• The Bad Sister

  • Family Secrets, Book 2
  • By: Kevin O'Brien
  • Narrated by: Ann Marie Lee
  • Length: 16 hrs and 1 min
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (201 ratings)

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The Bad Sister

By: Kevin O'Brien
Narrated by: Ann Marie Lee
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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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Good premise

The characters don't react like normal people would. Step daughter has been missing for 9 days before police are contacted? Students die at a college and there's no investigation?

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Ugh! The narrator!

The first book in the series by Kevin O’Brien was narrated by the same woman. It ruined a good story. I forgot about her since I listened to that book a while ago and didn’t know it was in a series. When I started this one, and heard the same hyperactive, breathless, high-pitched explosions, I almost turned it off. I made it through, but the end was brutal, when the action and danger increased. Human beings don’t freak out like that for that long!

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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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O’Brien never fails to enthrall

I have now read several of O’Brien’s books, and I am amazed how each one is so vastly different  with such attention to detail of each and every sub-plot. The narrator is an excellent storyteller, as well.

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Great Story Line

This series of books are some of the best I’ve listened to since becoming a member of Audible! The narrator is FANTASTIC as well.

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The narrator voice was very annoying. Could’ve been a good story, but I could not finish it for that reason. If I paid for this book, I definitely would have asked for my money back.

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The over-acting narrative, like listening to a cartoon

The repetition of the history was annoying. Not your best, I know you have high standards, Kevin

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Fantastic !

I can’t believe this one was free with my Membership . It was so relatable but twisted . Intense but heartwarming . WOW good book 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Great series with surprises!

Overall good story.
The narrator wasn’t great and had to constantly turn down volume whenever she got dramatic. I turned the play back to 1.2x making her voice appear less unstable.

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