Just because there are legends in the story doesn’t mean McMahon will necessarily include them as plot devices, so you never really know what to expect. As I said before, McMahon isn’t afraid to throw a bit a supernatural into the story, so when Rose assumed her sister was a mare, a creature who could essentially shape-shift, I read with a healthy dose of skepticism and intrigue. I loved piecing together the past and trying to unravel what was really going on in the motel.

What secrets were hidden in the Tower motel? The 50s, where the story featured Sylvie and Rose, two sisters growing up in the Tower Motel in London, Vermont with their family the 80s, featuring Amy, Rose’s daughter and her friend Piper, along with Piper’s sister Margot the present, featuring Piper, who came back to town after an awful accident involving Amy. I flew through The Night Sister on a cold and creepy evening, ready to be slightly scared, and the book definitely delivered. Part mystery, part contemporary, part horror, part supernatural… all of her novels combine everything I love into compelling stories that feature something odd, something slightly off, and childhood adventures and misunderstandings that become adult secrets and memories of the past. While many of her stories share similarities, each one has a unique element that I never see coming and it makes each book it’s own wonderful adventure. I’m always amazed when authors can deliver amazing stories that are consistently good and mysterious. I am a huge fan of Jennifer McMahon novels and The Night Sister was certainly not disappointing. Each believed the other to be something truly monstrous, but only one carries the secret that would haunt the generations to come.

As Margot and Piper investigate, a cleverly woven plot unfolds-revealing the story of Sylvie and Rose, two other sisters who lived at the motel during its 1950s heyday. Suddenly, Margot and Piper are forced to relive the time that they found the suitcase that once belonged to Sylvie Slater, the aunt that Amy claimed had run away to Hollywood to live out her dream of becoming Hitchcock’s next blonde bombshell leading lady. Now adult, Piper and Margot have tried to forget what they found that fateful summer, but their lives are upended when Piper receives a panicked midnight call from Margot, with news of a horrific crime for which Amy stands accused. The three played there as girls until the day that their games uncovered something dark and twisted in the motel’s past, something that ruined their friendship forever. Summary: Once the thriving attraction of rural Vermont, the Tower Motel now stands in disrepair, alive only in the memories of Amy, Piper, and Piper’s kid sister, Margot.

The night sister by jennifer mcmahon