First time reading a book by this author, it did not disappoint, but did seem to waffle in a few places.

You had to feel sorry for Tasha as she seemed to be the one holding it all together. Mistaken identity or not that is the big question here. Bought in a new topic for discussion on DNA and it is not all it seems apparently.

Will follow this author.

Thank you Netgalley for letting me read this book.

Sisters Alice and Tasha, have very different lives. Older sister Alice is a high-flyer, married to a wealthy entrepreneur, Kyle. Tasha has been with Aaron since they were teenagers and they live in the same village where they grew up. When Alice realises Tasha is struggling with her twin toddlers, she suggests they do a life swap for a week.

Alice and Kyle move into Tasha and Aaron’s cottage and babysit their children, while they stay in Alice and Kyle’s Venice holiday apartment and try to inject some romance back into their marriage. But within days Tasha receives a phone call to say that someone has broken into their cottage and attacked Alice and Kyle.

Everyone assumes it’s a burglary gone wrong. Until Tasha receives a note through her letterbox saying It was supposed to be you.

Every family has their secrets but how far would you go to protect a loved one

The Queen of twists and turns has done it again, leading you up the garden path teasing with so many directions and to say I was totally wrong with this one but had an inkling two chapters from the end

I really can’t wait to see what else Claire comes up with

Highly recommended

Sisters Tasha and Alice are very close. Tasha, a BOGOF expert and savvy shopper working at a dentist practice in the local village, is married to Aaron, a pub loving car mechanic. Sister Alice is just the opposite. A scientist, sophisticated, clever and well to do, she is married to Kyle, a techy with a private income, who inherited wealth from his deceased parents. Tasha and Aaron haven’t had a holiday in some time, so when Alice offers the use of their Venice apartment Aaron jumps at the chance, though Tasha is reluctant to leave their 3 year old girls. With the decision made, Alice and Kyle to move in to look after the twins, and the other couple to jet off to Venice to rekindle the passion in their marriage (less pub time would have worked too and been cheaper 🤣). The events that follow make this decision one they will all regret.

This is a hard one for me to review. Such a good plot with a nice twist, but too many inconsistencies. Just a few examples. For a couple struggling financially, the drinking/pub/ Zoe scenario seemed a bit strange for a man who professed to love his family so much? And the Venice scare - was this a case of mistaken identity or just a coincidence? Not explained in any detail, shame as the writing around the event was so good, really well done. Who was writing the notes in italics? Obviously I missed something there. Apologies if this was explained and I overlooked it.

Too many superfluous characters, though the main ones were definitely love/hate, a sign of good writing.

This book started so well and I thought Douglas had pulled off another good read, but too much filler and thumb sucking for me!

A quick read, though somewhat fuzzy. Ok, but not this author’s best for me.

Thank you NetGalley and Michael Joseph Random House.

When Natasha’s sister and her husband are attacked leaving one of them dead she receives an anonymous note that implies that she was the intended victim.

Tasha becomes obsessed with finding out what really happened and is left questioning if it could be related to the disappearance of a third sister, who vanished decades ago.

This is a very fast paced thriller told in multiple POVs and it definitely keeps you guessing until the very end.

I enjoyed it but it did get a bit chaotic with mad twists and turns at the end which I felt weren’t really necessary. A good, quick read that is perfect to get you out of a reading slump.

Gripping, twisty, draws you in from the start....what more could you want in a thriller? Thanks @netgalley for the ARC

What a great book to get me out of my reading slump!
Tasha and her husband Aaron have gone to stay in her sisters apartment in Venice for an anniversary trip. Her sister, Alice stays at their home with her husband Kyle to babysit Tasha and Aaron's twin girls.

Shortly into the trip, Aaron takes a call from home, Alice has been attacked and Kyle has been murdered.

They head home to the chaotic scenes, with no idea why this has happened. Alice has survived, the twins were unharmed, so who has sent a note to Tasha saying it should have been her?

With plenty of twists and red herrings, this is a real easy to read page turner, told from different perspectives. There's another story in the background which is pretty major and, as mentioned in previous reviews, a bizarre Venice plot line that's not really explained.

Thank you for the opportunity to review this book.

Claire Douglas just gets better and better!

Tasha and Alice are sisters with a close bond, partly due to being a duo of sisters rather than a trio. Now Tasha is a mother of young twins, she needs a break and Alice is quick to offer a life swap idea - Tasha and her husband Aaron can travel to Alice’s apartment in Venice whilst Alice and her husband Kyle look after the twins. It all sounds incredible until things start to wrong in both locations…..

