Sister

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 *

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