{"id":34692,"date":"2019-05-07T06:00:19","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T11:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=34692"},"modified":"2019-04-24T16:31:46","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T21:31:46","slug":"the-better-sister-by-alafair-burke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/the-better-sister-by-alafair-burke\/","title":{"rendered":"The Better Sister by Alafair Burke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.1&amp;cn=1297717\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-34690\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Better-Sister-Burke.jpg?resize=300%2C454&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"454\" \/><\/a>Publishing executive Chloe Taylor has the perfect life in Alafair Burke&#8217;s new stand alone thriller, <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.1&amp;cn=1297717\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Better Sister.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Chloe&#8217;s career is on an upward trajectory, her husband, Adam, is a successful attorney and their son, Ethan,\u00a0 is thriving as a high school student.\u00a0 Splitting their time between New York City and their second home on Long Island, the family is the envy of all their friends.\u00a0 But, the truth behind the facade tells a very different tale.<\/p>\n<p>In reality, Chloe has had a strained relationship with her family for decades, especially her sister, Nicky, with whom she has been estranged since Ethan was a toddler.\u00a0 \u00a0Nicky has long struggled with jumping from men to men and job to job and has continued to make bad choice after bad choice.\u00a0 Most who know Chloe and Adam would be shocked to learn that Adam was married to Nicky years ago and she is actually Ethan&#8217;s biological mother.<\/p>\n<p>Shockingly, Adam is found dead in the family&#8217;s\u00a0Long Island home, the victim of a burglary gone wrong.\u00a0 Or was the attack more personal and the burglary just a cover?\u00a0 When police believe the culprit may be someone within the family, the sisters put their past\u00a0differences aside and come together.\u00a0 The sisters must face their current troubles by revealing and acknowledging the deceptions in the past.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.1&amp;cn=1297717\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>The Better Sister<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/em><\/a>is a highly recommended read and\u00a0is another thrill ride from Alafair Burke.\u00a0 It would appeal to readers of Ruth Ware, Clare Mackintosh, Gillian Flynn\u00a0 or Laura Lippman.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Publishing executive Chloe 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