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The good sister : a novel / Gillian McAllister.

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"Your baby died in your sister's care - the police think it's murder but she insists she's innocent. Who should you believe? ... The unthinkable has happened to Martha. She thought her baby daughter would be safe with her sister Becky while she was called away with work. Becky might be more relaxed than Martha, but she's a good parent to her own son. But the news of her baby's death and, later, her own sister's arrest turns her whole world upside down. Martha will have to watch her sister stand trial, to hear the evidence build up piece by piece. Her husband is sure of Becky's guilt. But Martha loves her sister, she knows her sister. Doesn't she?"-- Publisher's description.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780525539391 (paperback)
  • Physical Description: 392 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First U.S. edition.
  • Publisher: New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2019.
Subject: Sisters > Fiction.
Infants > Death > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > Fiction.
Trials (Murder) > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Genre: Psychological fiction.
Suspense fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Headingley Municipal Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Headingley Municipal Library MCA (Text) 36440000273534 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -

  • Baker & Taylor
    When Martha finds herself struggling to manage her business and early motherhood, her sister Becky steps in to help out, but when Becky is charged with the murder of Martha's child, she must choose to believe her sister or the police.
  • Baker & Taylor
    An American debut by a best-selling author from the U.K. finds the bond between two devoted sisters tested in the wake of a devastating murder and revelations about what really happened. Original.
  • Penguin Putnam
    From the author of the Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick Wrong Place, Wrong Time and Just Another Missing Person comes an electrifying novel about the unyielding bond between two sisters, which is severely tested when one of them is accused of the worst imaginable crime.

    Martha and Becky Blackwater are more than sisters--they're each other's lifelines. When Martha finds herself struggling to balance early motherhood and her growing business, Becky steps in to babysit her niece, Layla, without a second thought, bringing the two women closer than ever. But then the unthinkable happens, and Becky is charged with murder. 

    Nine months later, Becky is on trial and maintains her innocence--and so does Martha. Unable to shake the feeling that her sister couldn't possibly be guilty, Martha sets out to uncover exactly what happened that night, and how things could have gone so wrong. As the trial progresses, fault lines between the sisters begin to show--revealing cracks deep in their relationship and threatening the family each has worked so hard to build. With incredible empathy and resounding emotional heft, The Good Sister is a powerhouse of a novel that will lead readers to question everything they know about motherhood, family, and the price of forgiveness.
  • Penguin Putnam
    An electrifying novel about the unyielding bond between two sisters, which is severely tested when one of them is accused of the worst imaginable crime.

    Martha and Becky Blackwater are more than sisters--they're each other's lifelines. When Martha finds herself struggling to balance early motherhood and her growing business, Becky steps in to babysit her niece, Layla, without a second thought, bringing the two women closer than ever. But then the unthinkable happens, and Becky is charged with murder. 

    Nine months later, Becky is on trial and maintains her innocence--and so does Martha. Unable to shake the feeling that her sister couldn't possibly be guilty, Martha sets out to uncover exactly what happened that night, and how things could have gone so wrong. As the trial progresses, fault lines between the sisters begin to show--revealing cracks deep in their relationship and threatening the family each has worked so hard to build. With incredible empathy and resounding emotional heft, The Good Sister is a powerhouse of a novel that will lead readers to question everything they know about motherhood, family, and the price of forgiveness.

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