This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Burke, Alafair, author.
Title: The better sister : a novel / Alafair Burke.
Description: New York, NY : Harper, [2019]
Identifiers: LCCN 2018051071 (print) | LCCN 2018057887 (ebook) | ISBN 9780062853356 (E-book) | ISBN 9780062853370 (hardback) | ISBN 9780062887955 (large print)
Subjects: LCSH: Sisters—Fiction. | Murder—Fiction. | Family secrets. | Domestic fiction. | Man-woman relationships—Fiction. | False arrest. | Criminal defense lawyers. | New York (N.Y.)—Fiction. | BISAC: FICTION / Suspense. | FICTION / Crime.
Classification: LCC PS3602.U755 (ebook) | LCC PS3602.U755 B48 2019 (print) | DDC 813/.6—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018051071
Digital Edition APRIL 2019 ISBN: 978-0-06-285335-6
Print ISBN: 978-0-06-285337-0