• The Bad Sister

  • Family Secrets, Book 2
  • By: Kevin O'Brien
  • Narrated by: Ann Marie Lee
  • Length: 16 hrs and 1 min
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (178 ratings)

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The Bad Sister

By: Kevin O'Brien
Narrated by: Ann Marie Lee
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Publisher's summary

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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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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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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Grateful book really kept me guessing

I loved this series made me not want to stop listening. Never a dull moment and love how it ties the other book in.

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Of course it was great!

Though it has a lot of moving parts and it was a little hard to follow at some points, the way it wrapped up in the last few chapter was a work of art.

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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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Bad narration of a great story

I don't care for her as a narrator. She's got a whiny voice that is grating. I much prefer a male narrating Kevin Obrien's books. He's such a good author but the story can be ruined by a bad narrator. I bought the Bad Daughter as well and am almost dreading listening to it because of her.

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Loved it!!!

Mr. O'Brien has another absolute winner with this continuation from The Betrayed Wife. Amazing twists and turns, could not stop listening. Enjoyed very much. I am an official HUGE Kevin O'Brien fan. Miss Lee did an excellent job at narration as well.

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Repeated

This is a great story and it was easy to follow but there was so much repetitive content that I didn’t think needed to be said. I love how the story circled back and tied the first one in perfectly. The narrator was too breathy. I felt like she was having an asthma attack.

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