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★★★★☆ 4.04 • Goodreads

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Craving Blue Sisters' raw sibling wreckage and addiction's brutal honesty? Liz Moore's Long Bright River delivers that same gut-punch without flinching.

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Why It's Your Next Read

  • Sister loyalty vs self-preservation collides hard
  • Suspense-threaded hunt through opioid devastation
  • Philly's gritty streets amplify emotional stakes
  • No redemption arcs—just messy survival

If Blue Sisters wrecked you with its tangle of devotion and betrayal, Moore's Philadelphia nightmare will finish the job. Two sisters, one a cop patrolling Kensington's opioid wastelands, the other vanished into that same abyss—their bond is all sharp edges and suffocating obligation, the kind of love that doubles as a cage. This isn't about redemption arcs or pretty reconciliations; it's about the claustrophobic math of choosing between saving someone and saving yourself, rendered with the same unflinching clarity that made Blue Sisters feel like reading your own diary at knifepoint.

their bond is all sharp edges and suffocating obligation

Moore trades Manhattan polish for Philly grit without losing an ounce of emotional precision. The suspense coils tight—part missing-person hunt, part meditation on inherited trauma—while the prose stays sharp enough to draw blood.

This is what sibling wreckage looks like when no one's coming to clean up the mess.

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What Readers Are Saying

"no notes, just absolute perfection. growing up around philly and knowing the area very well, Liz Moore captured this area in such a heartbreaking, but true way." Brady Lockerby, Goodreads
"GOODREADS CHOICE NOMINEE FOR MYSTERY/THRILLER, IT'S FANTASTIC. Changed my mind on this one and moved it into the 5 star category the more that I thought about it as I wrote this review." Dorie - Cats&Books :), Goodreads
"…The final sentence is disturbing and impactful--it brought tears to my eyes. The characterization is extremely strong--Mickey and Kacey remind me of people I know." Meredith (Trying to catch up!), Goodreads

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