{"product_id":"2940170125265","title":"The Better Sister: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Alafair Burke amp;mdash; \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author of the runaway hit \u003ci\u003eThe Wife\u003c\/i\u003e amp;mdash; comes another twisty tale of domestic noir. When a prominent Manhattan lawyer is murdered, two estranged sisters amp;mdash; one the dead man¿s widow, the other his ex amp;mdash; must set aside mistrust and old resentments...but can they escape their past?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough Chloe was the younger of the two Taylor sisters, she always seemed to be in charge. She was the honor-roll student with big dreams and an even bigger work ethic. Nicky was always restless...and more than a little reckless amp;mdash; the opposite of her ambitious little sister. She floated from job to job and man to man and stayed close to home in Cleveland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor a while, it seemed like both sisters had found happiness. Chloe earned a scholarship to an Ivy League school and moved to New York City, where she landed a coveted publishing job. Nicky married promising young attorney Adam Macintosh and gave birth to a baby boy they named Ethan. The Taylor sisters became virtual strangers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, more than 15 years later, their lives are drastically different amp;mdash; and Chloe is married to Adam. When he¿s murdered by an intruder at the couple¿s East Hampton beach house, Chloe reluctantly allows her teenaged stepson¿s biological mother amp;mdash; her estranged sister, Nicky amp;mdash; back into her life. But when the police begin to treat Ethan as a suspect in his father¿s death, the two sisters are forced to unite...and to confront the truth behind family secrets they have tried to bury in the past.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47099887812848,"sku":"2940170125265","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170125265_p0.jpg?v=1769903885","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170125265","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}