Emily and James are having a rare night out, leaving their baby daughter Daisy with Emily’s little sister Jess. But they arrive home to find Jess unconscious on the floor after a medical episode and Daisy has vanished…
Little Sister is a psychological thriller set on the Isle of Wight about the abduction of a baby.
Emily and Jess have had a fraught relationship in the past and were estranged until they were reunited at their mother’s funeral. Now Jess is living with Emily and her husband, acting as childcare so both can work. The household is completed with James’ 15 year old daughter Chloe from his first marriage. One night Daisy goes missing and relationships are stretched to breaking point.
The book is written from the alternating perspectives of Jess and Emily in the first and third person respectively. This allows us to feel closer to Jess as we see her emotions more personally even though Emily has more trauma as it is her child missing.
It soon becomes clear that there have been major issues between the sisters in the past which led to the estrangement. We as readers are drip-fed incidents as they reflect on the past, and there is a growing tension and unease which develops. There are other secrets and lies revealed as the plot progresses and it is enjoyable to surmise how these might be connected to the disappearance of Daisy.
Little Sister is an emotionally charged and tense psychological thriller.
Book blurb
After sixteen years apart sisters Jessica and Emily are reunited. With the past now behind them, the warmth they once shared quickly returns and before long Jess has moved into Emily’s comfortable island home. Life couldn’t be better. But when baby Daisy disappears while in Jess’s care, the perfect life Emily has so carefully built starts to fall apart.
Was Emily right to trust her sister after everything that happened before?
