First Born by Will Dean

From Goodreads

*** 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.

Delivering the same intensity of pace and storytelling that made THE LAST THING TO BURN a word-of-mouth sensation, FIRST BORN will surprise, shock and enthrall.

My thoughts

My thanks to the Publishers via NetGalley for a copy of this in return for an honest review.  I gave this a 4 stars or 8/10 when I read it.

Oh to be an identical twin and the things that you will be able to get up to, when you can both impersonate each other at things that the other doesn't want to be involved in.  In First Born, Katie and Molly are identical twins, but they are polar opposites in nature.  Molly is living in London and Katie has moved to New York.  When Molly learns that Katie has passed away suddenly, her life is turned upside down.  No longer is she one half of the same coin, she is now the full coin as she is all alone in life.  Molly decides that she has to travel to New York to find out what has happened to her twin, as she has a feeling that all is not as it seems.

Will Dean has a way of drawing the reader into his books.  This was a page turner of a novel that has you wondering what is happening as the pages disappear before your eyes.  It certainly had me guessing where it was taking me as I experienced life in New York among its pages with the characters.

I look forward to the next read from this Author as he clearly has a talent at drawing you in.