HOLY COW, this is a cracking thriller. The Better Reading team has been hearing great feedback about this book, so when it arrived at the office, I grabbed it first (sorry about the bruises everyone). I don’t regret what I had to do to get my hands on it first…
The Girl in the Mirror is a chilling, twisty, seductive debut thriller about greed, lust, secrets, and deadly lies involving identical twin sisters.
Twin sisters Iris and Summer are startlingly alike, but beyond what the eye can see lies a darkness that sets them apart. Cynical and insecure, Iris has long been envious of Summer’s seemingly never-ending good fortune, including her perfect husband Adam.
Called to Thailand to help her sister sail the family yacht to the Seychelles, Iris nurtures her own secret hopes for what might happen on the journey. But when she unexpectedly finds herself alone in the middle of the Indian Ocean, everything changes. When she makes it to land, Iris allows herself to be swept up by Adam, who assumes that she is Summer.
Iris recklessly goes along with his mistake. Not only does she finally have the golden life she’s always envied, but with her sister gone, she’s one step closer to the hundred-million-dollar inheritance left by their manipulative father. All Iris has to do is be the first of his seven children to produce an heir.
Iris’ “new” life lurches between glamorous dream and paranoid nightmare. On the edge of being exposed, how far will she go to ensure no one discovers the truth?
And just what did happen to Summer on the yacht?
Only Iris knows…
I was hooked right from the prologue, where Iris describes being mirror twins with Summer… the most extreme case of mirroring the doctors had ever seen. While all her organs were on the wrong side of her body, Summer was perfect.
From there, the reader is propelled into a highly polished, perfectly paced psychological thriller. The backdrop is a fabulous Dynasty-type soap opera with a dead billionaire father, multiple wives and kids competing against each other to provide the first family heir. Summer and Iris are great – I’ve literally just written two sentences here about them that I had to delete, because to say anything more might give something away.
Needless to say, The Girl in the Mirror is brilliant. I read this in one sitting, unable to stop, especially as I neared the end, with some breathless unforeseen twists driving me to the very unsettling final page. I foresee a film or Netflix series. But until then, get this, and read this. It’s an exhilarating ride. I hope Rose Carlyle is busy writing her next novel.
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