I really don’t know what to say, other than you must read this book !!!! A dark, twisty psychological thriller that will have you changing your mind many many times.

It all begins with Gina, who despite wanting to be a journalist / reporter, is currently working as a PA at a news channel. Whilst on her way home she discovers a body. She immediately calls 999 but then makes the decision to do a live report from the scene, whilst waiting for the emergency services to arrive. Gina is thrown into the limelight and also draws the attention of the police.

The story continues and as well as hearing from Gina we also have the story told by Ryan, Gina’s brother, and DC Adebayo, who is investigating the murder. We also start to get snippets of the past from Gina’s mother, Sharon, and discover a terrible event that happened in the past. Is this connected to the recent murder ? If so, how ?

This is a very clever psychological thriller with a conclusion I did not see coming. A great twisty, dark story that will keep you guessing right to the end.

Thank you to Orion Publishing Group and NetGalley for a digital copy of this book.

First of all, thanks to NetGalley and Elle Croft for the ARC for my Kindle and being am ambassador for Elle Croft.
As much as I would have liked to enjoy this book,I did finish the book but it was just "too dark" for me.

With multiple narratives that are woven seamlessly, meticulously detailed characters and a plot overflowing with twists - The Other Sister is a triumph of a book!

Once I started I found it impossible to put down. The dual storylines initially run parallel to each other and are equally as fascinating. As past melds with present the tension intensifies and the intrigue heightens, a fog of suspicion enveloping everyone - leaving us struggling to work out who we can trust.

Gina’s fear and fragility pulsates from the page. Her brave and ambitious decision to press the record button in an attempt to further her career has consequences that will set her on a dangerous path - a path that takes her back to the other Sister and to secrets so horrific that someone will kill to protect them.

The Other Sister is deliciously dark, plentiful in secrets long buried and is so intricately drawn that it’s nigh on impossible to predict its conclusion. Highly recommended.

With thanks to Netgalley and Orion for inviting me to become an ambassador for Ellie Croft. As always this ARC was given to me for an open and honest review.

Journalist Gina Mills had recently returned to London hoping to break into television news. As a stepping stone her boyfriend Julian had helped her secure a job as PA for Channel 8 manager Jacqueline Davis. Gina was living with her brother Ryan who she had been estranged from after the death of their sister Cassie.

One evening Gina was walking home talking to Julian on her phone. Distracted she ended up taking a short cut home through an alleyway where she discovered the dead body of a young woman. Ever the journalist she broadcast live from the murder scene and posted it on the Channel 8 Facebook page.

The following morning Gina thought she would be sacked but Jacqueline urged her to continue the story to increase the channels ratings. The victim was called Michelle Everade who was due to meet a tinder date.

Over the following weeks Gina became a figure of hate and had received death threats. But her dream of working on television was coming to fruition appearing on countless talk shows discussing internet dating.

Gina was taking taxis home because she scared of the death threats. One evening she had no choice to walk home, she walked a different route to her house and was cutting through her park when yet again she found another dead victim. This girl had the same injuries as Michelle and was also meeting a tinder date. Despite knowing the critcism she would receive Gina made another report from the second murder scene.

But who was the killer and why did they want Gina to find the bodies?

The story was told from the POV of Gina, Ryan and their mother Sharon from 1996 to the present day. We got the POV of Detective Adam Adebayo who was investigating the two murders.

My review of The Other Sister can be summed up in one word ingenious.

The story was original with a truly unique plot line. Every time I guessed the killer there would be a red herring to change my mind. As the story progressed the investigations turned in a way I was not expecting. I was enjoying this story but the revelation took it into a darker area, I was hooked.

Out of the two siblings my favourite character was Ryan who genuinely loved his sister. He was so pleased they were living together after Gina left home to go to university. I also liked Adam who was investigating the murder. He seemed very intelligent and I would of been interested in his personal life.

The Other Sister blew me away, I recommend this book to all fans of psychological thrillers.

