Book Review ~ The Silent Sister

What would you do if everything you thought about your life was based on a lie? What if you spent your entire life living a lie? Diane Chamberlain's The Silent Sister is a suspense novel based on those premises.

Riley MacPherson's entire life falls apart after her father's death when she realizes everything she thought she knew about her family was wrong. While getting ready to sell his North Carolina real estate ~ her childhood home and a trailer park ~ Riley runs across several people who harbour secrets about her family’s past.

Riley was only two when she lost her older sister. She has spent her entire life believing that her older sister Lisa committed suicide as a teenager. And, the entire family suffered in ways that Riley never understood. When her father dies, though, she uncovers evidence to the contrary. Despite her older brother's anger, Riley is desperate to discover the truth.

As Riley works to uncover the truth, her discoveries will put into question everything she thought she knew about her family. Riley must decide what the past means for her present, and what she will do with her newfound reality.

In this engrossing mystery, The Silent Sister has some interesting twists, and is a great suspense novel with a complex web spun from lies.

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