### From Library Journal Chandler is not only the best writer of hardboiled PI stories, he's one of the 20th century's top scribes, period. His full canon of novels and short stories is reprinted in trade paper featuring uniform covers in Black Lizard's signature style. A handsome set for a reasona
Little Sister
β Scribed by Isabel Ashdown
- Publisher
- Kensington
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 244 KB
- Edition
- First Kensington hardcover edition
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
No one knows you better than a sisterβyour dreams, your fears, your mistakes, and all your secrets.
It was just that way when Jess and her older sister, Emily, were children. Born barely a year apart, they were deeply entwined, complementing each other in their differences. When Jess felt awkward and shy, Emily, the consummate big sister, was happy to take the lead.
After a long estrangement, they've become close again. Jess moves into the comfortable Isle of Wight home Emily shares with her husband, step-daughter, and toddler. Any misgivings about the past are swept away and forgotten.
And then, on New Year's Eve, little Daisy disappears while in Jess's care.
Jess is in shock, unable to remember what happened. Emily, traumatized, watches helplessly as her life unravels. But as the search intensifies and the police detective's questions grow more pointed, a different picture emerges. Behind the image of a seemingly happy...
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