The last sister

Title:

The last sister

Author:

Elliot, Kendra author.

ISBN:

9781542006705

9781542006729

Edition:

1st ed.

Physical Description:

321 pages ; 22 cm.

Corporate Subject:

United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Officials and employees -- Fiction.

Subject Term:

Sisters -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.

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Summary:

Twenty years ago Emily Mills's father was murdered, and she found his body hanging in the backyard. Her younger sister, Madison, claims she was asleep in her room. Her older sister, Tara, claims she was out with friends. The tragedy drove their mother to suicide and Tara to leave town forever. The killer was caught. The case closed. Ever since, Emily and Madison have tried to forget what happened that night--until an eerily similar murder brings it all back. It also brings FBI special agent Zander Wells to the Oregon logging town. As eager as he is to solve the brutal double slaying, he is just as intrigued with the mystery of Emily's and her sisters' past. When more blood is shed, Zander suspects there's a secret buried in this town no one wants unearthed. Is it something Emily and Madison don't know? Or aren't telling? And Tara? Maybe Emily can't bear to find her. Because when Tara disappeared, she took a secret of her own with her. --

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An Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestseller.

Three sisters' secrets collide in a shocking novel of suspense by the bestselling author of the Mercy Kilpatrick series.

Ever since, Emily and Madison have tried to forget what happened that night--until an eerily similar murder brings it all back. It also brings FBI special agent Zander Wells to the Oregon logging town. As eager as he is to solve the brutal double slaying, he is just as intrigued with the mystery of Emily's and her sisters' past.

When more blood is shed, Zander suspects there's a secret buried in this town no one wants unearthed. Is it something Emily and Madison don't know? Or aren't telling? And Tara? Maybe Emily can't bear to find her. Because when Tara disappeared, she took a secret of her own with her.

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Emily, Madison, and Tara Mills, the sisters at the heart of this gripping novel of suspense from Elliot (A Merciful Secret), thought they had an idyllic childhood in Bartonville, Ore., until their house burned down and their father's body was found hanging in the backyard; days later, their despondent mother committed suicide and oldest sister Tara disappeared. The past is eerily repeated 20 years later when Emily finds two of her friends, interracial couple Sean and Lindsay Fitch, murdered. Sean is hanging in his backyard with obscure symbols carved in his body that look familiar to Emily. Fearing a hate crime, Emily calls in the FBI, who are frustrated by a local deputy who turns up dead a few days after he contaminated the crime scene. Emily and Madison want justice, but they ask questions at their peril, and the answers lead back to their murdered father. Elliot skillfully unravels layers of intersecting stories, each one integral to the overall story of the Mills family and their small-town secrets. Readers will want to see more from this author. (Jan.)

Kirkus Review

In the wake of family tragedy, does an oldest sister's disappearance point to something even more nefarious?As a child in Bartonville, Oregon, Emily Mills saw something terrible that she hasn't been able to forget for 20 years. Even worse than seeing the body of her father, who was white, hanging from a tree in the backyard was seeing her older sister, Tara, at the scene of the crime. Tara leaves town and isn't heard from again, so Emily can't ask what she was doing there the fateful night their father was murdered. When their mother takes her own life shortly afterward, Emily and her youngest sister, Madison, never recover from the multiple traumas. Although they do their best to go on running Barton Diner, the family restaurant, Emily fears that her questions may never be answered. Though Chet Carlson was caught and eventually confessed to the crime, he's still in prison when history seems to repeat itself through a double murder of interracial couple Sean and Lindsay Fitch, with Emily once again cast as the person who finds the bodies. Sean has a KKK sign carved into his head, which reminds Emily of whisperings about her father's racist connections. How else might the crimes be related? Rightfully not trusting the police to do a thorough investigation, Emily calls the FBI, which dispatches agents Zander Wells and Ava McLane to investigate. Elliot (Bred in the Bone, 2019) seems less interested in setting Emily up as part of the crime than in pairing her romantically with Zander. That's just as well, because the who and why of the crimes feels almost incidental rather than displaying a deeper connection to any larger theme.Part budding romance, part compelling backstory, part prescient tale of racism: provocative on all fronts without being quite satisfying on any. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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