The Secret Sister. Karen Clarke

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Название The Secret Sister
Автор произведения Karen Clarke
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       About the Authors

      KAREN CLARKE lives in Buckinghamshire with her husband and three grown-up children, where she writes romantic comedy novels and psychological suspense.

      When she’s not writing, she reads a lot, enjoys walking – which is good for plot-wrangling and ideas, watching Netflix, baking and eating cakes. And then more walking to work off the cakes.

      AMANDA BRITTANY lives in Hertfordshire with her husband and two dogs. She is the bestselling author of Her Last Lie and Tell the Truth, and her third psychological thriller, Traces of Her, was published in October 2019. Her debut, Her Last Lie, has raised almost £8,000 so far for Cancer Research UK from her ebook royalties, in memory of her sister.

      When she’s not writing, Amanda loves reading, walking, travelling and going to the theatre.

      The Secret Sister

      K A CLARKE AND A J BRITTANY

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      First published in Great Britain by HQ in 2020

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      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      E-book Edition © January 2020 ISBN: 9780008376246

      Version: 2019-12-10

      Table of Contents

       Cover

      About the Authors

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

      Prologue: Ella

      Chapter 1: Colleen

      Chapter 2: Ella

       Chapter 4: Colleen

       Chapter 5: Ella

       Chapter 6: Colleen

       Chapter 7: Ella

       Chapter 8: Colleen

       Chapter 9: Ella

       Chapter 10: Colleen

       Chapter 11: Ella

       Chapter 12: Colleen

       Chapter 13: Colleen

       Chapter 14: Ella

       Chapter 15: Ella

       Chapter 16: Colleen

       Chapter 17: Ella

       Chapter 18: Colleen

       Chapter 19: Ella

       Chapter 20: Ella

       Chapter 21: Colleen

       Chapter 22: Colleen

       Chapter 23: Colleen

       Chapter 24: Ella

       Chapter 25: Ella

       Chapter 26: Colleen

       Chapter 27: Ella

       Chapter 28: Colleen

       Chapter 29: Ella

       Chapter 30: Colleen

       Chapter 31: Ella

       Chapter 32: Colleen

       Chapter 33: Colleen

       Chapter 34: Ella

       Chapter 35: Colleen

       Epilogue: Anna

       Acknowledgements

       Dear Reader …

       Keep Reading …

       About the Publisher

       For our families, with love.

       Prologue

       Ella

      When you’ve led a charmed life, I suppose it’s inevitable that it’ll fall apart at some point.

      It happened to me after my mother died, though her death was the catalyst, not the cause.

      Mum had been ill for a while and had come to terms with dying. She’d lived to see me happily married, and to meet her precious granddaughter. I thought we’d had time to say all the things that mattered.

      When the end came it was peaceful, with her family gathered around, and I was holding her hand.

      It was much later, while clearing out her bedroom, that I realised I hadn’t known my mother as well as I thought I had.

      The one thing that really mattered had been left unsaid.

       Chapter 1

       Colleen

       Saturday

      The sun woke me, slanting through the half-open curtains, hurting my eyes. I rolled out of bed, pulled my hoodie on over my pants, and padded to the window.

      My brain pulsed against my skull. I felt sick and fragile. It had been years since I’d suffered a hangover, but I’d never forgotten the feeling.

      The view from the ground-floor window