Claire Douglas has once again reminded be of why she is one of my favourite authors. The Wrong Sister is a wonderful domestic thriller, filled with suspense and intrigue from start to finish. Read below to find out more!

Sisters Tasha and Alice live two very different lives, Tasha is married with two children and Alice is a scientist, newly married and travelling the world. But when Alice and her husband Kyle offer to babysit Tasha’s children, everything starts to go wrong…

Alice and Kyle are attacked and with no obvious suspect, Tasha is at a loss. Until she returns home to find a note reading ‘It was supposed to be you.’

To add to all this is the kidnapping of Holly, Tasha and Alice’s sister. Taken from her pram as a baby and never seen again, Holly has remained a ghost in their lives. With a plot that twists and turns its way through the life of one family, Claire Douglas had absolutely nailed it again and written an amazingly gripping family centred crime story.

This was a nice easy read, I found it a little hard to follow at moments but a nice afternoon was spent reading this thriller

Will keep you guessing right to the end!
I had to read this in one go as I just couldn't put this down. This book is amazing and very cleverly written. There aren't many books that you don't have a good idea of 'who dunnit' but this is definitely one of them.
A house-swap, two murders, a missing sibling and plenty of twists and turns.
I loved it and will remember this book for a long time.

Tasha & Aaron live with their twin daughters in the Chew Norton, the village where she grew up. She always felt second best to Alice her high flying sister. Her mother never got over her youngest daughter being snatched from her pram as a baby and after her husband died she moved to France. Aaron & Tasha are happy but get little time for themselves with the toddler twins, so when Alice & her husband Kyle offer to swap places for a week & they stay in the village & Aaron & Tasha go & spend a week in the Venice apartment. While they are away someone breaks in & kills Kyle & injures Alice. As if that isn't enough of a shock a day or so after they return Tasha gets a note to say the wrong sister died. The police also find DNA in the house that points to a relative. Tasha wants answers!

What a delight this book was! I really enjoyed it. Thanks to Netgalley & the publisher for letting me read & review this book.

A good read, you know throughout that something is amiss, but you cannot work out who exactly is the wrong un.
I enjoyed as it had a different slant to a lot of stories I have read.
Enjoyable

I was completely drawn in from the start of this book. I have loved the multi-povs and short and snappy chapters. At the beginning of the book, we follow the sisters, Tasha and Alice, swapping locations and lives for a week. We then have their respective other halves, Kyle and Aaron. Alice and Aaron are looking forward to their break, whilst Tasha's sister is looking after their twins and giving this couple their much-needed break. Unfortunately, on this evening of the swap, there's a break-in, and Kyle is sadly murdered, and Alice has been attacked and is in hospital; now rushing back, Tasha has found a note saying, 'its the wrong sister' Although near the end I did guess some of the plot twists I still really enjoyed this book and the wrap up was fantastically done.

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Tasha has always lived in her sister Alice’s shadow. They look alike but are so different. Whilst Tasha lives in the village they grew up in, Alice lives a glamorous life style as the ‘successful’ one. Their younger sister went missing as a baby so they are each other’s only remaining sister, and the familial bond diffuses a potentially complicated relationship. When Alice generously gifts Tasha and her husband a stay in her and her husband’s lavish Venetian apartment as an anniversary gift, the sister’s relationship gets more complicated.

I got into this book quickly. I enjoyed its pace, as it seemed like every chapter had a hook to spur you on. I loved the twists and turns that keep on coming, and how the quaint setting of Chew Norton and Tasha and husband Aaron’s lifestyle juxtaposes with the dark themes. I enjoyed reading about Tasha and Alice’s relationship and how friends and family developed the plot. A must read for thriller lovers.

a book that grips the reader from the beginning. The plot twists and turns and I defy you to predict the ending.
Thoroughly good read.

I enjoyed this poignantly sinister psychological suspense full of heartbreak and secrets. Tasha and Alice are sisters but so different. Alice is career-orientated and successful, whilst Tasha is more family-centred and just as successful but always feels less than her sister. The story unfolds through Tasha and Alice's viewpoints with additional perspectives from Jeannette, their mother and Bonnie, an unknown figure. Much of the story focuses on the family and past and present tragedy and how it affects them. There are surprising twists, false leads and a suspenseful final reveal. It's an absorbing, poignant read with complex characters and moral dilemmas. I like the convoluted relationship dynamics, the gradual reveal that hides as much as they inform and the twisty conclusion.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher.

Well Claire Douglas has done it again! This is a work of brilliance. I’m really not sure how a written review will do this book any justice. I’d even go as far as saying I have a girl crush.

Douglas has a real habit of enticing her readers and then snaring you, pulling you into a deep dark place with twists a plenty and characters that you just can’t dislike. The Wrong Sister is another corker to add to the collection and I have no hesitation in shouting about Claire’s brilliance.

I’m a huge fan of Claire’s and I can safely say every book gets better and better. I devoured this book in just one sitting, completely unwilling to put this down. The Wrong Sister introduces us to Alice and Tasha, sisters who swap places for a short time for Tasha to have a romantic break away. This is until they get a call to say that there has been an incident at their house.

This really sets events in motion of this book. The plot consumes you and becomes one you don’t want to put down. Everything about this has kept me reading.

