'Tear-jerking and spine-tingling' New York Times

* THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER *
* THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTLLER *
* A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME PICK *
* WINNER OF THE RICHARD AND JUDY DEBUT NOVEL AWARD *

You're missing. I'm coming to find you . . .

When Beatrice gets a frantic call in the middle of Sunday lunch to say that her younger sister, Tess, is missing, she boards the first flight home to London. But as she learns about the circumstances surrounding Tess's disappearance, she is stunned to discover how little she actually knows of her sister's life - and unprepared for the terrifying truths she must now face.

The police, Beatrice's fiance and even her mother accept they have lost Tess, but Beatrice refuses to give up on her. So she embarks on a dangerous journey to discover the truth, no matter the cost.

THE PHENOMENAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

'Truly marvellous! As compelling as it is stylish' Jeffery Deaver

'Exceptionally confident . . . Packs a devastating emotional punch' Guardian

'An adrenline rush' New York Times

'Crisp insights into grief and familial guilt are married to a confidently executed plot . . . classy debut' Independent

'Grips like a vice' Sunday Times

'Stunningly accomplished from first page to last . . . devastatingly good' Daily Mail

'Superb . . . so many twists and turns' Radio Times

'Tense, gripping and a total page-turner' Richard Madeley, Richard & Judy

'Original . . . Utterly compelling' Closer

'Beautifully written - you believe every word' Judy Finnegan, Richard & Judy

'Sophisticated . . . brilliantly written and utterly gripping' YOU magazine

'Page-turning' Red magazine

* Major trade campaign with extensive print run of beautiful bound proofs and exclusive collectable postcards *Additional proofs produced for book groups and reading clubs Extensive social networking and reading group activity Online presence at www.piatkus.co.uk and www.littlebrown.co.uk

About the Author

Rosamund Lupton graduated from Cambridge University in 1986. After reviewing books for the Literary Reviews and being invited to join the Royal Court Theatre, she won a television play competition and subsequently worked as a screen writer.

Her debut novel Sister, was a BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime, a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller, has been translated into over thirty languages and has international sales of over 1.5 million copies. It was the fastest-selling debut of 2010 by a British author, and was winner of the Richard and Judy Best Debut Novel of 2011 Award and the Strand Magazine Critics First Novel Award. Film rights of Sister are currently under option.

Lupton's critically acclaimed second novel Afterwards also went straight into the Sunday Times bestseller lists and was the No. 2 Sunday Times fiction bestseller of 2011. The Quality of Silence, her third novel, was a Sunday Times bestseller and a Richard & Judy bookclub pick

Reviews
Truly marvellous! As compelling as it is stylish, Sister exists in that rare place where crime fiction and literature coincide -- Jeffrey Deaver
Nicci French via Ford Madox Ford, anyone? Lupton's debut is an exceptionally confident domestic gothic thriller... It also packs a devastating punch. Sister is so ably done, so perceptive about grief and guilt and self-delusion -- John O'Connell * Guardian *
Grips like a vice * Sunday Times *
Lupton enters the highly charged ring where the best psychological detective writers spar, her hands raised in a victory clench. Like Kate Atkinson, Patricia Highsmith and Ruth Rendell, Lupton builds suspense not only around the causes and details of her story's brutal denouement, but also around the personalities . . . Both tear-jerking and spine-tingling, Sister provides an adrenaline rush that could cause a chill on the sunniest afternoon * New York Times *
Stunningly accomplished from first page to last, this is the most exciting debut thriller I've read all year. The suspense crackles, and the twists come thick and fast, but more than that it has a touching poignancy that brings tears to your eyes . . .Written with the power and panache of a young Daphne du Maurier, it s devastatingly good, and announces the arrival if a truly original talent * Daily Mail *
Lupton's crisp insights into grief and familial guilt are married to a confidently executed plot. Free from the genre's more mawkish excesses, Lupton's persuasive narrative voice is what keeps this classy debut on track -- Emma Hagestadt * Independent *
Tense, gripping and a total page-turner -- Richard Madeley * Woman's Own *
Beautifully written - you believe every word -- Judy Finnegan * Woman's Own *
This sophisticated psychological thriller is brilliantly written and utterly gripping * YOU Magazine *
This superb debut novel has so many twists and turns as to cause dizziness - it's the literary equivalent of 'scream if you want to go faster' - and just when you think things are slowing down to a peaceful, settled resolution, there's one more stomach-churning final turn in store * Radio Times *
A chilling, gripping, tragic, heart-warming, life-affirming enigma of a story * Booklist *
Lupton's classy debut is a welcome and exciting addition to the genre * The Lady *
Fast-paced and absurdly entertaining . . . Along with a juicy mystery, it resounds with an authentic sense of sisterly love and loyalty * Boston Globe *
Original, spooky and clever, this thriller is utterly compelling * Closer *
A psychological murder mystery written with literary flair . . . Be prepared for page-turning * Red Magazine *

A remarkable piece of work . . . Lupton shrewdly and compassionately peels back the story's rich layers . . . providing a genuinely wicked sting at the end. But the key to Sister is Bee's voice: clear, strong, single-minded, and not to be denied

* Seattle Times *
The narrative process is so intimate and delicate . . . the stop-and-start associative movement of Bee's voice is, as a British review wrote, "utterly compelling". And the ending, however gently foreshadowed, is a stunner * Houston Chronicle *
A heart-tugging, tense mystery * Bookseller *


Awards
Winner of Richard & Judy Book Club 2010 (UK). Long-listed for Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2011 (UK).



Book Information
ISBN 9780749942014
Author Rosamund Lupton
Format Paperback
Page Count 384
Imprint Piatkus Books
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Weight(grams) 300g
Dimensions(mm) 203mm * 138mm * 25mm