{"product_id":"my-sisters-bones-a-novel-of-suspense-9780062661968","title":"My Sister's Bones: A Novel of Suspense","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Rivals \u003cem\u003eThe Girl on the Train\u003c\/em\u003e as a compulsive read (and beats it for style). -- \u003cem\u003eObserver \u003c\/em\u003e(UK)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the vein of Fiona Barton's \u003cem\u003eThe Widow\u003c\/em\u003e and Renée Knight's \u003cem\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/em\u003e, a psychological thriller about a war reporter who returns to her childhood home after her mother's death but becomes convinced that all is not well in the house next door--but is what she's seeing real or a symptom of the trauma she suffered in Syria?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe One Person You Should Trust Is Lying to You...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eKate has spent fifteen years bringing global injustice home: as a decorated war reporter, she's always in a place of conflict, writing about ordinary people in unimaginable situations. When her mother dies, Kate returns home from Syria for the funeral. But an incident with a young Syrian boy haunts her dreams, and when Kate sees a boy in the garden of the house next door--a house inhabited by an Iraqi refugee who claims her husband is away and she has no children--Kate becomes convinced that something is very wrong. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs she struggles to separate her memories of Syria from the quiet town in which she grew up--and also to reconcile her memories of a traumatic childhood with her sister's insistence that all was not as Kate remembers--she begins to wonder what is actually true...and what is just in her mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this gripping, timely debut, Nuala Ellwood brings us an unforgettable damaged character, a haunting, humanizing look at the Syrian conflict, and a deeply harrowing psychological thriller that readers won't be able to put down.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNuala Ellwood moved to London in her twenties to pursue a career as a singer-songwriter, but ended up writing novels instead. She comes from a family of journalists, and they inspired her to get Arts Council funding to research and write a novel dealing with psychological trauma in the industry. My Sister's Bones is her debut thriller.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491469398290,"sku":"9780062661968","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ca54083b-e6cc-43ea-8da5-89c8023b85cf.jpg?v=1730541592","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/my-sisters-bones-a-novel-of-suspense-9780062661968","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}