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Like a Sister
2022
First Published
3.25
Average Rating
320
Number of Pages

A twisty, voice-driven thriller for fans of Megan Miranda and Jessica Knoll, in which no one bats an eye when a Black reality TV star is found dead in the Bronx—except her estranged half-sister, whose refusal to believe the official story leads her on a dangerous search for the truth. When the body of disgraced reality TV star Desiree Pierce is found on a playground in the Bronx the morning after her 25th birthday party, the police and the media are quick to declare her death an overdose. It’s a tragedy, certainly, but not a crime. But Desiree’s half-sister Lena Scott knows that can’t be the case. A graduate student at Columbia, Lena has spent the past decade forging her own path far from the spotlight, but some facts about Desiree just couldn’t have changed since their childhood. And Desiree would never travel above 125th Street. So why is no one listening to her? Despite the bitter truth that the two haven’t spoken in two years, torn apart by Desiree’s partying and by their father, Mel, a wealthy and influential hip-hop mogul, Lena becomes determined to find justice for her sister, even if it means untangling her family’s darkest secrets—or ending up dead herself

Avg Rating
3.25
Number of Ratings
13,637
5 STARS
10%
4 STARS
29%
3 STARS
42%
2 STARS
15%
1 STARS
4%
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Author

Kellye Garrett
Kellye Garrett
Author · 7 books

Kellye Garrett is the author of the upcoming Missing White Woman, a twisty thriller and "compulsive page-turner" (Harlan Coben) about a woman who thinks she’s waking up to a romantic vacation—only to find a body in her rental home and her boyfriend gone. Her latest book Like A Sister is the story of a black woman in New York City looking into the mysterious overdose of her estranged reality star sister. In addition to being featured on the TODAY show, the suspense novel was a Book of the Month April 2022 selection, the Oxygen channel’s July Book Club pick, an Edgar award finalist, Anthony award nominee and Lefty award winner. She previously wrote the Detective by Day lightweight mysteries, which have won the Anthony, Agatha, Lefty and IPPY awards. In addition, Kellye is a co-founder of Crime Writers of Color, which received the 2023 Raven Award from MWA. You can learn more by visiting KellyeGarrett.com and following @KellyeKell on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

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