Sister

WOW! This is one of the best novels I've read in a while - I couldn't put it down, I needed to know how it ended. The novel opens when older sister Beatrice, engaged and living well in NYC, is called home to London because younger sister Tess, a 21-year-old free spirit art student, goes missing. When Tess' body is found and police rule her death a suicide, Beatrice is certain they're wrong, and sets out to prove it.

Rosamund Lupton has written the story as an open letter from Beatrice to Tess, with Beatrice writing the chronology of events as she's providing them to the prosecuting attorney on the case, supposedly after the murderer has been found and sent to jail. This format lends an intimacy to the story that drew me in, and beautifully portrayed the closeness between Tess and Beatrice. It also had me guessing right up until the end as to who the murderer actually was, and the end really caught me by surprise.

If you liked Gone Girl you will like Sister too. It's got great twists and turns and wonderful, rich characters.

Sister