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One sister is making a sweet little life with her high school sweet heart and their twin girls. One sister is a high profile scientist, recently married to a very rich man.

The third sister was abducted nearly 30 years ago and never seen again.

Another fantastic read! Told from multiple points of view, Claire Douglas does a fantastic job of weaving the story through the lives of the two remaining sisters and their mother, and back 30 years to when the 3rd sister went missing, leaving the reader asking "what, and how, does that have to do with this?"

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Loved this twisty family thriller! I read it in a day, it was so hard to put down. Loved the various family members weaving together and how it all blended so well. The ending left me wanting more which isn't a bad thing!

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I was given an ARC from the published via NetGalley in exchange for a review. Tasha and Alice are sisters, but could not be more different. When Alice and her husband offer to watch Tasha's twin girls AND their vacation home for a week, Tasha is not in a position to refuse. She could never have imagined what would happen whilst they were away. This is a thriller that is a slow burn. You are engaged and flipping pages the entire time as the plot rages before your eyes in a slow and deliberate way. The reader finds themselves and the story dwindling to a red hot smolder at the end of the book that was so deliberately delivered you almost cannot believe it. The pacing of this book is so interesting and atypical of a thriller, but as a result makes it incredibly enjoyable to read. Douglas develops each character in a way that you truly know them just in time for all the pieces to fall into place. Can't wait to read more by this author!

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Thank you to NetGalley and Harper Perennial and Paperbacks | Harper Paperbacks for this ARC of The Wrong Sister by Claire Douglas.

I enjoy thriller/drama books featuring sisters who share in - in this case, swap - each other’s lives and that is what drew me to request this ARC.

Suburban mom and MFC Tasha and her glamorous, successful sister Alice swap houses and lives to give Tasha and husband Aaron a break.

There follows a sudden tragedy for Alice and husband Kyle and a threatening note to Tasha. There are secrets and lies from the past which have come to call.

This book had my attention from page one and the suspense only grew from there, and it has my preferred structure of multiple POV, with Tasha’s chapters in first-person.

4 stars!

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The Wrong Sister was a fantastic book! I was able to follow the story easily. I thought the book was well written and a great page turner!

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Thank you Netgalley and Claire Douglas for this eARC! Child loss/kidnapping, vanishing twin syndrome, murder, loss, and others of the like are included in this book. Alice and Tasha lost a sister at a young age. Alice’s husband is killed, Alice is attacked, and somehow people are connected to each other and they don’t realize it. There was a lot going on and was hard to follow at times, but it was a decent read. The ending seemed predictable to me, but give it a read yourself and see what you think!

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BRILLIANT!!!

I absolutely loved this book! I thought I might have had it figured out, but...boy, was I wrong! I loved the multiple POVs. This definitely helped to keep me guessing! Even the ending was a total shocker for me! I will be adding author, Claire Douglas, to my "favorite author" list. Thank you for selecting me to read this ARC. I have to definitely add more of your books to my TBR list! Will be strongly recommending this book to my friends!!!

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great fast paced thriller that keeps you engaged almost the entire time. the parallel lives of the twos sisters switching and the family drama make for a fun and unique thriller/mystery. overall a quick read with interesting twists, turns, and characters.

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The Wong Sister was a great read!
A family is torn apart when the youngest child is abducted. The mother struggles for years as she blames herself for leaving the baby unattended. The older 2 sisters are close but when the father passes away their mother moves to France. She is unable to deal with the loss of her husband but has never been able to deal with the loss of her baby.
The younger sister marries and has twins. The older sister is married to the perfect man. But when her husband is killed in her sisters house the plot twists and twists and twists!
I highly recommend this book! I couldn’t stop reading it. There are a lot of names and I had to remember who was who but all in all it was really good.

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4 ⭐️ This is an interesting and fast paced thriller with many twists, some predictable, but enough surprise to keep me interested.

Two murders, and a lot of family drama enter the lives of Tasha and Aaron and her sister Alice and Kyle. Some seemingly unconnected events (a kidnapped sister) play out and tie it all together. Lots of drama, plot twists, and lies all lead into a surprise ending.

Thank you NetGalley and Harper Paperbacks for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

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This one pulled me in fast — sisters swapping lives, a sudden tragedy, and a chilling note? Yes, please. The setup was gripping, and the tension never fully lets up. Tasha’s panic and confusion felt raw and believable, and the mystery around what really happened to Alice had me guessing the whole time.

The whole “it was supposed to be you” angle gave everything this underlying creep factor that worked really well. There were some solid twists, and the way the story unraveled kept me flipping pages way too late.

A few parts stretched believability a bit, and I had to suspend some logic here and there, but it didn’t kill the vibe. If you like family drama mixed with suspense and secrets you definitely didn’t see coming, this is a fun one to get lost in.

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Thank you to Claire Douglas, Harper Perennial and Paperbacks and Netgalley for the e-arc of The Wrong Sister! Loved the premise of this book! Twisty thriller with short chapters! Flawed family dynamics! Major twist took me totally by surprise! Keeps you interested and guessing the entire way through! Devoured this book! This book publishes on 8/5/25!

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Tasha and her husband Aaron do a life swap for a week with her well off sister and her husband for their upcoming anniversary. An unsettling turn of event leads them to an early return, and the rest of the book is a series of twists and turns trying to unravel the truth from that evening that changed everything.
I haven’t read a thriller in a quite some time, and boy oh boy was this the one to re-ignite my passion! I literally couldn’t put this one down, even when my eyes were trying to slam themselves shut in the wee hours of the night and my brain was telling me I’d regret my decision in the morning when I had to get up with my kiddos! As much as I enjoyed it, however, I’m a tad disappointed with the end. It doesn’t exactly answer who made the statement on the first page of the book. I think I know, but I don’t like not knowing for sure. Other than that, I loved everything about this book!

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Really enjoyed this book and the many twists that were not expected! Two sisters swap homes for a weekend and a murder takes place in one of their homes. A letter is given to one of the sisters saying "it was supposed to be you." I like when I'm not able to guess the twists and I was very surprised. Would definitely recommend!

* Thank you Netgalley for my free copy to review! All opinions expressed are my own. *

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I really enjoyed this audiobook! The Wrong Sister was full of tension and unexpected twists that kept me curious the whole way through. The story explores family secrets and trust in a really compelling way. The narration was great and made it easy to stay hooked.

Thanks to NetGalley for the chance to listen!

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Enjoyed the story. Keep me interested until the end but felt like something was missing. Didn’t see the twist coming though!

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Great read. Sisters Tasha and Alice and their husbands swap homes for a few days. Feelings of being watched, a break in and a few bodies later, we find that many secrets a being kept. Kept me guessing until the end.

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This book is full of suspense and family drama and the twist was truly shocking. Alice and her sister Tasha decide to “trade lives” so that Tasha and her husband can reconnect after having twins. A break-in occurs at Tasha and Aarons home and it appears that the wrong sister was targeted, or was she? The books also revolves around Tasha and Alice’s other sister that disappeared as a baby. Could this have something to do with the break-in and attack?

I thought I had the book figured out a few times but I was very wrong which made the read even better!

Thank you, Harper Perennial and Paperbacks, for providing this book for review consideration via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

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Loved this book!! Kept me engaged and trying to figure it all out the entire time. A great and intriguing mystery/ thriller!

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This was so good! I binge read the book all in one night. It was definitely 𝘶𝘯𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦. I loved it even more when I 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓽 I had it all figured out.. But did not see that ending at all..

Thank you NetGalley for the advance copy in exchange for my honest review!!

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