The Sisters: A gripping psychological thriller from the Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author of The Girls Who Disappeared

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Although this is marketed as a thriller, in my opinion it's more of an intense family drama with some thriller moments. For me, this worked great, but it might not be true for everyone. The Sister-in-Law is a gripping psychological thriller by Sue Watson. It is an entertaining read that I found hard to put down! I loved the way Sue Watson unravels family dynamics in this book. Brilliant portrayal of the characters and the way interaction changes are shown by opening up new sides of each character.

It is one those books that hold no great mystery, and written rather lightly, simply, but they get you swept away like a big wave, and before you know you are sailing through the book. Ella is everything Clare is not... young, beautiful, alluring, stylish. She knows a secret about Clare ... a secret that will tear this family apart if it becomes known. Things are going fine until Ella says something to Claire that could ruin Claire & the family by telling her

The fact Ruth Harrow has interwoven a truth about our lives today into this story adds to the thrill of finding out what the truth actually is. The fact that all the characters aren't what the reader thinks adds some more to this psychological thriller. A great story which I can definitely recommend.

THE WIFE: Clare is ready for a break. It’s been a tough year and now she wants to put her feet up. Arriving at the Italian villa for their summer holiday, she decides it’s high time her husband and his family did some of the work. After all, her husband owes her… The story follows a holiday gone wrong set in an Italian villa. For Clare, it is the perfect opportunity to rekindle and make things right with her husband, Dan. Unfortunately, Dan is not the favorite of the Taylor family for the longest time. That privilege is reserved for Jamie, the youngest, who now comes home to this holiday with an extra baggage: a wife named, Ella. And Ella knows Clare's dark little secret. THE SISTER-IN-LAW: Ella is everything Clare isn’t. Glamorous. Young. Influential. But she knows a secret about Clare. Something that has the power to break the whole family apart.

This book is frustratingly good. It composes of unlikable characters. I just want everyone to shut up and do something good for once and not to sweep everything under the rag. In general, they grated on my nerves. I was fuming all through out. I hate how the characters are so damn good in what they are supposed to be portraying. I hate the in laws. I hate the kids too! The more Kate digs for answers, the more questions she has about her sister’s life – it seems Sarah may have been hiding a terrible secret. Even more worrying, Kate is now having her every move watched. Clare is ready for a break. In fact, she needs one. She and her husband, Dan are going to use their Family Holiday at an Italian Villa to work on their marriage. It seems that Dan can't quite keep his hands and eyes to himself. After his last affair, they really need this time for them. It is not a perfect holiday, the one to call a second honeymoon, but Clare hopes it'll give their marriage a chance. Dan's parents are still a family, and they are helping. Dan's brother is sweet and it all should be nice. At the center of the story is Clare's secret, which we don't know, initially. Neither does anyone in the family but apparently Ella knows this secret and isn't going to make Clare's life easy.

You could feel all of Clare's emotions, jealousy, sadness, fear. I could completely empathize with her as Ella came in pretending to be somebody she wasn't, and she had them all fooled. Clare was completely incredulous as her family started tumbling down.She married with Dan, having wonderful three kids, working at the hospital. Her life seems quiet great, even though she caught her husband’s two times cheating, she is so ready to forgive and patch things up about her relationship with the help of quality family time. She has an amazing mother in law( if you don’t care her bitchy and bossy attitudes) who loves her so much, helps her decide everything about marriage ceremony and convinces her to forgive her son’s misdemeanors (come on, only two times infidelity doesn’t count! Third time is a charm!),and she also loves brother in law, her husband Dan’s charming and younger brother Jamie who has adventurer soul and who always like to take what his brother has. And her father in law Bob seems like quieter than Silent Bob: He just observes everything and lives in his own world. Someone out there wants their deadly secrets to remain hidden. How far will they go to make sure those secrets stay buried?