Description: "The Sisteris powered by the same sort of confidently rendered literary suspense that propelled Donna Tartt'sThe Secret Historyonto best-seller lists...Ms. Adams makes Ginny such an intriguingly unreliable narrator that the reader is continually kept off balance." Michiko Kakutani,The New York Times "Adams spins a suspenseful, provocative, deliberately ambiguous tale about decay and disrepairof people and the bonds between themand about the harm that comes from even well-intended secrecy and silence." Laura Collins-Hughes,New York Sun "The great beauty of this splendid first novel lies in Ginny's voice, perfectly clear, controlled and calm...A brilliant narrative performance." Barbara Fisher,The Boston Globe "Readers will be haunted by this chilling psychological drama." Sue Corbett,People Magazine "Deliciously creepy...[The Sister] reminds us of A.S. Byatt, Kate Atkinson and Stephen King having a house party." Colette Bancroft,The Detroit News "A genuinely eerie thriller...a chilling contemporary gothic." Margaret Flanagan,Booklist "A chilling and disturbing novel." Laurel Bliss,Library Journal,starred review "Chilling...an eerie and accomplished debut." Publishers Weekly "Engrossing." Kirkus Reviews "Whatever Happened to Baby Janecomes to Devon, in Adams's gothic tale of madness, sibling rivalry and lepidoptera. Adams is a skillful, entertaining storyteller.' The Guardian "This is a dark book, but an extremely funny one, recalling Mark Haddon and Barbara Trapido by turns. A brilliantly paced debut." Daily Mail "[A] striking debut novel...[The Sister]is also, in its quietly idiosyncratic way, a novel of ideas. When Ginny reflects on the 'analytic and scientific' cast of mind she inherited from her father, it's difficult not to think of Keats and the 'touch of cold philosopy' that 'unweaves' the poetry of natural phenomena. Adams took a risk in deciding to tell her story in the flat, abstracted voice of someone who has devoted her life to a 'little known insect.' But it is a convincing, true voice and it is to Adams's credit that she sustains it as she does." Financial Times "Cognitive dissonance is what drives the plot, and that makes this quite a bold first novel." Daily Telegraph "Damaged families, psychological drama and ghosts from the past abound. Adams succeeds in carefully building up an atmosphere of penumbral suspense, creeping towards a tense climax." Literary Review "[The Sister] is an intricately crafted story, told with just the right balance of claustrophobia and compassion." Psychologies Magazine "[A] beautifully staged story...mesmerising and unsettling." Good HousekeepingBook of the Month "The scene is set for sinister secrets and the revival of murderous family tensions. Adams's debut is an atmospheric addition to the 'mess with your head' school of fiction." Marie Claire, 4 stars "A gothic mystery that hums along on its slow-burning menace, Poppy Adams'sThe Sisteris a sinful box of bonbons: delicious, but you never know what's inside the next bite." Andrew Pyper, author ofLost GirlsandThe Wildfire Season "A taut, tense tale of the ties that bindsometimes a little too tightly.&am

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