
From Alafair BurkeβNew York Times bestselling
author of the runaway hit, The Wifeβcomes another
twisty tale of domestic noir. When a prominent Manhattan
lawyer is murdered, two estranged sistersβone the dead manβs
widow, the other his exβmust set aside mistrust and old
resentments . . . but can they escape their past?
Though Chloe was the younger of the two Taylor sisters, she
always seemed to be in charge. She was the honor roll
student with big dreams and an even bigger work ethic. Nicky
was always restless . . . and more than a little
recklessβthe opposite of her ambitious little sister. She
floated from job to job and man to man, and stayed close to
home in Cleveland.
For a while, it seemed like both sisters had found
happiness. Chloe earned a scholarship to an Ivy League
school and moved to New York City, where she landed a
coveted publishing job. Nicky married promising young
attorney Adam Macintosh, and gave birth to a baby boy they
named Ethan. The Taylor sisters became virtual strangers.
Now, more than fifteen years later, their lives are
drastically differentβand Chloe is married to Adam. When
heβs murdered by an intruder at the coupleβs East Hampton
beach house, Chloe reluctantly allows her teenaged stepsonβs
biological motherβher estranged sister, Nickyβback into her
life. But when the police begin to treat Ethan as a suspect
in his fatherβs death, the two sisters are forced to unite .
. . and to confront the truth behind family secrets they
have tried to bury in the past.
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