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Haunting tale of grief, obsession, and sisterhood.

Saint X is a beautifully written debut novel that explores the aftermath of a devastating loss and the lengths one will go to find the truth. Schaitkin's writing is hypnotic, and the characters are so well-drawn that you'll feel like you know them personally. This book will appeal to anyone who loves a good mystery or thriller, and it will leave you thinking about it long after you've turned the last page.

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ISBN: 9781250219596
Authors: Alexis Schaitkin
Publisher: Celadon Books
Date of Publication: 2020-02-18
Format: Hardcover
Goodreads rating: 3.39
(rated by 26116 readers)

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Claire is only seven years old when her college-age sister, Alison, disappears on the last night of their family vacation at a resort on the Caribbean island of Saint X. Several days later, Alison’s body is found in a remote spot on a nearby cay, and two local men – employees at the resort - are arrested. But the evidence is slim, the timeline against it, and the men are soon released. The story turns into national tabloid news, a lurid mystery that will go unsolved. For Claire and her parents, there is only the return home to broken lives.Years later, Claire is living and working in New York City when a brief but fateful encounter brings her together with Clive Richardson, one of the men originally suspected of murdering her sister. It is a moment that sets Claire on an obsessive pursuit of the truth - not only to find out what happened the night of Alison’s death but also to answer the elusive question: Who exactly was her sister? At seven, Claire had been barely old enough to know her: a beautiful, changeable, provocative girl of eighteen at a turbulent moment of identity formation.As Claire doggedly shadows Clive, hoping to gain his trust, waiting for the slip that will reveal the truth, an unlikely attachment develops between them, two people whose lives were forever marked by the same tragedy.
 

Haunting tale of grief, obsession, and sisterhood.

Saint X is a beautifully written debut novel that explores the aftermath of a devastating loss and the lengths one will go to find the truth. Schaitkin's writing is hypnotic, and the characters are so well-drawn that you'll feel like you know them personally. This book will appeal to anyone who loves a good mystery or thriller, and it will leave you thinking about it long after you've turned the last page.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.