• The Bad Sister

  • Family Secrets, Book 2
  • By: Kevin O'Brien
  • Narrated by: Ann Marie Lee
  • Length: 16 hrs and 1 min
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (139 ratings)

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The Bad Sister

By: Kevin O'Brien
Narrated by: Ann Marie Lee
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Publisher's summary

Too close...

The site of the old campus bungalow where two girls were brutally slain is now a flower patch covered with chrysanthemums. It's been 50 years since the Immaculate Conception Murders. Three more students and a teacher were killed in a sickening spree that many have forgotten. But there is one person who knows every twisted detail...

To see...

Hannah O'Rourke and her volatile half-sister, Eden, have little in common except a parent. Yet they've ended up at the same small college outside Chicago, sharing a bungalow with another girl. Hannah isn't thrilled - nor can she shake the feeling that she's being watched. And her journalism professor, Ellie Goodwin, keeps delving into Hannah and Eden's newsworthy past...

The danger...

When Hannah and Eden's arrival coincides with a spate of mysterious deaths, Ellie knows it's more than a fluke. A copycat is recreating those long-ago murders. Neither the police nor the school will accept the horrific truth. And the more Ellie discovers, the more she's convinced that she won't live to be believed...

©2020 Kevin O'Brien (P)2020 Tantor

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Well written mystery

I always enjoy Kevin O’Brien’s writing. This continuation of the O’Rourke family’s complicated story was especially well written. Ann Marie Lee did a fine job narrating, but I personally feel that she would be better suited for other genres.

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Just when I thought I knew…

I liked how the author created several story lines and plots! I thought maybe Alden but then dismissed thinking it could have been the priest…

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Of course it was great!

Though it has a lot of moving parts and it was a little hard to follow at some points, the way it wrapped up in the last few chapter was a work of art.

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Grateful book really kept me guessing

I loved this series made me not want to stop listening. Never a dull moment and love how it ties the other book in.

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Good Book

I loved this book. I don't usually do reviews, but I came across a poor review of this book. It mentioned the person only reading 1 chapter and that the book wasn't anything like the description. If they would have gotten further, they would have realized that, not only was this a good book, but that the "unrelated" 1st chapter was part of the bigger picture. Great story and good narration.

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Narration was over the top

Love this author but as many have mentioned, narration was awful. Just way too much drama and breathlessness. Felt like soap opera acting and made the girls feel extremely weak. Sorry Ann, this is not your genre.

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Excellent

What a fantastic 2nd book. I was curious about the second one but I wasn't disappointed. The title gives you an understanding of the concept but I still found myself guessing wrong.

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I really enjoyed the story. I wish the reader didn’t get so quiet during some of the story telling and then so loud in the next sentence. Otherwise the performance was great.

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Good story, awful narrator.

Kevin O’Brien is one of my favorite authors, I love his books. I enjoyed this pot line, it’s the first time I’ve read a sequel by him, so that was fun! But holy cow I could NOT handle this narrator. She’s way too dramatic. Her high voice and breathy gasps were so annoying, it took me a while to finish this because I couldn’t listen to her for long increments.

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wow

This audiobook was extremely addicting to listen too. I could not stop listening to it. So many twists and turns, I had no idea where we were going to end up with this adventure. Absolutely recommend this.

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