A twisty and exciting read with a number of red herrings theory in to keep you guessing! I have really enjoyed all the books from Claire that I’ve read so far and this is probably her best yet.

Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to read and review.

So pleased I had the opportunity to read this book as it’s a gripping, page turning thriller and the conclusion sets it apart from other novels in this genre. I was engrossed from the beginning.

The story opens with Tasha and her husband Aaron swapping lives with Tasha’s older sister Alice and her husband Kyle. While Tasha and Aaron are in Venice, a tragic incident occurs at their house. There’s a lot going on in this novel which leads to an intriguing read with plenty of red herrings. Just when I thought I’d worked out what had happened, I was proved wrong. I love this kind of unsettling, twisty book and it held my attention throughout. The West Country village setting worked well and was the perfect backdrop to this compelling mystery. I could never have anticipated the ending! Very clever!

Just when I thought I may have been falling out of love with thrillers #TheWrongSister came along. #ClaireDouglas has restored my faith in this genre as I was thinking that they were just all too samey and predictable. The twist on this book were perfect and I literally guessed the final big twist literally pages before the big reveal which I love as it makes me feel nice and smug yet it's great to keep me guessing for so long. My only criticism would be that I didn't feel that the Venice storyline was really used or really concluded to be honest. Other than that, all I can say is to anyone feeling a bit jaded with the same old storyline, just give this a try, hopefully you'll be pleasantly surprised like I was. Many thanks for the advance copy #NetGalley

The Wrong Sister is set in a small village and it feels a bit one dimensional. There is a lot going on in the book but it doesn’t seem to flow as well as some of Claire’s other books.

The theme piqued my interest and kept me going back for more, it was an easy read but not as good as I hoped.

Thanks to NetGalley for my advanced reading copy.

I always know I'm going to love anything Claire writes, but this book absolutely blew me away!

The story begins with Tasha and her husband, Aaron, about to leave for a much needed week in Venice, staying at Tasha's sister Alice and Kyle's luxury apartment, while her sister and her husband stay in their home and look after their 2 tiny twin girls. However, while in Venice, one night, Tasha and Aaron are pursued by a menacing stranger and then they receive terrible news from home that Alice and Kyle have met with a terrible accident after an intruder broke in. What connects these terrifying incidents and was Tasha the real target?

I was immediately sucked into this menacing, sinister story and literally couldn't put it down. The characters, the descriptions of Venice, all amazingly captured and all added to the tense, unnerving atmosphere. I was rooting for Tasha throughout, although all the characters seemed real, you honestly cared about them, especially Alice's immense grief and Tasha's palpable fear.

You might think you can guess the ending, I thought I did, I was wrong! A stunning read, as always, I cannot wait for Claire's next book.

Huge thanks to author Claire Douglas, publishers Michael Joseph, Penguin Random House and Net Galley for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

3.5

Tasha has a very different life with her husband Aaron to her sister Alice and her husband Kyle and so when Alice offers to swap lives so they can holiday in their luxury Venetian apartment, Tasha jumps at the chance. Tasha feels inadequate next to highflyer Alice and is apprehensive about leaving her young twin daughters in Alice’s care, though this is less to do with Alice and more to do with their shared family history. Initially, Venice is exactly what Tasha and Aaron need, but there are a couple of incidents, one of which could’ve ended very badly. Shortly after, they receive the news that Alison and Kyle have been attacked in Tasha’s home and tragically Kyle has died. They rush home to their daughters and to support Alice, and then an anonymous note is pushed through their door, which says “It should have been you …. “. The story is told from the perspectives of Tasha, Alice and their mother Jeanette.

The novel starts well with an ominous tone, scary incidents and the obvious shocking ones. The scenes in Venice are especially good as the little alleyways off the main tourist sections creates exactly the right atmosphere of creepiness. The pace is quite quick at this point and there’s lots going on to keep you immersed in the storyline. The pace rise and fall due to the changing perspectives, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing as it feels realistic.

It becomes clear the further you progress through the book that more than one character is keeping secrets and they’re big ones which is intriguing. There’s a good backstory in the sister’s family that is compelling and has you reading on. The author does a good job at misdirecting the reader to keep you guessing, and trying to figure out the truth. There’s some tension sprinkled throughout and some twists with the final one being a surprise, though I find it somewhat far-fetched, although not necessarily beyond the realms of possibility.

