Sister by Rosamund Lupton a hit in Denmark

February 01, 2012

In its first week of sales, the debut novel Sister by Rosamund Lupton, is ranked at number 3 and number 8 in the fiction bestseller lists of Danish bookshop chains Arnold Busck and Bog & Ide respectively. Arnold Busck is the country’s biggest chain of bookshops. Published by Turbulenz in Denmark, the novel is expected to move further up the bestseller charts next week.

Sister is a gripping psychological thriller focusing in on protagonist Beatrice, who rushes home to England from America to search for answers to the disappearance of her little sister Tess. Beatrice cannot accept that Tess has committed suicide, like she has been told, and is driven to pursue her gut feeling that something more sinister has happened. With the story written from Beatrice’s point of view as a letter to her missing sister, we come to learn more about both Tess and Beatrice’s lives, and how despite their close relationship, there are secrets to be uncovered.

Sister was first published in the UK in 2010, and was chosen for the Richard and Judy Book Club. Translation rights have now sold in thirty languages.