Sisters Before Misters by Amelia Diane Coombs

Title: Sisters Before Misters

Series: The Finch Sisters #2
Author: Amelia Diane Coombs
Source/Format: NetGalley; eARC
More Details: Mystery
Publisher/Publication Date: Thomas & Mercer; October 7, 2025
Synopsis from Goodreads...

A missing husband, a sister acting sus, and a tantalizing tangle of lies—well, there goes Remi’s plan for a chill Halloween.

Remi and her sisters, Maeve and Eliana, have a knack for stumbling into murder mysteries. And after a killer family camping trip last year, they’re back together for a Halloween they’ll never forget. Remi is living her best life in Seattle until Eliana’s husband, Chad, who refused to sign their divorce papers, disappears on the spookiest night of the year. Eliana swears she has no idea where he is, though her obvious motive and weird behavior don’t really weigh in her favor. Nor does the severed finger they find in his house… Torn between loyalty to her sister and mounting suspicions she can’t ignore, Remi and her boyfriend, Leo, embark on a manhunt to find Chad—or the rest of him. But the further Remi digs into Chad’s movements on Halloween, the more trouble she finds. With a ruthless detective on their tail, threatening texts, a mysterious hard drive, and dubious legal advice from a kooky aunt, the Finch sisters are in over their head. But Remi is determined to prove her sister’s innocent, even though the bloody evidence points right at her.

Have you encountered a book that’s just…fun to read? Well, for me, the latest novel to scratch that particular itch was Amelia Diane Coombs’s new mystery, Sister’s Before Misters. It promised humor, hijinks, and a case centered on the disappearance of Chad, Eliana’s lousy, soon-to-be ex-husband.

The sisters were quirky and eccentric, and the dynamic between them was chaotic and entertaining. Remi, who defaulted to humor no matter what was going on, but she really wanted to be included, relied on, and have a sense of closeness with her older sisters. Business savvy Maeve built a lucrative social media/brand empire. And Eliana, whose perfect façade started to show more and more cracks after her ex refused to sign the divorce papers and she becomes the number one suspect in his disappearance.

Throughout the novel, the sisters bickered and cracked jokes at each other. When it comes to humor in novels, I’ve found that it can be particular and subjective. And while the jokes in Sisters Before Misters didn’t always land (for me), there were a few instances I found funny.

I was mainly here for the mystery, though, and it was the part of the book that I found the most fun to engage with. What I assumed was a straightforward whodunit, quickly went off-the-rails and headed into a few surprising directions (which I won’t spoil).

At the end of the day, Sisters Before Misters was a fun mystery with some humor, which also explored the relationship between three sisters.

About the author....

Amelia Diane Coombs is the author of Keep My Heart in San Francisco; Between You, Me, and the Honeybees; Exactly Where You Need to Be; and All Alone With You. She’s a Northern California transplant living in Seattle, Washington, with her spouse and their Siberian cat. When she isn’t writing or reading, Amelia spends her time playing video and tabletop games, road-tripping, and hiking the Pacific Northwest.

Disclaimer: this copy of the book was provided by the publisher (Thomas & Mercer) via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review, thank you!