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• Rosamund Lupton has written an amazing debut novel Sister. Sister is a captivating mystery surrounding the death of a woman named Tess. Tess's sister, Bee, lives in Manhattan while Tess and their mom live in London. Tess and Beatrice are extremely close especially after the death of their little brother who died at age 8 from cystic fibrosis. When their mom calls Bee in NY to tell her that Tess has gone missing, Bee immediately flies to London and begins her search for her sister. It is a search that becomes the search for a killer. As Tess's body is found; Bee becomes determined to solve the mystery of her death.This is a tightly wound story written in a narrative form that flows and captivates the reader. Incredibly hard to put down until the last page is read; I highly recommend this powerful book to those who love mysteries, science and their sisters.

  5.00 out of 5

  Quiltinfun06

• A debut novel, a 5, completed 7/13. An early review mentioned the inevitable Hitchcock tag, and it feels like his material, but there is no strong male hero here. AH would never have done this book. But more than one surprise is in store, most revealed in the last few pages (you'll never guess). Very well written, great characters, best read of the summer.

  5.00 out of 5

  maneekuhi

• Beatrice Hemming investigates her sister's apparent suicide, refusing to believe that the Tess she knew, pregnant with her first child, would ever take her own life. Bee follows any potentially suspicious acquaintance she can discover, finding along the way that she isn't as different from her younger sister as she always thought. Bee has always been very careful, choosing the safest path through life while Tess lived by "the sacrament of the present" - living in the here and now and unconcerned with the past or future. The author uses an interesting technique - Bee tells parts of the story to her lawyer in preparation for a trial and parts of the story to Tess. Somewhere between testimony and an apology, Bee's story unravels the various mysteries and inconsistencies that surrounded Tess, her friends, and the gene trial she undertook to cure her child of cystic fibrosis in utero. Lupton builds the case slowly - too slowly at times - but the layered plot, the effective storytelling device, and Bee's character development combine into an intriguing and unique reading experience.

  5.00 out of 5

  bookappeal

• I really liked this novel. I got hooked from the start. It´s well written and you can´t stop reading because you have to find out what has happened and what IS happening. It´s much more than a mystery novel. It´s a novel about love, loss, relations, ethics. Read it!

  5.00 out of 5

  Amsa1959

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