and neither her Mum or her husband believe her.
Is she in fact imagining things? Has she lost the plot entirely? If so, can we trust what she is telling us?
What unfolds is a terrifying journey of manipulation and betrayal, you wouldn’t want your worst enemy to travel.
By the end I was out of breath, shaken and very impressed.
It’s superbly plotted, brilliantly executed and very twisty. I felt at one point I couldn’t trust anyone’s point of view, suspected everyone of having ulterior motives and at first thought Clare was being irrational. If you love twisty domestic Noir thrillers this is definitely an excellent example of secrets and lies and the moral is trust no-one.

Having never read a book by this author before, I wasn't quite sure what to expect. Well, let me tell you, you can expect a lot. She really delivered with this book. The plot was interesting, the characters believable and reading this book got my emotions pumping. The first half of the book deals with Alice's return to the family circle and Clare's reactions to her return. Instead of feeling elated and excited about Alice's return, as Clare thought she would, Clare finds herself being suspicious and jealous. And you know what? A lot of the time I could actually understand Clare's feelings and I shared in her mistrust of Alice. Alice, the one who returns to the loving, open arms of their mother, making her happier than she's been in a long while. Alice, the one who's hanging out with Clare's husband, Luke, in his art studio at 3am while Clare is supposed to be asleep. Alice, the one who goes on day trips with Luke and her two little girls, doing fun and interesting things, while Clare works on a difficult case at her law firm. Alice, the one who prances around the kitchen every morning in nothing but a large T-shirt, despite the fact that Luke's in the kitchen making breakfast. All things considered, Alice's behaviour was such that it got my blood pumping. 

By the second half of the book I was asking myself why Luke, who's been married to Clare for over eight years, keeps doubting her. Why doesn't he listen to her and give her the benefit of the doubt. Would a loyal husband do that? Would he side with a stranger over his own wife, the mother of his children? I wanted to throw a bucket of ice water over his head, just to wake him up. And then the seed of doubt crept into my mind - who's really telling the truth and who can be trusted?

As I'm sure you can tell, I was gripped. This psychological thriller had all the elements of a great read - it moved quickly, it got the emotions pumping, there were characters to love and hate and a plausible plot that never let up. It's a great read, plain and simple.

I've been getting through quite a lot of great thrillers recently, but after reading Sister, Sister by Sue Fortin (author of The Girl Who Lied), I have to say that this is one of the best so far.

Clare didn't think that she would ever see her sister Alice ever again. Separated as young children, time had moved on with no word from the little sister who was taken to America by her father and never returned. Despite many attempts to track her down, including a private investigator, Clare and her mother had never been able to locate Alice.

Clare, now a successful lawyer, wife to artist Luke and mother to two young girls of her own, gets a shock when a letter from Alice arrives out of the blue. Clare's long-lost sibling wants to meet, leaving Clare and her mother ecstatic at the prospect of them all being reunited again.

Alice's arrival from the States begins as nicely as anticipated, with the three women getting to know each other, their mother desperate to connect with the little girl who was taken away from her all those years ago. Alice is sweet, bubbly, and even though a little fussy, is seemingly easy to get along with. In fact, Alice is finding it quite easy to get along with Clare's husband Luke.

With Alice staying in the house that Clare and her family share with her mother, the new arrival is settling in rather nicely. However, something just doesn't seem right to Clare.She could be imagining it, but little things about her sister are beginning to irritate her; Alice's almost fake pleasantries, her closeness with Luke, the fact that Alice is borrowing her clothes, the comments that don't seem right somehow.

As Clare's suspicions grow, so do her fears, and with events that she doesn't know are experienced or imagined, finds herself in a crisis. There's something amiss about her sister, and she's determined to find out what it is, no matter what gets in the way...

I'm going to stop there, because I feel I may have said too much already. This is a novel that has to be read if you're a fan of thrillers. I read Sister, Sister quickly, during every spare minute, because it was impossible to put down my Kindle. When Clare's world is turned upside down again due to her sister, can she cope? The tension in this novel is fantastic. Sue Fortin has provided a winning formula; mystery, family drama, startling revelations, challenged relationships, an unpredictable conclusion and plenty of action. It's a book that constantly keeps you guessing. It's utterly brilliant.