Having read and enjoyed The Guilty Wife, this author's debut book last year, I was quite excited to see how she would fare with this, her follow up book. On the whole, I enjoyed this one just as much, although I did have to suspend a bit of disbelief along the way.
Gina dreams of being a newsreader but she hasn't quite made it. When we first meet her she is working as a PA for Jacqueline, star of Channel Eight, who flat out refuses to give her a break. One night, Gina is walking home from a night out and discovers a body. Throwing most of her common sense out of the window, she decides to broadcast live on the channel's facebook page, her only saving grace being that she preserved the scene and didn't show the victim. This both shocks and delights her bosses at the channel and, in turn, catapults her into the limelight with personal appearances on all the main chat shows. Limelight that turns out to have good and bad sides to it as the trolls start to come out of the woodwork to attack her morals. Obviously all this attention, as well as her being a witness who discovered the body, also piques the interest of the Police who start to pay closer attention to her.
As the story unfolds, told in turn by Gina, her brother Ryan, and Detective Adam Adebayo, we also go back in time to the late nineties, to a story told by Gina and Ryan's mother Sharon. This story tells of something that happened in their past, a tragedy. But just how and why this relates to what is happening now is not obvious initially.
And then Gina finds a second body. Coincidence, or is there more to it than just dumb luck? Is someone deliberately targeting her, have they singled her out as their mouthpiece to the world, after all, she does broadcast the second murder discovery live too, or has her past come back to haunt her?
As with a previous book I read recently, when certain things came to light in this book I was a bit taken aback. But, unlike the previous book which I personally didn't think worked for me, what happened in this one did. Maybe the way it was introduced, built up to, explained; all things that in my opinion happened in the right way here. Made it easier for me to accept what I was reading. I'm not sure exactly why my reaction to these two similar books differs so greatly but I am happy to accept the way things are. I suspect that, like that other book, this book may polarise opinion and may even provide some good discussion.
It's hard to say much about the characters without spoiling things but I will speak generally and just say that, as per all good psychological thrillers, I did a good bit of shouting at them, changing my mind about them and their behaviour, laughing with them, crying with them and generally connected with the majority well enough to enjoy the book as a whole.
Pacing was also very good. Enough was divulged about the past to illustrate the present but not too much to give the game away early. There was also enough mystery from the past to hold onto until eventually the explanation was forthcoming.
And that ending, the reveal, the sheer duplicity explained. Mindblowing! Again, it won't be for everyone but for me, again, it just worked. I'm now left hanging to see what the author can possibly serve up next time.
My thanks go to the Publisher and Netgalley for the chance to read this book.

WOW,just WOW,The Other Sister is a mesmerising,mind blowing psychological thriller that has so many twists and turns that by the time I reached the surprising unpredictable conclusion I felt so dizzy that I thought I might need to go and lie down in dark room.

Gina Mills has always wanted to be a newsreader but instead she is stuck as a unappreciated personal assistant to successful and celebrated Jacqueline Davis,a tyrant who refuses to give Gina the opportunity to prove herself at channel 8. So when Gina stumbles on a crime scene on her way home one night she makes the rash decision to report live from the scene.Suddenly Gina finds herself thrust into the limelight,constantly in demand and appearing on chat shows. She now has the career that she`s always wanted but she soon realises that she had underestimated the backlash and outpourings of hate that would be aimed at her both by the public and on social media. Then She finds a second body and begins to wonder if she is being targeted and if so......why?

This fast paced,riveting thriller has chapters that vary in length and alternate between Gina,her brother Ryan and Detective Adam Adebayo. The chapters are set in the present day but also slip back in time to 1996. The chapters set in the past are voiced by Gina and Ryan's mother Sharon and cover events before,during and after a tragic event that happened when Gina and Ryan were younger. I found Sharon and her husband Bill`s reactions to certain occurrences frustrating but then I honestly don't know how I would react if I found myself dealing with the same situation. As the story unfolded I found myself constantly changing my mind about how I felt about the characters. I eventually reached the conclusion that not one of them had any redeemable qualities. They are all flawed in one way or the other although I did eventually feel some sympathy for one character by the time I reached the unexpected conclusion.

The killer`s signature modus operandi was unique and innovative and I can see it raising a few raised eyebrows and intense discussions if this book was read by a book group. I was hooked in tightly from.the very first page of this jaw dropping page turner. I enjoyed reading The Other Sister just as much,actually I can honestly say more than The Guilty Wife which I absolutely loved. Absolutely brilliant,worth far more than five stars and highly recommended by little old me.