âItâs great fun to watch her two narratives collide and diverge.â âThe New York Times Book Review
âDouble the suspenseâŠThe Split is a storytelling feat.â âRiley Sager, New York Times bestselling author
From critically acclaimed author Kit Frick, this electrifying suspense novel explodes convention to deliver two interlocking thrillers in one, following a pair of sisters into a familyâs dark past and illuminating how a single choice can drastically alter the trajectory of our lives.
Jane Connor is resigned to being the âplain Janeâ of her familyâpragmatic and dependableâso unlike her beautiful and impetuous younger sister Esme. When Esme calls Jane during a flash summer storm, announcing sheâs left her high society husband, Jane is shocked to learn that her sister wishes to stay with her. Could this be an opportunity for them to become close again? The only catch: Esme needs a ride from the city to their small Connecticut hometown, and Jane is terrified of getting on the highwayâŠbecause of what she did when they were teens.
Jane must either let Esme stand on her own two feet for once or jump to her flighty younger sisterâs rescueâand her choice cleaves her life in two.
In one reality, Jane canât overcome her fear and tells Esme to crash with a friend. Twenty-four hours later, her sister is missing. Tortured by regret, Jane dedicates herself to piecing together Esmeâs life before her disappearance, unraveling a web of lies, broken relationships, and, finally, the truth.
In the other reality, Jane swallows her fear and offers her less-than-grateful sister a ride. But while Jane hopes living together in their childhood home will be healing, Esme is aloof and increasingly reckless. The tension between the sisters builds until they are finally forced to reckon with the explosive secret from their past that could destroy their fragile bondâand both their lives.
With a rollicking pace and shocking twists and turns, The Split captivatingly explores how little we know the ones we loveâand how one small choice can change everything.