{"product_id":"sister-of-mine-isbn-9781683317173","title":"Sister of Mine","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of Refinery29's “Best Psychological Suspense Novels to Read After \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGone Girl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFor fans of Sarah Pinborough and Liane Moriarty comes a “twisty, claustrophobic” domestic suspense novel about the lies we tell to hold our lives together (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSisters, like secrets, are best kept close.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSisters, like secrets, are best kept close.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Penny and Hattie, orphaned sisters in a small town, are best friends, bound together to the point of knots. But Penny, at the mercy of her brutal husband, is desperate for a fresh start. Willing to do anything for her older sister, Hattie agrees to help. A match is struck and a fire burns Penny’s marriage to the ground. With her husband gone, Penny is free, and the sisters, it seems, get away with murder. But freedom comes at a cost.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e More than a year after the fire, a charming young man comes to town. Hattie and Penny quickly bring him into the fold and into their hearts but their love for him threatens the delicate balance. Soon long-held resentments, sibling rivalry, and debts unpaid boil over, and the bonds of sisterhood begin to snap. As one little lie grows into the next, the sisters’ secrets will unravel, eroding their lives until only a single, horrible truth remains: You owe me.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A compelling novel of suspense from a talented new voice, \u003ci\u003eSister of Mine\u003c\/i\u003e asks us to consider the bonds of family, what it takes to commit the unthinkable, and how far you’ll go to protect the ones you love.\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eSister of Mine\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Propulsive.\"\u003c\/b\u003e —Refinery29’s \"Best Psychological Suspense Novels to Read After \u003ci\u003eGone Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A twisty, claustrophobic nail-biter.\"\u003c\/b\u003e —\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly’s\u003c\/i\u003e Hot Summer Thrillers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Sibling rivalry on steroids.\"\u003c\/b\u003e—BookTrib\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eRiveting...\u003c\/b\u003e Readers will be keen to see what Petrou comes up with next.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Readers who enjoy the twisty plots found in Sophie Hannah’s and Lisa Jewell’s domestic suspense will want to give this one a try.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eOne of the best first novels I’ve read this year...\u003c\/b\u003e A brilliantly conceived narrative with wonderful characters and great depth.\"\u003cbr\u003e―\u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Gripping, twisty, and singular ...A \u003cb\u003enot to be missed\u003c\/b\u003e, well-worth-it read. Here’s hoping for more from this imaginative, insightful author.\"\u003cbr\u003e―New York Journal of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A stark reminder of the wicked webs we weave.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eTop Shelf Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A compelling and entertaining novel...unreservedly recommended.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Midwest Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Laurie Petrou writes with stunning elegance to weave a unique and complex story of sisterhood and secrets that ends with \u003cb\u003ea twist you won’t see coming...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ea fabulous read from start to finish\u003c\/b\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Wendy Walker, national bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eEmma in the Night\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Poetic, engrossing...\u003cb\u003eAn unputdownable page-turner\u003c\/b\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003e—A.J. Banner, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Twilight Wife\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“By turns taut and lyrical, often startling, always unpredictable, Laurie Petrou writes about the thorny challenges and gauzy longings of sisterhood and parenthood with brash immediacy and perilous insight. \u003cb\u003eThis book is a cracked mirror—sharp, disquieting, impossible to look away, refracting our worst fears and best hopes back at us.\u003c\/b\u003e” \u003cbr\u003e—Elan Mastai, author of \u003ci\u003eAll Our Wrong Todays\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003eI devoured Laurie Petrou’s wonderful novel in a single sitting.\u003c\/b\u003e 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. A fantastic debut novel.” \u003cbr\u003e—Hollie Overton, international bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBaby Doll\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Walls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eMesmerizing and powerful...Dark and riveting\u003c\/b\u003e, flirting at time with a hint of the gothic, it is a page turner that plunges deep into the wild and uncharted territory of family, need, and loyalty, and the strange, mirror-link of love and hatred. This book burns with the intensity of the sisters it follows, who you will love and hate and never forget.\" \u003cbr\u003e—Grace O’Connell, author of \u003ci\u003eBe Ready for the Lightning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An addictive portrait of a fascinating, complicated, and in the end, shocking relationship between two sisters. Beautifully written, insightful and thought provoking, with \u003cb\u003etwists I did not see coming\u003c\/b\u003e. A thrilling read.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Cecilia Ekbäck, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWolf Winter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaurie Petrou\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor at the RTA School of Media at Ryerson University in Toronto. Her first book, a collection of short stories titled \u003ci\u003eBetween\u003c\/i\u003e (Pedlar Press, 2006), was a \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e Top 100 Book (Top 5 First Fiction). She is the inaugural winner of the 2016 Half the World Global Literati Award for her then-unpublished novel \u003ci\u003eSister of Mine\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Crooked Lane Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300686844133,"sku":"NP9781683317173","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781683317173.jpg?v=1767736692","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/sister-of-mine-isbn-9781683317173","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}