I found out she’d died from the New York Daily News. A CrimeReads Best Psychological Thriller of the Year “A mystery that has everything I love most: an intriguing set up an absorbing storyline that kept me guessing a satisfying ending and, most of all, incredibly well-developed characters I kept thinking about long after I finished the book.” ―Jasmine Guillory, Today Show “I found out my sister was back in New York from Instagram.A South Florida Sun-Sentinel Best Mystery of the Year.A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year.A New York Post Best New Book of the Week.Lefty Award Winner for Best Mystery Novel.“Dishes up the glitz of the haves and the struggles of the have-nots, infusing classic noir storytelling with Big Apple glamour… pageturner.In this 'crackling domestic suspense' filled with 'wry humor and deft pacing' (Alyssa Cole), no one bats an eye when a Black reality TV star is found dead-except her estranged half-sister, whose refusal to believe the official story leads her on a dangerous search for the truth. So why is no one listening to her?ĭespite the bitter truth that the two haven’t spoken in two years, torn apart by Desiree’s partying and by their father, Mel, a wealthy and influential hip-hop mogul, Lena becomes determined to find justice for her sister, even if it means untangling her family’s darkest secrets-or ending up dead herself.

And Desiree would never travel above 125th Street. A graduate student at Columbia, Lena has spent the past decade forging her own path far from the spotlight, but some facts about Desiree just couldn’t have changed since their childhood.

It’s a tragedy, certainly, but not a crime.īut Desiree’s half-sister Lena Scott knows that can’t be the case. When the body of disgraced reality TV star Desiree Pierce is found on a playground in the Bronx the morning after her 25th birthday party, the police and the media are quick to declare her death an overdose. A twisty, voice-driven thriller for fans of Megan Miranda and Jessica Knoll, in which no one bats an eye when a Black reality TV star is found dead in the Bronx-except her estranged half-sister, whose refusal to believe the official story leads her on a dangerous search for the truth.

Like a sister by kellye garrett