This'll satisfy anyone who enjoys a good bit of family drama, whilst trying to guess who's the "good" sister and who's the "bad" one - and, believe me, you'll be kept on your toes! Sue Fortin is clearly an accomplished writer of these sort of books, and I intend to seek out her remaining oeuvre.

My review:

Sister, Sister is quite the thriller. It has it all – it’s fast-paced, gripping, dark and intriguing. But chief among those components, it’s tense. Very tense. At one point so absorbed was I in a particularly thrilling scene, I actually spilt my drink. The plot boasts varying themes of mystery, betrayal, suspense. It’s just brilliant. And not to mention addictive. Immensely addictive. I thoroughly recommend reading it. This and Sue Fortin’s previous novels. She is a fabulous writer.

Claire lives a happy life with her husband, two young daughters and mother. But something that has tortured her always is the loss of her sister, who was taken on holiday by her father when she was four years old. They never returned. It is the piece of the jigsaw that has always been missing from her life. She’s hired private investigators, she scoured social media, she has hunted high and low for her beloved sister. But found nothing. Now, years later, Alice has made contact. Alice has found them. Finally Claire has the missing piece of the jigsaw. Finally she has the sister she’s looked so long for.
But soon, she realises that Alice isn’t the person she expected, isn’t the sister she remembers. Soon, her joy at the reunion crumbles and something else rises up in its place. Because Alice is different, Alice is strange. Alice is playing games.

This book makes you question everything. You think you know what is coming in this book, then Sue Fortin pulls the rug out from under your feet and proves that you were not even in the ‘correct’ region.
Is Claire imagining the things Alice is doing, her jealousy and paranoia spurring her on into believing fiction? Is she going crazy? Or is she right and everyone else is blind, susceptible to the games Alice is playing?

This is a brilliant book. Engaging characters, engrossing plot, well-written. I really, really enjoyed Sister, Sister. It’s surpassed all my expectations. Sister, Sister is one fabulous read. Thoroughly recommended!

Addictive. Dark. Tense.

brilliant book. really enjoyed it. one book you dont want to put down

Wow what a ride this book was! It had all the elements necessary to create a top notch psychological thriller; family secrets and betrayals, drama, intrigue, twists and turns galore, and a sense of paranoia throughout leaving you unsure who to trust.

Clare and Alice are sisters who were separated when they were very young. For twenty years, Clare and her mother have tried to find Alice and reunite their family. Their dreams have finally come true and Alice is home at last. But the happy family reunion that Clare has always imagined isn’t the reality. Something is off with Alice, Clare can sense it, but no one believes her and labels her as jealous and insecure. Desperate to find out what’s really going on with her sister, she begins digging into Alice’s life but the consequences of these actions will be earth shattering for her.

Clare narrates the entire story and at first, I really liked her and so wanted her to reconnect with Alice. As things progress Clare becomes paranoid and starts behaving erratically and I had no idea if I could believe what she said or not. Was she a completely unreliable narrator? Or were there parts of her story that were actually true? I love not being able to pinpoint who I can trust in a psychological thriller and I especially love the extra layer of tension and dread this tactic adds.

There was a constant build up of the tension as Clare becomes more irrational the deeper she digs into her sisters past and everything comes to a head in an exciting conclusion that I didn’t even come close to guessing. I made several predictions while reading this and I was wrong about every single one. I love being dead wrong and that feeling of shock and awe happened to me more times than I can count here. This was a really strong psychological thriller that’s guaranteed to delight fans of the genre.

Clare is a happy busy working mum. She loves her artist husband & her two daughters. The only cloud in her life is the loss of her younger sister Alice who was taken to the US by their father when Claire was nine. Claire's mother has never got over it but although Clare has searched for years Alice seems to have disappeared completely. When her mother receives a letter from Alice they are both delighted & look forward to meeting her. All does not go smoothly. Once Alice arrives Clare's life seems to take a turn for the worse both professionally and personally.

