First Born
Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction, Crime, Thrillers & True Crime, Crime & Thrillers
Hardback Published on: 14/04/2022
£16.99
Synopsis
From the acclaimed author of The Last Thing to Burn comes a new thriller about identity, rivalry and deceit.
The last thing a twin expects is to be alone...
Molly lives a quiet, contained life in London. Naturally risk averse, she gains comfort from security and structure. Every day the same.
Her identical twin Katie is her exact opposite: gregarious and spontaneous. They used to be inseparable, until Katie moved to New York a year ago. Molly still speaks to her daily without fail.
But when Molly learns that Katie has died suddenly in New York, she is thrown into unfamiliar territory. Katie is part of her DNA. As terrifying as it is, she must go there and find out what happened. As she tracks her twin's last movements, cracks begin to emerge. Nothing is what it seems. And a web of deceit is closing around her.
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
- ISBN: 9781529307146
- Number of pages: 384
- Weight: 580g
- Dimensions: 238 x 158 x 40 mm
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Superb suspense thriller - Sisters. Soulmates. Strangers....
First Born certainly doesn't lack punches. From page one you are tipped straight into the action. Following Molly Raven as she discovers that her best frie... READ MORE
Another winner from Will dean
The story of twins Molly and Katie. Both twins are opposites in that one is very gregarious and the other quiet and almost reclusive. One moves to New Yo... READ MORE
Can assumptions about twins be dangerous..?
I am sort of a twin. And by 'sort of' I mean not a twin at all.
But I have an older brother who is ten months older than me, and I was born with hours to ... READ MORE
First Born by Will Dean
Molly and Katie Raven are identical twins, but they couldn’t be more different if they tried. Katie is the life and soul of the party. Outgoing, unafraid, ... READ MORE
Gripping and intense
Molly and Katie are twins, born only a few minutes apart. They have always been together, until Katie moved to New York, leaving Molly behind. Katie and Mo... READ MORE
Yassss!!
Erm…….say whatttttttttttttt?!Where do I even begin writing this review!You would have thought identical twins would know each other inside out, wouldn’t yo... READ MORE
A brilliant twisty rollercoaster of a thriller
My thanks to Hodder & Stoughton for an eARC via NetGalley of ‘First Born’ by Will Dean in exchange for an honest review.
This is Will Dean’s latest stand... READ MORE
Another cracker by Will Dean
'm off work, the sun is shining, I have sexy new garden furniture...what more do I need? Ah yes! The latest Will Dean!
So, by page 6 there is a death (it's... READ MORE
Clear your day
Don’t waste time cooking. Just get yourself comfy, settle down & prepare to be baffled. Will Dean always produces the goods, but this is even better. Puzzl... READ MORE
Great Read!
Thank you to the publishers for this early review copy, having previously read his series and standalone 'last thing to burn' I was very keen to see what h... READ MORE
An absorbing read
Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher and author for this ARC.
This is my first read by Will Dean and if his other books are anything like this one it w... READ MORE
Held me from page 1
In his new standalone thriller, Dean gives us a tense, twisty story focussed on the relationship between twins Molly and Katie ('KT' to her sister) Raven l... READ MORE
Brilliant and twisted
What a brilliant book. The more I read from Will Dean, the better he gets. My only worry is how he lives with such a twisted mind! The basics are that one... READ MORE
Will Dean has done it again
I didn’t envy Will Dean writing First Born this year. His last book The Last Thing to Burn became such a success last year (including making my top list of... READ MORE
Twisty and suspenseful
Will Dean’s stand-alone novel, First Born is a fast moving suspenseful crime thriller set in New York. Its focus is the Raven twins. Katie and Molly are mo... READ MORE
An interesting read
I have a little confession to make- yes yet another one. Although I have all of Will’s books on my ever increasing ’to be read’ pile, I haven’t read one….... READ MORE
A superb read
Will Deans book The Last Thing to Burn was my top read of 2021 and even to this day I still think about this brilliant book. So when I got approved to re... READ MORE
A Spectacular Tale!
Now here’s a book which will blow your socks off!
Molly is a bit of an introvert – the opposite to her identical twin sister, Katie. Inseparable until Kat... READ MORE
First Born, by Will Dean
Well, I wasn’t expecting that and I am not going to tell you what I was not expecting because that would spoil the book.
I will, however, give you a brief ... READ MORE
struggled with this book.....
FIRST BORN by Will Dean
Publish Date - 14 April 2022
The blog/summary for FIRST BORN sounded an intriguing read. On the first few pages my feeling was th... READ MORE
Still can't believe what happened!
"First Born" by Will Dean is about twins and how, although they can look identical, they can have very different personalities. This is the case of Molly ... READ MORE
Pacy and readable thriller
First Born tells the story of identical twins, Katie and Molly. Katie is the eldest by 3 minutes and whilst she is confident and outgoing, Molly is the opp... READ MORE
Excellent plot line
Twins are expected to be identical in every way. Mollie and Katie don’t fit that mould. Katie is the extrovert, living life to the full, in New York, havin... READ MORE
Superb.
Molly is a twin but, unlike her sister Katie, she doesn’t take risks. She likes routine and safety. Molly likes to live a quiet structured contained life i... READ MORE
Left me breathless!
This is a slow burn of a book which turns into a breathless thriller. Narrated by Molly Raven whose identical twin has just been murdered while studying i... READ MORE