Twin’s Daughter by Lauren Baratz-Logsted
I didn’t realize until I had finished the book that this was the same author as Crazy Beautiful, the last book blogged here at BookSMART. It is a very different sort of story to that one, and yet the writing is engaging and the book was extremely enjoyable. First a few words about the cover. How many of you see the clever optical illusion? There is a dagger between the twin’s silhouettes. Kind of like the Old Lady/Young Lady, or the vase and two faces. This is one of the best covers I have seen lately. The Twin’s Daughter tells the story of Lucy Sexton, a girl living in late Victorian England. One day, her mother’s long lost twin sister appears on their doorstep with a story of how she was left in an orphanage, while Lucy’s mother, Aliese, was adopted by wealthy parents. Aunt Helen quickly learns how to speak, how to dress, and how to act like she has always been “to the manner born.” In fact, soon Aliese and Helen are almost impossible to tell apart, even for Lucy. When one of them is murdered in a bizarre fashion, Lucy and her father want to believe that Aliese is still with them, but is she? And why did the murderer visit their house in the first place, when absolutely nothing was stolen, and there appears to have been no motive for the crime? All this and more will be answered when you read The Twin’s Daughter.
