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Bad Sister: ‘Tense, convincing… kept me guessing’ Caz Frear, bestselling author of Sweet Little Lies
Sam Carrington
Sisters. Allies. Liars.The gripping new thriller from the author of Saving Sophie.Stephanie is scared for her life. Her psychologist, Connie Summers, wants to help her face her fears, but Connie will never really understand her. Stephanie’s past has been wiped away for her own protection. Stephanie isn’t even her real name. But then, Dr Summers isn’t Connie’s real name either.And that’s not all the women have in common. As Stephanie opens up about her troubled relationship with her brother, Connie is forced to confront her own dark family secrets.When a mutilated body is dumped in plain sight, it will have devastating consequences for both women.Who is the victim?Who is to blame?Who is next?Gripping, tense and impossible to put down, Bad Sister will have fans of Sue Fortin, B A Paris and Linda Green hooked till the final page.Praise for Saving Sophie‘This book is not only gripping, but it explores the mother/daughter relationship perfectly, and ends with a gasp-out-loud twist’ Closer‘I DEVOURED THIS STORY IN ONE SITTING’ Louise Jensen, author of The Sister
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Publishers 2017
Copyright © Sam Carrington 2017
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Source ISBN: 9780008200213
Ebook Edition © October 2017 ISBN: 9780008200206
Version 2017-09-13
Dedication (#u274549df-7baf-5866-ae0d-092b934425c4)
For my sister, Celia – who is not bad at all.
Table of Contents
Cover (#u7157394c-7e81-517c-8d20-1abd6ed7698f)
Title Page (#ucaa2eef6-efb0-5e13-867f-86577fffbb89)
Copyright (#u4832e869-b4ad-57ed-9aa6-aef7623d6a9d)
Dedication (#uf4117811-b71d-5145-9868-ff29a828709a)
Prologue: Then (#u73eb3cdd-e77d-5359-ade0-64308cc69cf3)
Chapter One: Connie (#u716745ff-00d5-5a80-8e73-2c1a11c572a9)
Chapter Two: Di Wade (#u990be457-0a92-5780-a710-89e617272080)
Chapter Three: Connie (#ua90184f4-00d9-5fc3-84dc-12a494bf6948)
Chapter Four: Connie (#ue2082eee-2483-52b5-9a0a-5aa2696e0249)
Chapter Five: Then (#u4aea060a-fd28-594a-b3a6-f24c973cf649)
Chapter Six: Connie (#u7f7edb5f-3c22-5753-b331-d2da7db12b5b)
Chapter Seven: Di Wade (#u06a08ad8-9df7-533b-8805-9b4fe383cd0e)
Chapter Eight: Connie (#u63441621-3ac9-5aa4-8294-ccd12f421b61)
Chapter Nine: Connie (#ue7fc835f-6e3f-5c3b-812e-c124868cb53d)
Chapter Ten: Then (#uac4953fa-b08f-5cd7-866d-b34b63bccea6)
Chapter Eleven: Connie (#u209ee188-1eeb-540a-8caf-cb5131b41372)
Chapter Twelve: Di Wade (#u00a5a9ea-e4f6-55df-adfa-070618d64833)
Chapter Thirteen: Connie (#u79e87cae-52d8-596a-8d72-7e3dab1f1c96)
Chapter Fourteen: Then (#uca0de39e-13d0-55f4-ad9b-2c27a34e1bc2)
Chapter Fifteen: Connie (#ud0aa3c56-4ec0-5dd7-84dc-b15e148fe134)
Chapter Sixteen: Connie (#u5b232917-0784-5b90-88af-082e68369c7e)
Chapter Seventeen: Di Wade (#u8743709b-5449-5ba6-bf0e-1af65fcfe00a)
Chapter Eighteen: Connie (#u63480d7c-409a-5915-bca2-fac8fe8e230b)
Chapter Nineteen: Then (#u9063379a-9406-5b69-95f0-26f8a48907bb)
Chapter Twenty: Connie (#u88d6e012-d777-57ff-9eab-02a1af1da09a)
Chapter Twenty-One: Connie (#ubd5f29b7-7bfe-5ea5-bb46-d5d440326ec9)
Chapter Twenty-Two: Di Wade (#u8de4c187-b42d-5330-9bed-703be4161a7b)
Chapter Twenty-Three: Connie (#u138f19c4-beb1-5143-a5c8-4d4f4a19506b)
Chapter Twenty-Four: Then (#ub1b036d2-1692-5701-917d-e1b86d29a248)
Chapter Twenty-Five: Connie (#u95d1a4a3-988a-582e-a456-dafa5910d864)
Chapter Twenty-Six: Connie (#u64260184-d777-558e-9dbd-28ba4d3eb1a3)
Chapter Twenty-Seven: Di Wade (#u7972f6f7-9878-58ee-a651-19c51663a74f)
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Connie (#u6b1341c6-502d-5599-a2b6-ad4e48133211)
Chapter Twenty-Nine: Then (#ubf38e74f-117f-545c-b2e1-cbc09df82c20)
Chapter Thirty: Connie (#u1dfb1897-8c55-59a3-94d1-6b1999b97b19)
Chapter Thirty-One: Connie (#u6d98eff1-734a-5786-a2d8-a3a87a7eadda)
Chapter Thirty-Two: Di Wade (#uabbb84f5-408a-5784-83f7-8720dfd7526b)
Chapter Thirty-Three: Connie (#u508e7b5c-d250-56af-a1fa-dce4dd93beee)
Chapter Thirty-Four: Then (#uab1c0bcf-3f9f-5978-b632-7b9f2e3cf2d7)
Chapter Thirty-Five: Connie (#udffa1e84-d1ad-5c31-b431-95ee2467cba3)
Chapter Thirty-Six: Connie (#u1e27e971-b12c-551a-b6a9-3e32609640bd)
Chapter Thirty-Seven: Di Wade (#u3ef565af-298b-5ceb-b20c-2cb328800a8a)
Chapter Thirty-Eight: Connie (#u9ea47de8-7a66-544f-bab1-bfe7031f9bd7)
Chapter Thirty-Nine: Then (#u9a2c7a30-05b6-559e-a34a-dfa1fc32978d)
Chapter Forty: Connie (#u3b8afd2c-3ad6-50b1-a7b1-1809eba48fb9)
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Chapter Forty-Eight: Di Wade (#u8938efc0-388a-5ae3-8da6-f833a60cd4ab)
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Chapter Fifty-Seven: Di Wade (#u207b8997-b40f-553e-8562-1cee55145704)
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Chapter Fifty-Nine: Connie (#u9e71bda9-6a06-5bc0-b9e6-c0fee854089e)
Chapter Sixty: Connie (#ufd17fc15-ee4d-5dc6-b31e-6a9bd361fa59)
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Chapter Sixty-Seven: Connie (#u6a1f3ca8-e51e-50c6-a3a4-3890bd801f43)
Chapter Sixty-Eight: Di Wade (#ua1a2d45a-689f-55ae-869a-9afc33fc7511)
Chapter Sixty-Nine: Connie (#ufd5c8db9-d0e7-5a05-b5d9-bf746cf088ad)
Chapter Seventy: Connie (#ub8173f28-40dd-5a6b-b9ac-2bc1f3094585)
Chapter Seventy-One: Brett (#uf2032f1b-a06b-5929-bc0a-20c73ae71b8e)
Chapter Seventy-Two: Connie (#u8b4e4482-71b5-5b77-aff8-ca088301e83f)
Chapter Seventy-Three: Connie (#u91d5a080-3d08-580d-8041-ff5796231159)
