The Split, Kit Frick
The Split, Kit Frick
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The Split

Author: Kit Frick

Narrator: Kelsey Navarro Foster

Unabridged: 9 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/13/2024


Synopsis

“It’s great fun to watch [Kit] Frick’s two narratives collide and diverge.” —The New York Times Book Review
An Elle Best Mystery and Thriller Book of 2024

From critically acclaimed author Kit Frick, this “storytelling feat, with twin narratives that race each other to a satisfying—and shocking—conclusion” (Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author), follows a pair of sisters into a family’s dark past, illuminating how a single choice can drastically alter the trajectory of a life.

Sisters Jane and Esme used to be thick as thieves. But as adults, pragmatic, dependable Jane regrets the distance that has grown between them. So when beautiful and impetuous Esme calls Jane during a flash summer storm, announcing she’s left her high society husband, Jane is shocked to learn that her little sister wishes to stay with her. Could this be an opportunity for them to become close again? The only catch: Esme needs a ride from the city to their small Connecticut hometown, and Jane is terrified of getting on the highway. The storm is raging, and Jane can’t escape the horrible memory of how she nearly killed Esme while driving in a downpour when they were teens.

Jane must either let Esme stand on her own two feet for once or swallow her fear and jump to her younger sister’s rescue—and her choice cleaves her life in two.

In one reality, Jane tells Esme to crash with a friend. Twenty-four hours later, her sister is missing. Tortured by regret, Jane dedicates herself to piecing together Esme’s life before her disappearance, unraveling a web of lies, broken relationships, and, finally, the truth.

In the other reality, Jane gets in the car and offers her less-than-grateful sister a ride. But while Jane hopes living together in their childhood home will be healing, Esme is aloof and increasingly reckless. The tension between the sisters builds until they are finally forced to reckon with the explosive secret from their past that could destroy their fragile bond—and both their lives.

With a breakneck pace and shocking twists and turns, The Split captivatingly explores how little we know the ones we love—and how one small choice can change everything.

About Kit Frick

Kit Frick is a MacDowell Fellow and International Thriller Writers Award finalist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She studied creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College and received her MFA from Syracuse University. She is the author of the adult suspense novels The Split and Friends and Liars, the young adult thrillers Before We Were Sorry (originally published as See All the Stars), All Eyes on UsI Killed Zoe SpanosVery Bad People, and The Reunion, and the poetry collection A Small Rising Up in the Lungs. Kit loves a good mystery but has only ever killed her characters. Honest. Visit Kit online at KitFrick.com and on Instagram @KitFrick.


Reviews

minor spoilers below To be honest, The Split was a wee bit disappointing. Not only did the MC got on my nerves big time but most of the characters came across as very one-dimensional and the narrative's attempts at humor were puerile. On the plus side: a sapphic rom-com in which the main tension doe......more

Goodreads review by ❀ annie ❀ on January 20, 2022

ally has just moved back in with her dad at 29 (not sure how realistic this is as i know my dad would crucify me if i rocked back up at home nearing my thirties, but hey!) after a rough break-up with her long-term girlfriend, emily. armed with emily's pet cat and her ex-beard jeremy, this book is al......more

Goodreads review by Stuart on January 26, 2021

This is a really lovely story that embraced me as soon as it started. A beautiful little rom com that had me chuckling, smiling and even a couple of tears at times. The characters are so human and relateable that you just can't help but feel for them. I highly recommend this for anyone who has enjoy......more

Goodreads review by Anwen on November 28, 2020

ARC received via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Minor quibble out of the way, first of all - this is not a rom-com. It's definitely a com, and a laugh-out-loud funny one at that, but rom it is not. Sure, there's some rom in it, but if you're expecting a narrative arc rooted in rom as wel......more

Goodreads review by Millie on February 06, 2021

Ally’s girlfriend Emily breaks up with her, Ally moves back home to Sheffield to stay with her dad and takes the cat, Malcolm, with her. Through Ally’s breakup she rekindles her friendship with Jeremy, who also moved back home to Sheffield after a breakup with his boyfriend and losing his job. Such......more