Author: Claire Douglas
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Kindle ARC
No. of Pages: 384
Date of Publication: August 5, 2025
My Rating: 5 Stars
DESCRIPTION:
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.
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.
First published March 14, 2024
MY THOUGHTS:
It was supposed to be you . . .
Tasha is wracked with guilt when her sister Alice survives an attack in her home. An attack that left Alice’s husband Kyle dead. Alice and Kyle were staying at Tasha’s home caring for her and her husband Aaron’s young twins. Tasha and Aaron had been overwhelmed with life’s responsibilities and were glad to take up on Alice’s offer for a brief getaway.
Tasha and Aaron rush home after the attack, but one thing is clear to Tasha. She feels that the attacker may have indeed attacked the wrong couple. She feels this way because of a note she received after the attack. Had she and her husband been at home, would they have been the victims? Would they both have been killed?
This suspenseful story is ripe with secrets, lies and drama. The pacing is excellent, making this book impossible to put down.
Many thanks to Harper Perennial and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.
Her second and third novels, LOCAL GIRL MISSING and LAST SEEN ALIVE (Penguin), are Sunday Times bestsellers
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