A psychological thriller that explores not only the bonds of sisterhood, but the effect of loss in childhood and beyond. Beatrice’s younger sister, Tess, she’s the “flighty” one whle Beatrice is the typical good-girl, responsible older sibling, has died and Beatrice is convinced that the verdict of suicide is completely wrong and out of character for her life-affirming artist sister. The tragedy draws Beatrice back to London from her life in New York and she in many ways assumes her sister’s life and persona as she tries to prove the verdict wrong and bring the perpetrator to justice. Adding to the richness of the novel are the ethical questions surrounding medical intervention in prenatal life – Tess delivered a stillborn infant shortly before her death and had been given an experimental treatment to cure cystic fibrosis in utero, an inheritable disease that caused the sisters’ brothers early death. The author is a scriptwriter and the book seems destined for the screen. 336 pp.
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