Book Review: The Wrong Sister by Claire Douglas

3.5⭐
Genre ~ domestic mystery
Setting ~ England
Publication date ~ August 5, 2025
Publisher ~ Harper Audio
Est Page Count ~ 432 (intro+ 51 chapters) ~ date stamped
Audio length ~ 8 hours 55 minutes
Narrator ~ Eleanor Tomlinson
POV ~ single 1st (Tasha) & multiple 3rd (the others)
Featuring ~ 5 parts, multiple timelines, secrets

Tasha & Aaron are off on an anniversary holiday while her sister Alice and husband Kyle watch their young twins. But only a couple of days in a tragedy strikes and Kyle is killed and Alice is injured. Luckily the twins are unharmed.

Jeanette is Tasha and Alice’s mother, who is still heartbroken 30 years later that her daughter, Holly, was kidnapped when she was just a baby.

We hear from a lady named Bonnie later on, but I can’t give too much away about her except there was a nice twist with her and it’s not what you’re probably thinking that I’m referring to.

Overall, this was a pretty good fast paced, slow burn mystery, yet mostly predictable, non~thriller with family drama, secrets and a nice ending. It does sound similar to a plot I’ve read before, though, but enjoyable nonetheless.

Narration notes:
She did fine, but of course I do wish there were multiple female narrators.

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Book blurb:

In this sensational thriller from the number-one internationally bestselling author, two sisters discover that the secrets they keep from each other prove to be deadly.

You’ve known her all your life. Or have you?

Tasha and her older sister Alice may look alike, but they couldn’t be more different. Tasha’s married with two children and still lives in their hometown near Bristol. Alice is a high-flying scientist who travels the world with her equally successful husband.

Yet each sister would trust the other with her life.

When Tasha and her husband Aaron need a break and Alice offers to stay in their home with the kids, Tasha knows her family is in safe hands.

She couldn’t be more wrong.

The call from home is devastating. Alice and her husband Kyle have been attacked, leaving Alice in intensive care and Kyle dead. Rushing to the hospital, Tasha finds the police trying to piece events together. She can’t think why anyone would attack her sister.

Then the note arrives, addressed to Tasha:

It was supposed to be you . . .

Every family has secrets. Some more deadly than others.

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