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The Ice Twins

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First edition (publ. HarperCollins)

The Ice Twins is a 2015 psychological thriller, written by S. K. Tremayne (a pen name of British author and journalist Sean Thomas[1]). Screenwriter Isaac Adamson has adapted the novel for a film.[2]

Plot

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The novel describes the troubled lives of Sarah and Angus Moorcroft who lose one of their young twin daughters in an accident. A year after the tragedy, Angus and Sarah decide to take their surviving twin, Kirstie, to live on a small island off Skye, in Scotland. Just before the family's move to Scotland, Kirstie claims she is, in fact, her identical twin sister Lydia, supposedly dead.

Reception

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The novel was an international bestseller, reaching number 1 on the Sunday Times list, in the UK; it spent several months on bestseller lists in Germany, the Netherlands, Finland, Denmark, South Korea, Brazil, and elsewhere.[3][4][5]

References

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  1. ^ Oswell, Paul (31 July 2015). "Meet the male writers who hide their gender to attract female readers". the Guardian. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  2. ^ Galuppo, Mia (9 February 2016). "Black List Screenwriter Isaac Adamson to Adapt 'The Ice Twins'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Ice Twins follow-up from HC this summer - The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com.
  4. ^ BRAECKMAN, FRED (4 February 2015). "Tranen voor een tweeling ****(*)".
  5. ^ "Eisige Schwestern von S. K. Tremayne – Buch von Droemer Knaur". www.droemer-knaur.de.