This book really sucks you in and keeps you guessing. I loved it & would like Netgalley and the publisher for giving me the chance to read it

I could not put this book down. Don't miss this book off your reading list. The book gathers pace all the way through to the last page. I was really sorry when I finished it

Sue Fortin is a talented suspense writer, setting the scene powerfully from the start when Clare is stuck in a hospital bed after some kind of accident, we don’t know the details but we know she’s in some way responsible.
After this description, we’re thrown back a few weeks to a time just before Clare is reunited with her long-lost sister. We know that Alice grew up in America after their father took her away 20 years ago, leaving Clare and her mother behind in the UK. They’ve been searching for Alice the whole time and are delighted when she makes contact.

Alice ingratiates herself into the family immediately and Clare’s hackles are up- but the book explores whether Alice is up to something nefarious or if Clare is losing her mind under the shock of family having her family back together again after so long. One thing’s for sure –all is not what it seems.

Clare wasn’t a particularly likable protagonist, she’s spectacularly selfish and doesn’t spare much thought for the people closest to her, so you can easily believe that she's up to no good.

I can’t help but think that everyone is so quick to believe that Clare is either losing her mind or just acting like a b*tch for no reason, that there must be some kind of track record of nasty behaviour on her part.
This was the bit that I struggled to suspend my disbelief with, the only thing that stood between me and 100% enjoyment of this book – I’m too cynical for my own good.

If you're a fan of thrillers and suspense, particularly from a domestic view (rather than police, spies and secret agents) then I would recommend you pick this book up. It's so well written that you'll struggle to put it down!

Oh my but this was a suspenseful one! The blurb drew me in, but it was the quick paced plot that kept me hanging on for dear life. As a wife and mother, I felt for Clare's desperation to reclaim her cozy family life. As a woman who also met her sister and father's family late in life I could understand the need for understanding, a connection. Although it ended very happily for me, I couldn't help but understand the initial hesitation Clare felt, and mourn her lack of that sisterly bond she so longed for.

“She's my sister, but the vibe is missing. I can't feel it.”

Everything felt wrong from the start. Clare's state of mind, Luke's reactions, and especially the long lost sister Alice's attitude. It gave this creepy vibe that I struggled to shake even after I finished reading. Sister Sister spun me in so many circles that I found myself wondering who could be trusted, who would be on Clare's side. Did Clare even deserve a champion or was she simply slowly becoming unhinged.

"How has it all come to this in such a short space of time? How have I become the outcast of the family?"

Watching everything fall apart while wondering what the larger purpose was to this deception was maddening in all the best ways. By the time the pieces started to come together, the larger danger loomed and the suspense only increased. It was an absorbing read, and I'll be on the lookout for the next by this author. ~George 4 Stars

A very enjoyable book, the first by Sue Fortin that I've read.
A family is torn apart when the father of two little girls takes the youngest Alice to America never to return while Clare is left with her mother in the UK. A trauma that will follow them through life and as Clare grows up and becomes a mother herself.her desperation to find her missing sister grows. They search online and use private investigators with no luck.
A letter arrives for Clare's mother from Alice, in shock and desperate to believe that their dreams have come true at last, she has found her sister. A visit is planned, nervous energy runs through their veins as they wait impatiently at the airport. She's here, she's finally here, after all these years....so why does Clare feel so much unease around her newly found sister? Why does she feel like there is something wrong, and why can no one else feel it? Jealousy perhaps, she's had her family all to herself for so long and now Alice has taken centre stage...or is there something more to Alice than meets the eye.
Thoroughly enjoyable easy read with enough drama to keep you on edge

Sister, Sister by Sue Fontin is a mystery and thriller and women's fiction read.
Alice: Beautiful, kind, manipulative, liar.
Claire: Intelligent, loyal, paranoid, jealous.
Claire thinks Alice is a manipulative liar who is trying to steal her life.
Alice thinks Claire is jealous of her long-lost return and place in their family.
One of them is telling the truth. The other is a maniac.
Two sisters. One truth.
This was a good read with good characters. Little slow in places but then bam can't put it down. Full of twists and plots. Highly recommended. 5*. I voluntarily reviewed an advanced copy of this book from netgalley.

Felt like i had read ir seen something very similar to this before. Didnt feel fresh and new

Absolutely great read and kept me hooked right to the end. Would recommend this book to other readers who enjoy thrillers and books about normal family life