books I read are in places I've never been to and it's never bothered me in the least, but it is nicer to know the localities, I must say. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. The clever, interwoven stories, the fractured and fraught relationships between the characters, the devious and controlling scenarios easily put Little Sister into my Top Ten reads of 2017. The great gulf of darkness opened up again like a silent roar, wrapping its weight around me and crushing my breaths as I went under. Chapter 2 was Emily's point of view about their mother's funereal and how both Jessica and Emily didn't like to go to church.

While this may seem frustrating and slow at times, it gives the reader a real sense of what it feels like for the family waiting for news in this kind of situation. It’s the best thing I’ve done as I’m able to catch up on many, many, many books not just the thrill of brand new releases.The sisters have a complicated history that is slowly revealed and eventually you find out some dark secrets that added depth and intrigue. The Little Sister is a 1949 novel by Raymond Chandler, his fifth featuring the private investigator Philip Marlowe. This treasure trove of sibling naughtiness contains all five books in the series: My Naughty Little Sister, More Naughty Little Sister Stories, My Naughty Little Sister and Bad Harry, When My Naughty Little Sister Was Good and My Naughty Little Sister’s Friends. I also loved the past between both sisters being gradually revealed alongside the current situation.

I want to feel more, but I can’t, my senses deadened by the impact of the fall, my thoughts and emotions slow to respond. Chandler, along with Dashiell Hammett, defined the hardboiled school of detective fiction, popularised in pulp magazines such as Black Mask. Today she is the author of seven novels, a Royal Literary Fund Lector, and a regular creative writing host at the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate.Pretty soon Jess moves in with Emily and starts taking care of Emily and her husband James, his fifteen year old daughter Chloe from previous marriage and their infant daughter Daisy.