The Missing Sister takes readers from NZ to Ireland

Submitted: 6th May 2021

A search from NZ via London, Toronto to Cork, Ireland

The Missing Sister is nearly here….the new book from Lucinda Riley about the missing sister. We’ve already met the others and discovered their story. Now, it’s time to find the elusive seventh sister. Who is she? Where is she? What is her story?

This book tells you but doesn’t give all the answers. Lucinda herself announced recently that there has to be an eighth book, a final installment about Pa Salt himself. The father of the sisters whose stories we now know. There are certain things that we still don’t know however and the answers are bubbling away in the novel out next year.

There’s plenty to be getting on with in The Missing Sister though. Plenty of Irish craic for a start…set mainly in Cork, Ireland where the author is from, this novel has a special feel to it…and one heck of a booktrail!

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Setting: From NZ to Ireland via Toronto, Geneva, France and London…

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Get ready for the most adventurous search for a sister yet!

Wow. This novel is the most ambitious yet in many ways. This is the story of the missing sister after all, that elusive member of the D’ Apilese family. The books in the Seven Sister series have so far taken us on six journeys. Each book has taken us to the birthplace and past of each of the sisters who were adopted by Pa Salt, a rich man living out in Geneva. Upon his death, he left each of them clues and coordinates about their past, where they were from and how they ended up in his family. The Missing Sister’s story however is rather different and takes us on a historical tour of Ireland, Irish history and more.

This was clever and very ambitious. Not only content with taking us on a journey to find the missing sister, Lucinda takes us to visit each of the six sisters and allows us to travel with them as they search in New Zealand, Toronto, London before arriving in Ireland. It’s a wonderfully crafted story and I was astounded by the number of layers, story threads and past memories which were woven together. It read very comfortably and flowed well however and despite the level of detail, it never felt overdone or wrong in any way.

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This novel has a different feel to the other ones in the series in that we don’t know the identity of the sister until near the end. It also has a more serious feel since it is largely set in the time of the Irish Civil War and we even get to meet Michael Collins, live at the heart of the time when the IRA was at its most active, not to mention witness scenes of violence in the outlying countryside. Events such as the sinking of the Titanic also help ground this novel in time and place and once you’ve read it and stand back to think about it, the true picture emerges.

Aah there’s so much I want to say about this novel in a way. However, this is a story to go into blindly. You do have to have read the earlier novels mind as this ties up a few threads from those books. It also leaves you with questions you didn’t know you had. Don’t be disappointed you don’t find out all the answers here. It will soon be time to hear what Pa Salt has to say. There are teasers at the end to tempt you. Until then, enjoy this trail to Ireland and discover the secrets of an elusive sister in a stunning and fascinating part of the world. This time it felt personal and that Riley magic sparkled in a very special way.