It’s easy to read, the plot is full of incidents and the alternating points of view are a good contrast to each other. I especially like Jeanette’s perspective as that seems to have greater depth and I’m less keen on Tasha as she gets on my nerves!!

However, at times, I think the writing is a bit clunky and there are superfluous details. The author is matter-of-fact on occasions when she should be scaring the living daylights out of us. There are some characters I can’t see the point of as they add little to the overall plot. There’s one thing that occurs in Venice which is left unresolved. What is all that about?

Overall though, it’s an easy read and a perfect one for taking to the beach on those forthcoming summer days.

With thanks to NetGalley, and especially to Michael Joseph for the much appreciated arc in return for an honest review.

Really enjoyed this story and it kept me interested throughout and with a final twist that I never saw coming at all.

Well written and paced, believable characters and now need to gomand find more of this author's books.

What a great thriller, I loved it from beginning to end, so many red herrings - I fell for every one of them. This was the first book I have read by Claire Douglas - it will not be my last.

The Wrong Sister by Claire Douglas ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

What a book to start off 2024 and Claire Douglas doesn’t disappoint with this story full of suspense and twists and turns throughout.

Tasha and her husband are finally getting away for some time alone in Venice whilst Tasha’s Sister Alice and husband Kyle look after their twins.
All seems to be going well until Tasha gets the sense they are being followed and then the phone call to say that there has been an incident at home, Kyle has been attacked and died and Alice in intensive care, but the twins are fine and unharmed.

Once Tasha and Aaron arrive home it’s only just the start of the mystery’s of what happened on that night, a full police investigation is on the way and then the note arrives addressed to Tasha. IT SHOULD Have BEEN YOU.

Family secrets that none of them ever imagined start to unfold which have you hooked at every turn of the page.
Claire Douglas never fails is disappoint with her chilling reads and complete surprises throughout with the twists and turns that no one is expecting, even up to the very last pages.

I was lucky enough to read this ahead of Publication with thanks to Penquin Random House, Micheal Joseph and netgalley.co.uk
But you can get the chance to read this from 14th March 2024, so get preordering now, you won’t be disappointed.

The Wrong Sister by Claire Douglas ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I loved this book & need to read more from this author.
Sisters, Tasha & Alice have very different lives, when they swap lives for a holiday a tale unwinds, with lots of twists & turns. Highly recommend

Once again another enthralling captivating read by Claire Douglas.
The story of sisters Alice and Tasha whom as adults have very different lifestyles.
Alice the globe trotting career driven financially well off woman and Tasha the mum of twins girls married to her childhood love.
Alice gives her sister the gift of a break away to her home in Venice as a break for Tasha and her husband Aaron whilst Alice and husband Kyle look after the town girls, Elsie and Flossie,
For Tasha and Aaron it’s the kind of break away they could never have afford and once over the guilt of having left the twins behind they start to get romantic and enjoy the break away.
Alice and Kyle never wanted children so enjoy the chance of looking after the twins for the week but realise it’s a harder task then thought!!
The story takes a turn in Venice and thinks won’t be the same again.
Excellent story kept me gripped all the way to the end and would recommend to lovers of this genre

The perfect thriller with so many twists and turns - I was gripped from the beginning and devoured this book within 36 hours! I just couldn’t put it down. Such a good flow of the storyline with some flashbacks and references to the past. It was emotional, shocking, twisty, dramatic and just such a page turner. The multiple POV was also great and when the story starting piecing together, I think this was quite impactful. Overall, a great easy thriller - 4.5stars for me! I’m looking forward to picking more up from this author!

When Tasha’s sister and brother in law are attacked whilst housesitting for her, Tasha is devastated. Her guilt and distress are only compounded when she receives the note “it should have been you“.

The presence of additional familial DNA at the crime scene throws them into further chaos. Could their third sister, abducted as a baby, be involved?

Full of red herrings and misdirects, you’ll only guess the twists if you stay right on your toes (and Google a few terms).

I prefer to have a greater chance of working out the ending! However, you have to respect the clever and complex stories that this author always comes up with.

Another interesting thriller by Claire Douglas.

I really enjoyed this book, it had a great story line with a good amount of suspension which left you wanting to read the next chapter to find out what is going to happen next. On top of this I saw none of the twist coming which is really important. The only thing I thought could be improved is I think the book finished rather abruptly at the end.