The novel represents a level-up for the New Jersey native and USC alum, the culmination of two decades of writing and a lifetime of experience. The media dismisses it as a drug overdose, but Lena knows better. “ Like a Sister,” out this week, features Columbia University grad school student Lena Scott, who’s obsessed with investigating the death of her estranged half-sister, a blogger and former reality star in the Bronx. But as she confessed over video interviews and email in the weeks leading up to publication, she’s a little nervous about her third novel. A leader and a mentor among crime novelists, she gives off the unmistakable aura of having it together. The mystery writer Kellye Garrett is impressive on paper and, in conversation, a force of nature. If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from, whose fees support independent bookstores.
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