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Laurie Petrou

Biography

Laurie Petrou

Laurie Petrou is an associate professor at the RTA School of Media at Ryerson University in Toronto. Her first book, a collection of short stories titled BETWEEN (Pedlar Press, 2006), was a Globe and Mail Top 100 Book (Top 5 First Fiction). She is the inaugural winner of the 2016 Half the World Global Literati Award for her then-unpublished novel SISTER OF MINE.

Laurie Petrou

Books by Laurie Petrou

by Laurie Petrou - Fiction, Psychological Suspense, Psychological Thriller, Suspense, Thriller

Penny and Hattie, orphaned sisters in a small town, are best friends. But Penny, at the mercy of her brutal husband, is desperate for a fresh start. Willing to do anything for her older sister, Hattie agrees to help. A match is struck, and a fire burns Penny’s marriage to the ground. With her husband gone, Penny is free, and it seems the sisters get away with murder. But freedom comes at a cost. More than a year after the fire, a charming young man comes to town. Hattie and Penny quickly bring him into the fold and into their hearts, but their love for him threatens the delicate balance. Soon long-held resentments, sibling rivalry and debts unpaid boil over, and the bonds of sisterhood begin to snap.