"Sister" by Rosmund Lupton

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This novel explores the relationship between two English sisters in unusual circumstances. The elder, Beatrice, is more conservative and pursuing her career in New York when she receives a call telling her that Tess, her younger art-student sister, has gone missing.

The story is told from the perspective of Beatrice recounting to a police officer how she came to discover what happened to Tess. In the re-telling we learn of Beatrice's struggles with police reticence and explore not only the deep relationship between the sisters but also that with their mother, their disenfrachised father and the brother they lost as children.

It is beautifully written and combines the complex drama of relationships with a whodunit crime mystery and the ending ... it is both surprising and satisfying.

Highly recommended reading.