The Perfect Sister
A Novel
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A woman’s search for her missing sister on the sandy white beaches of the Hamptons uncovers a wealth of secrets worth killing for—a sultry and sumptuous psychological suspense from USA Today bestselling author Stephanie DeCarolis.
Alex Walker has always looked up to her perfect older sister. Maddie has succeeded in all the ways Alex has not: She escaped their hometown and seems to have put the memories of their unstable childhood behind her. But despite the different paths their lives have taken, the two sisters made a pact to spend one week together every summer. It was a promise they’d never broken . . . until now.
When Maddie suddenly cancels her annual trip home, Alex begins to worry. But when Maddie stops returning her calls altogether, Alex is certain something is wrong. Relying on the only clues Maddie left behind, Alex follows her sister’s footsteps to the Hamptons where she meets the Blackwell family—the last people to have seen Maddie before she vanished into thin air. The Blackwells seem to have it all: wealth, beauty, and a beachside mansion on a private stretch of Hamptons real estate. It’s a world unlike any Alex has ever known, but she quickly discovers that looks can be deceiving, and that a life of luxury always comes at a cost.
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A young woman investigates her older sibling's disappearance in this rote outing from DeCarolis (The Guilty Husband). As encouraged by their recently deceased mother, Vivienne, adult sisters Alex and Maddie Walker have maintained a strong bond. After Vivienne's funeral, Maddie leaves Alex at their Pennsylvania family home to summer in the Hamptons, but promises to return for Alex's birthday. When that day arrives, however, Maddie fails to show up or return any phone calls, so Alex heads to the Hamptons to track her down. After she arrives, she learns that Maddie has been staying at the home of real estate developer James Blackwell and his family, who were the last people to see her before she disappeared. The Blackwells invite Alex to take her sister's place in their pool house while she launches an investigation. She accepts the offer, and gradually unearths secrets about the Blackwell clan that make her suspect they know more about Maddie's whereabouts than they're letting on. DeCarolis smothers the plot with too many narrators (Alex, Maddie, all four Blackwells, and an anonymous local), and though the action is diverting, little of it is memorable. The result is a beach read without much bite.
