Featuring rap music moguls, Instagram influencers, reality TV stars, and a black woman in search for the truth, Like A Sister is a tale of fame, death and redemption. Kellye Garrett has delivered an impressive whodunit novel that keeps you guessing until the very end.
Desiree Pierce, a 25-year-old black woman, is found dead in the Bronx and the police’s indifferent investigation leads them to quickly rule it an accidental overdose for the former reality TV star with a history of drug abuse. But Desiree’s sister Lena, despite it being two years since they last talked, suspects foul play, believing her sister could never have killed herself. So Lena starts to investigate, diving deep into Desiree’s life and talking to her friends in an attempt to find the truth…and maybe also assuage any guilt she has for not being there for her sister. Along the way, Lena is forced to figure out who she can trust while also confronting her bitterness towards her father Mel, a music mogul who left her and her mom when she was young. Nothing is as it seems and danger lurks in the shadows, but Lena will stop at nothing to get justice for her sister.
Like any great thriller, Like A Sister features numerous twists and turns and great character development that provides tidbits of game-changing information along the way. It makes you question who you can trust and leads you to constantly change your hypothesis as to whether it was suicide or murder and, if it was a homicide, who killed Desiree Pierce and why. And while on the surface this is a straight mystery novel, a closer look shows that’s not the case. That this book, at its heart, is about family and the lengths you will go to in support of them no matter what complicated history or bad blood you share. Family is family. You can’t choose them. But you can choose to be there for them when they most need you.
This focus on family dynamics seems personal for the author and adds tremendous perspective to the story because everyone has experienced challenging relationships in their lives. Additionally, her love for these characters bursts off the page and has you rooting for a redemptive and reconciliatory denouement. Maybe because we see a little of ourselves in these characters…even though we probably live very different lives. Bravo to Kellye Garret for this wonderfully well-written, heartfelt and twisting novel.
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