The Wrong Sister
August 5, 2025
You’ve known her all your life . . .
Or have you?
Tasha and sister Alice look alike, but couldn’t be more different.
Tasha’s married with kids, settled near their home town of Bristol.
While Alice travels the world with her husband. Yet each trusts the other with her life.
So when Tasha wants a break,Alice offers to stay in her home with the kids, so her sister can have a holiday. Tasha knows they’re in safe hands.
She couldn’t be more wrong.
The call sends Tasha rushing home.
Alice is in intensive care.
Her husband is dead.
The police are hunting for suspects and motives.
But Tasha can’t think why anyone would hurt her sister.
Then the note arrives, addressed to Tasha:
It was supposed to be you . . .
How did the book make you feel?
Truly, I was a little afraid to read this book. I’m a mother, and I have a sister, so I kept thinking how terrible this would be in real life.
“The Wrong Sister” was a frightening read with big surprises!
If you read enough thrillers you have a mental catalogue of the tricks you’ve seen before. Authors leave little bread crumbs throughout the book, leading up to the sometimes predictable turn. Claire Douglas was tricky in writing “The Wrong Sister”. I thought I knew it all, turned around to see I was wrong, just to be flipped again! Douglas is very good at misdirection and casting suspicion on innocent people.
“It was supposed to be you.”
Honestly, how does a person go through life after receiving a note saying this. Tasha is a lot stronger than she realizes. As a mother in her thirties, she looks at herself as having lost her “youthful spark”. And yet, through tragedy she’s thinking of her family before herself. Often protecting her mom or her sister from further distress while she herself is spinning of the rails. I definitely identified with Tasha’s need to solve the mysteries while keeping secrets from her sister, mom, and even her husband.
Twists, turns, and flips…
This book kept me hooked with all of the plot twists. Exactly as a thriller should. While we know that the biggest plot line is the murder of Tasha’s brother-in-law, an accidental casualty, there are more troubles within and around her family. In “The Wrong Sister” it’s not just a case of mistaken identity, there’s missing people, and additional mysterious murders. It all coils together perfectly in the end.
Kristin lives in the PNW with her husband, and three kids. She loves to read YA fiction, fantasy, and romance. She enjoys a few side-hustles, including creating bookreels/booktoks for authors. The only shows she watches are re-runs, and if she’s not reading a book, she’s listening to one.