The plot is perfectly paced, as always with a Douglas novel, I was torn between wanting to race through this and not wanting it to end. I really wish I could experience this as a first read all over again.

Douglas is phenomenal and everything about this book shows why she is top of her game. This is a book worthy of all the praise and completely addictive.

I have absolutely no hesitation in recommending this book to other readers. I have no doubt that this is going to be one of my favourites of 2024.

A must for the TBR.

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Oh my days, I couldn't put this book down!! I loved the storyline and I was quickly engrossed in what was going on and could not wait to see what was going to happen. I felt so sorry for Tasha as you could just tell that they needed the break and that's when the trouble started!

I liked Tasha as she was not willing to let things go and kept on wanting to uncover the truth. However, the list of suspects was growing rapidly as everyone was hiding something - and some of those secrets were bigger than others! I mean, if you needed someone to keep a secret - telling someone in this family would be perfect!

I loved how the secrets started to slowly come out though and helped to build up the picture of what had happened, now and in the past. There were times when I was literally gasping out loud as I was reading as I was not expecting some of the twists and turns that we had!

I loved this and thought the pacing was perfect, the chapters were fairly shortish but to be honest I couldn't stop reading so just kept going! Brilliantly written and unputdownable!

Wow, what a book! This was a readalong with Tandem over 12 days and I read it in 4. I couldn’t put it down, there were so many twists, secrets, reveals, red herrings - I now know why they gave us a whiteboard to go with it!

Tasha and Aaron spend a few days away in Venice at her sister’s flat as they’ve not been away since having their twin girls. Whilst there, they get the awful news that their brother-in-law has been killed in their house and her sister left seriously injured. They rush back, and the story unfolds from there.

I loved the writing style of this one, easy to read and full of information and clues that lead you to change your mind a few times throughout. I nearly figured it out, changed my mind then changed it back again right at the end. So good. If you’re a fan of Claire and a fan of psychological thrillers, you’ll love it.

Sisters Tasha and Alice are close but live very different lives. Tasha and her husband are childhood sweethearts who set up home with their young family in the place they grew up while Alice gained a place at Oxford, became a biochemist and married a wealthy man. The sisters share the heartache of a sister that was abducted as a baby, never seen again.

Alice and her husband offer their Italian holiday home to Tasha and her husband to try and rekindle their romance. They have a lovely couple of days but a suspicious man and a traumatic call from home brings them back to a bloodbath in their home, with one person dead and another in hospital.

This is a triumph in misdirection by the author, as a reader I was completely sure of the outcome and genuinely surprised when I was so wrong. Great characters and plot, with lots of interesting twists towards the end.

Many thanks to Netgalley, the author and the publisher for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

I always enjoy a Claire Douglas book - and this one was no exception!
Gripping, and intriguing throughout!!
Not my favourite book of theirs but still enjoyed reading.

Great storyline and enjoyable book. I guessed the protagonist part way through the book though and although I enjoyed the book in the main. I'm sorry to say that I found the ending a bit disappointing.

If I could give 3.5/5 I would as I think that's the perfect rating for this book. There were elements of the story I liked, including the twisty plot, but I found most of the characters to be quite annoying.

Alice got seemingly less annoying at the book went on but Tasha and her husband... Well the husband ground my gears. Didn't really understand why Tasha would put up with him.

I liked the setting of the book, but found the house swap element a bit weird especially given that it seemed Tasha and husband weren't really that close to Alice and hers... So leaving their young twins with them seemed a bit unbelievable.

I did find myself reading just one more chapter, so it was definitely gripping at times, but I just couldn't help with the characters and I found the ending to be a bit too OTT to be believable to be honest. The final final twist was a nice touch though. Unfortunately none of the twists came as a surprise and I love a really shocking ending. But I guessed every twist ahead of it happening unfortunately.

I'd read more of her books though. It was still enjoyable, just not one that will stay with me like some stories do that get 4 or 5 stars.

This is a complex thriller that full of tension, misdirection and great characters.

Tasha and Alice lead completely different lives but they become intertwined when disturbing and tragic events occur to them both ... coincidence? Their mother, Jeanette, has moved to France following the death of her husband - she, and her family, have a tragic backstory and this becomes interwoven with the main story when she returns following the horrific events that have occurred.

Written at a good pace, full of tension, mystery and red herrings, The Wrong Sister is a riveting read that I thoroughly enjoyed and would recommend to anyone who enjoys reading complex thrillers.

Many thanks to the author, Michael Joseph, Penguin Random House and NetGalley for enabling me to read and share my thoughts of The Wrong Sister.

I love all Claire’s books and THE WRONG SISTER was yet another great thriller. Believable characters and a disturbing back story add to the building tension. With plenty of twists and turns and an ending that was both unexpected and satisfying! Highly recommended.

This is a very intricate plot line- certainly not a book you can read late in the evening when you are half asleep!
The events that unfold around Tasha and Alice as they are watched, threatened and attacked in 2 separate locations in separate countries seems too coincidental to be anything other than a devious plan...the question that hangs over the reader is whose plan it is?!
So many suspects and so many red herrings make this a fantastic read.

Another fabulous read from Claire Douglas .Fast paced with some great characters and plenty of red herrings .This is quite a complex thriller ,gripping and tense ,kept me guessing all the way through to the surprising twist at the end .Thank you to Net Galley for my ARC