Alafair Burke born October 1969 is an American crime novelist, professor of law and legal commentator. She is a New York Times best-selling author of twenty crime novels, including The Ex, The Wife and The Better Sister, and two series, one featuring NYPD Detective Ellie Hatcher; and the other featuring Portland, Oregon prosecutor Samantha Kincaid. Her books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and raised primarily in Wichita, Kansas, where her mother Pearl Pai Chu was a school librarian and her father, fellow crime novelist James Lee Burke, was a professor of English.
The Better Sister, two sisters torn apart are drawn back together by tragedy in this compelling eight-part thriller. Chloe (Jessica Biel) is a media executive and lives in a beautiful house with her handsome lawyer husband Adam and their teenage son, Ethan. Life couldn’t be more different for her estranged sister Nicky (Elizabeth Banks) who struggles to get by and to stay clean. However, when Adam is murdered, the investigation rocks the family, reuniting the two sisters. Can they discover the terrible truth behind Adam’s death? A gripping adaptation of a 2019 novel by Alafair Burke.
Available to watch from 29th May 2025 on Prime Video.
Starring Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks.
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