The Good Sister [Bargain Price] [Hardcover]

Diana Diamond (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 17, 2002

Jennifer and Catherine-sisters who have inherited equal shares of power in Pegasus Satellite Services, one of the biggest communications empires in the world-could not be more different. While Catherine is an extraordinary beauty whose looks attract the most handsome and powerful men, her sister is a plain-Jane, no-nonsense gal who prefers running the company to walking the red carpet.

But Jennifer's aversion to the spotlight becomes secondary after the successful launch of the Pegasus III satellite, her newest technological masterpiece. The company needs someone to explain the revolutionary communications tool to potential clients and Jennifer is forced to make the awkward transition from playing scientist in the laboratory to playing hostess at the most lavish party in Cannes.

That's where she meets Padraig, a major film star with enough Irish charm and celebrity cache to make the move to power producer. But when he marries Jennifer, Catherine's protective instincts are triggered: is the playboy actor only after Jennifer's money and connections? When Jennifer is almost killed in a car accident on her honeymoon, Catherine feels she must intervene in her sister's relationship. But Jennifer begins to suspect that Catherine is jealous of the wallflower sister's new romance, and possibly of her power within the company. Was the accident Catherine's murderous attempt to win complete control of Pegasus? Suddenly, neither sister can trust the other in a game that has their love, fortune, and even their lives hanging in the balance.

What begins as a rivalry between sisters becomes a chilling novel of psychological suspense in which one sister find herself alone on a yacht at sea, forced to defend herself from a terrifying killer in league with her sister. But which sister?

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Quality time with the family has never seemed as frightening as it does in this satisfying and highly unsettling suspense thriller from the author of The Trophy Wife. Sisters Catherine and Jennifer Pegan are heirs to a communications empire about to introduce its biggest project ever, a satellite system that promises to further inflate their already overstuffed bank accounts. Reticent techno-genius Jennifer is the brains of the operation, while glamorous Catherine uses marketing savvy and low-cut cocktail gowns to lure backers for the project. When handsome actor-cum-playboy Padraig O'Connell falls for Jennifer, the company's manager, Peter Barnes, is suspicious of Padraig's motives and becomes even more suspicious when someone makes attempts on both sisters' lives. Although the sisters are publicly the best of friends, a violent rivalry sizzles between them. The novel is punctuated by the murderous, sociopathic rants of one of the sisters, convinced that the other is trying to kill her and determined to pull the trigger first. Which sister is the psychopath, which the intended victim? Diamond keeps readers guessing until the very end, and her thrilling story is backed up by taut writing and snappy dialogue. Readers looking for a beach book this summer will be delighted by this bone-chilling saga and may start looking at their own siblings a bit more warily.
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From Booklist

Diamond's latest lacks the luster of The Babysitter [BKL My 15 01], but it maintains the author's high standard for suspense. Italicized interchapters expressing the psychotic ramblings of the "bad" sister intrude more than enlighten, and the characters, usually among Diamond's strong points, come across mainly as caricatures. That said, the action is definitely Diamond caliber. After their father's death, siblings Jennifer and Catherine Pegan take over his multibillion-dollar communications firm. The wealthy sisters are quite different: Jennifer is a plain-Jane athletic type, in contrast to Catherine, a glamorous celebrity. When handsome, down-on-his-luck Irish movie actor Padraig O'Connell falls for Jennifer, Catherine and Peter Barnes, a partner in the company, are instantly suspicious of his motives. After Jennifer is nearly killed in a car crash, their suspicions grow. Then Catherine is attacked, and it soon becomes obvious that one sister is out to get the other. Finding out which one will keep fans of Danielle Steele and Mary Higgins Clark turning pages. Jenny McLarin
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• ISBN-10: 0312291655
• ASIN: B000F6Z7OI
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,420,101 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The Good Sister is the Bad Novel, March 18, 2003

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Elizabeth Hendry (New Jersey USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Good Sister (Hardcover)

This one started out with a lot of promise, but then died a slow and painful death caused by a severe identity crisis. Is it a psychological thriller, is it a romantic thriller, is it a mystery? Who knows. The novel is written-well, from sentence to sentence, but as an organic whole, it just does not work at all. The characters are beyond wooden, the dialogue is terrible, it was painful just to finish. Stay away. This one has no redeeming qualities.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not a Great Thriller, December 17, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Good Sister (Hardcover)

I read this book because Kelly Ripa reccommended it on her show. I have to say that this book was a little bit better than her other book club selections, but I don't think that I will read another book from her book club again. This book is based on two sisters who greatly despise each other. The two sisters help to run a satellite empire, ( that they inherited from their father) with Peter Burns, a friend of the family's. Jennifer is the sister who likes to work the more techinical part of the company, and is suppose to be the more smarter one. I have a problem with this because Jennifer is suppose to be the brains, but she is also descriped as plain and not very attractive. While Catherine her sister is suppose to be the beauty who can get any man she wants, but isn't as smart. Why does the brainy sister have to be the plain one, there are smart woman who are beautiful. Jennifer falls for a actor named Padraig O Connell. Then that's where the real problems begin. The begining of this book was so dull and dry that I had trouble reading it. I like books that are hard to put down and keep me interested from the beginning to the end, this book didn't do that for me. Also it was quite easy to figure out which sister was the bad one and which one was the good one. It was also quite easy to figure out which sister was going to make a contract on the other sister's life. This book also dragged and then there were the attempts on each sister's life that got to be absurd. The book doesn't get interesting until the last two chapters. I found the sisters to be immuture and they both got on my nerves. I didn't like a single character in this book, there was no one to root for in my opinion. I wouldn't reccommend wasting your money on this book. This book is basically a bad soap opera storyline that just drags and drags.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The Good Sister, October 6, 2002

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"bobdruzisky" (Beaver, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Good Sister (Hardcover)

I bought this book because I have been reading all the books recommended by Kelly Ripa. I was very disappointed by the book. I didn't think it was an easy read. The book is broken up into parts. The first part was so technical and in so much detail that it did not keep my interest . Once the book reaches the third part (about 177 pages into the book) the story is really moving. Personally, I prefer a book that moves from the first page to the last page. I did not find it very romantic and I was actually able to figured out who done it about half way through. I have never been able to do that before.